Question

What fish are in the class Osteichthyes?

Answer 1

Class Osteichthyes :

1. Class Osteichthyes are popularly referred to as bony fishes.
2. Like all other fishes, Osteichthyes are cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe through gills and use fins for swimming.
3. Bony fish share several distinguishing features such as a skeleton, scales, paired fins, one pair of gill openings, jaws, and paired nostrils.
4. These are mainly found in freshwater.
5. They have characteristic scales and bony rays.
6. An example of Osteichthyes is lungfish, salmon, clownfish, and eels.