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ray-finned fishes
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Local animals in this group:
sturgeons
pirate perch
suckers
sunfish
herrings, shads, sardines, and menhadens
sculpins
Brook stickleback
carps and minnows
pikes
Plains topminnow
North American freshwater catfishes
Atlantic sailfish
hakes and burbots
White perch
Bass
Bass
Gobie arrondie
perches
salmon, trout, whitefish, and relatives
drums or croakers
California yellowtail
Central mudminnow
Additional information:
Find ray-finned fishes information at
Encyclopedia of Life
ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
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Coloration/Patterning (84)
Coloration/Patterning: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) (57)
Coloration/Patterning: Cryptic (49)
Behaviors (33)
Body Parts (14)
Body Parts: Eyes (9)
Body Parts: Mouth (Buccal Cavity) (5)
Breeding (3)
Male (3)
Body Parts: Pectoral Fins (1)
Female (1)
Coloration/Patterning: Eyespots Or (1)
Locomotion: Swimming (28)
Locomotion (28)
#Exemplar (18)
Feeding Behaviors (2)
Parental Care (2)
Feeding Behaviors: Capturing/Manipulating Prey (1)
Parental Care: Nesting (1)
Reproduction (1)
Parental Care: Establishing Protected Site (1)
Adult/Sexually Mature (125)
Anatomy (99)
Juvenile (5)
Hatchling (2)
Live Animal (143)
Life Stages And Gender (132)
Behavior (6)
Annotated (5)
Eggs (2)
Nest (2)
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Salvelinus namaycush
Lake trout
Salvelinus namaycush
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Sander vitreus
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Sander vitreus
Sand Sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
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