Fish encyclopedia
Explore the 28 Animalpedia species classified as fish: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.
Fish are aquatic vertebrate animals that breathe through gills and move using fins. Their body is most often covered with scales. They inhabit both seas and fresh waters, and include food species such as the sardine, the tuna and the grouper, as well as aquarium species such as the goldfish and the guppy.
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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals)
1
Gastropods
6
Bivalves
7
Clitellates
1
Clitellates
1
Turbellarians (Flatworms)
1
Polychaetes
2
Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada)
1
Rotifers
1
Demosponges (Poriferans)
1
Scyphozoans
1
Crustaceans (Barnacles)
1
Anthozoans
1
Hydrozoans
2
Starfish (Echinoderms)
1
Brittle Stars
1
Sea Urchins
1
Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers)
1
Crinoids
1
Millipedes
1
Turbellarians (Flatworms)
1
Malacostracan Crustaceans
13
Molluscs
1
Chondrichthyans
6
Cephalopods
6
Chondrichthyans
10
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)
1
Actinopterygians
18
Fish (Actinopterygians)
17
Bony fish (Actinopterygians)
1
Actinistians (Sarcopterygians)
1
Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish)
1
Horseshoe crabs
1
Mammals
208
Birds
131
Reptiles
62
Amphibians
13
Fish
28
Insects
55
Arachnids
11
Crustaceans
2
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