Question

What is a common name for Osteichthyes?

Answer 1

Osteichthyes:

1. Osteichthyes are commonly called bony fishes.
2. Osteichthyes is a class of jawed fishes having a bony endoskeleton.
3. It is the largest class of vertebrates and includes a diverse group of marine and freshwater bony fishes.
4. The other group of jawed fishes are cartilaginous fishes, which are included in the class Chondrichthyes.

Examples of bony fishes are:

1. Ray-finned fishes:
2. Marine bony fishes
3. Freshwater bony fishes