Actinopterygii
description
Transcript of Actinopterygii
![Page 1: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Actinopterygii
By: Marcel Surette, Brittney Pothier, Richard LeBlanc, Gabrielle Boudreau
![Page 2: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Introduction • “Ray-Finned Fish”• 50% of all vertebrates• Most successful group of fish
![Page 3: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• Ray-Finned Fish Class• 42 orders• 431 families• 25000 species
![Page 4: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Characteristics • Ray supported fins • Skeleton composed of bone (cartilage) • Swim bladder• Scales• Gill Cover
Lionfish
![Page 5: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Habitat
• Lakes, Springs• Artic Oceans• Tropical Waters• Caves • Mudflats • Water Temperatures
![Page 6: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Diet• Herbivores • Carnivores • Omnivores• Zooplanktivores small crustaceans • Detrivores decomposing organisms
• Opportunistic Eaters
![Page 7: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Reproduction• Lay eggs / retain eggs • Some protection to offspring
![Page 8: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Lifespan
Seven-Figure Pygmy Goby
Rougheye Rockfish
![Page 9: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Communication/Perception
• Lateral Lines (Mechanoreception) sensory organs
• Vision Many wavelengths
![Page 10: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Fun Facts• Swim bladder (homologous)• Fossil records 400 – 350 million
years ago• Tuna, Salmon, Bass, Seahorse, Cod• No muscle in fins • Symmetrical tail• Open swim bladder (breathing organ)
![Page 11: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Mudskipper
![Page 12: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
LA FIN!!!
![Page 13: Actinopterygii](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062310/56816726550346895ddbbbe2/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Sources• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ac
tinopterygii/• https://menaultaxonomyproject.wikispaces.com/Ani
malia+-+Chordata+-+Actinopterygii• http://www.seawater.no/fauna/chordata/Actinopter
ygii.html
• http://www.oceanclassrooms.com/ms101_u9_c2_sf_2
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/actinopterygii/actinintro.html