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Fish

Large category that can include any member of the classes Cephalochordata (lancelets), Agnatha (hagfish and lampreys), Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), Holocephali (ghost sharks), Osteichthyes (bony fish), Gastropoda (gastropods), Pelecypoda (bivalves), Cephalopoda (cephalopods), and Crustacea (crustaceans).

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Puffer fish

Animals; Fish

Puffer fish are the second most poisonous vertebrate animals on Earth (the first of them is the Golden Dart Frog). Some types of meat is a delicacy in Japan (as fugu) and Korea (both sides of the ...

Porbeagle

Animals; Fish

A large, active shark which is found chiefly in the open seas of the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean. Also called mackerel shark

Man-eating monster fish

Animals; Fish

A giant tiger fish caught by British angler Jeremy Wade in the Congo river of Arica. The 5ft long (1.5 meter) animal is known to attack people and other large preys such as the crocodile. Its ...

Tiger shark

Animals; Fish

Is the tiger shark (galeocerdo Cuvier) is more tropical and live in the temperate Ocean shark species. They have a dark stripe along the upper side of the body (they are referred to as tiger shark). ...

Cold-blooded

Animals; Fish

Having a body temperature that changes with the temperature of the environment, such as fish are cold-blooded.

Jawless fish

Animals; Fish

A type of fish that has no jaw and looks like an eel. These are very ancient group of fish.

Jellyfish

Animals; Fish

A type of water animal with a soft body that is shaped like an umbrella or bell.

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