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Lobe-Finned Fish
Lobe-Finned Fish Lobe-Finned Fish Crossopterygii (Devonian fishes) By 360 million years ago, movements in the Earth's crust brought ... their heads above water to breathe. The lobe-finned fish possessed lungs as well as gills. When overcrowding occurred in the water, some of these fish, using their fins as rudimentary feet, took ...
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Latimeria chalumnae
Latimeria chalumnae Coelacanths Introduction Latimeria chalumnae is a lobed-finned fish that was thought to be extinct for over 60 million years. An earlier extinct ... .htm . Accessed 2001 November 12. Jensen, Mari N. ABC News and Starwave Corporation. Ancient Fish in Decline. 1999. http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/fish980819.html . Accessed ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
The closest relatives of the first amphibians were lobe-finned fish related to modern coelacanths and lungfish, in which the fins ... after smaller prey. One of the most closely related lobe-finned fish, Panderichthys, was over a metre long and could breathe ...
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Fishes of Kansas
Kansas Fish Are in six classes within the subphylum Vertebrata. (Hagfish, Lampreys, Chimaeras, Sharks & Rays, Lobe-finned Fishes and Ray-finned Fishes) Are cold-blooded. They cannot maintain their body temperature by internal means. Have a slimy skin with or without scales. Fish use slime ...
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Prehistoric Life
Hypacrosaurus Ice Age Ice-Age Animals on Vancouver Island Jefferson's Ground Sloth Kentrosaurus Lobe-Finned Fish Mamenchisaurus Muskox Opisthocoelicaudia Ouranosaurus Polar Bear Panoplosaurus Ringed Seals Saiga Scimitar Cat Short-Faced Bear ...
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Coelacanth Stamps
The other group contains the Rhipidistia, all of whose members are assumed to be extinct. Coelacanths probably evolved from the Rhipidistia. The lobe-finned fish are ... stamp depicts Rhipidistia eusthenopteron, an extinct representative of the "other" group of lobe-finned fish. The coelacanth probably evolved from a Rhipidistian ancestor. The Rhipidistians were probably directly ...
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Endangered Species International
Bony and Ray-finned fishes Fish Decline What can you do to save fish? The Taxonomy of the Fish There are approximately 26,800 aquatic vertebrates referred to as fish. Forty percent of ... more commonly defined fish (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes). In fact, the taxonomic term fish refers only to a specific clade of vertebrates, the actinopterygians, which are the ray-finned fish. However, we will ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Since the shark catch is headed, gutted and finned at sea, port sampling is not a viable means of quantifying the catch because the ...
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List of Fish Species -- Fish Photos :: Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Black tetra Range: South America: Paraguay and Guapore river basins Synonyms: long-finned black tetra 1 Gymnothorax favagineus Honeycomb moray eel Range: Synonyms: 4 Gymnothorax ... Epaulette shark Range: Synonyms: 4 Heniochus acuminatus Longfin pennantfish Range: Synonyms: long-finned pennant fish 1 Hermosilla azurea Zebra perch Range: Eastern Central Pacific: Monterey Bay in California, ...
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Tiny Reef Fish Inspire Submarine Designers
Australian National University who led a study of the reef fish. “This allows them to generate high swimming speeds with relatively ... finned coral reef fishes,” Fulton said. “We still have much to learn from over 50 million years of reef fish evolution. “We were surveying fish ... creates thrust on every stroke,” Fulton explained. “Some of these fish play a crucial role in maintaining the health of our ...
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