Bony Fish

• Actinopterygii
• Sarcopterygii

• Access Science Osteichthyes  - Contains a summary of this article discussing the physical features of this class.
• Acclaim Images Bony Fish Photos  - Shows images and clip arts. With links to related sites.
• Anatomy and Physiology  - Provides information on the distinguishing features of bony fishes.
• Anatomy Features and Scientific Measurements of Bony Fish and Sharks  - Provides links to diagrams and discussions.
• Answers.com Bony Fish  - Provides basic information on this group. With links to related sites.
• Bony Fish  - Provides basic facts on this group.
• Bony Fish  - Discusses the characteristics of these species. With links to related sites.
• Bony Fish  - Shows images of member species. With brief introduction.
• Bony Fish Bycatch in the Southern Brazil Pink Shrimp  - Provides access to the study by Marcelo ViannaI and Tabajara Almeida II.
• Bony Fish Class Osteichthyes  - Lists species under this class. With brief introduction.
• Bony Fish Gills [PDF]  - Discusses the schematics of this breathing apparatus. With images.
• Bony Fish Lophiiformes  - Provides listing of related sites.
• Bony Fish Osteichthyes  - Deals with the fossilized teeth and bones of the group. With links.
• Class Osteichthyes [PDF]  - Contains educational references. With labeled photos, descriptions and lecture objectives.
• Class Osteichthyes Bony Fish  - Contains slides of species, reproductive cycle, diet and adaptation.
• Comparison of Fast Startle Responses Between Two Elongated Bony Fish  - Presents the abstract of the study conducted by Jason R. Meyers, Elizabeth H. Copanas, Steven J. Zottoli. The full title of this paper is "Comparison of Fast Startle Responses between Two Elongate Bony Fish with an Anguilliform Type of Locomotion, the African Lungfish, Protopterus annectens, and the American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, and the Implications for the Underlying Neuronal Basis of Escape Behavior.".
• Digestive System of the Bony Fish  - Discusses how food is processed inside the intestines.
• External Structure of a Bony Fish  - Discusses body features of these species. With links to related sites.
• Fossil Groups Bony Fish  - Contains a diagram with labeled parts. With links to related sites.
• Genomics and Mapping of Teleostei (Bony Fish)  - Provides information on sequencing research. With links to related sites.
• History of the Universe Bony Fish  - Provides basic information on these species. With links to related sites.
• Internal Anatomy of a Bony Fish  - Shows a labeled diagram of the major parts of these species.
• Major Radiation of Fishes Class Osteichthyes  - Contains images of species and description of characteristics. With links to related sites.
• Morphology of a Bony Fish  - Provides a diagram with labeled parts. With links to related sites.
• Nature Portfolio: Catalogue of Photos of Bony Fish  - Contains taxonomic list of species, with photographs.
• Nature Works Bony Fish  - Discusses the characteristics of these species. With links to related sites.
• New Conserved Motifs  - Presents an abstract of a protein study on these species. Offers links to a full text version, which is entitled "M13 endopeptidases: New conserved motifs correlated with structure, and simultaneous phylogenetic occurrence of PHEX and the bony fish.".
• Ocean Sunfish Photographs  - Provides images, videos and brief discussions. With links to related sites.
• Oceanlink: Osteichthyes "The Bony Fishes"  - Answers questions about this group of fishes that have bony skeletons, including tropical, cold water, and deep sea fish.
• Osteichthyes Continued [PDF]  - Provides images and discussion of subclasses and orders.
• Osteichthyes Page ( Bony Fishes)  - Discusses characteristics, reproduction, respiration and circulatory systems.
• Phylum Chordata Class Osteichthyes  - Discusses characteristics, habitations, diet. With links to related sites.
• Primary Cultured Hepatocytes of the Bony Fish  - Presents access to the article by AC Schmid, M Reinecke and W Kloas. The full name of this paper is "Primary cultured hepatocytes of the bony fish, Oreochromis mossambicus, the tilapia: a valid tool for physiological studies on IGF-I expression in liver .".
• Reference.com Osteichthyes  - Provides information on external and internal features of bony fishes. With links to related sites.
• Reproductive Ecology of a Neotropical Cichlid Fish, Cichla monoculus (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae)  - Abstract of article by Chellappa, S. et al., with links to full article in text or PDF format.
• Respiration of the Bony Fish  - Article on the process of underwater breathing. By Ardan Huck.
• Rhodopsin-Encoding Gene of Bony Fish Lacks Introns.  - Presents a study by Fitzgibbon J, Hope A, Slobodyanyuk SJ, Bellingham J, Bowmaker JK and Hunt, DM. With links to related sites.
• Seaworld Bony Fishes  - Provides information on these species. Includes diet, reproduction, characteristics and behavior.
• Skin Development in Bony Fish with Particular Emphasis on Collagen Deposition  - Presents the abstract of the paper, "Skin development in bony fish with particular emphasis on collagen deposition in the dermis of the zebrafish (Danio rerio)," which is written by Dominique Le Guellec, Ghislaine Morvan-Dubois and Jean-Yves Sire. With access to a PDF version.
• Spectrum of Life Bony Fish  - Discusses the importance of these species. With links to related sites.
• Striped Bass  - Provides images of this specie. With links to related sites.
• Sunfish/Common Mola Mola mola  - Provides information on the largest of the bony fishes. With links to related sites.
• Tetraodontiformes Bony Fish  - Provides links to resources on these species.
• Various True Bony Fishes  - Provides images and information on member species.
• Vertebrates: Bony Fishes  - Includes quick identification gallery, taxonomic index, species name, and location.
• What are Bony Fish?  - Discusses ossification. With links to related sites.
• What is the Longest Bony Fish?  - Provides information on the oarfish Regalecus glesne.
• Worlds Heaviest Bony Fish Discovered?  - Article on a record catch off the coast of Japan. By John Roach for National Geographic News.
• Xiphactinus Audax  - Shows an image of the largest known bony fish fossil.