Outline of fish explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fish:

Fish – any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups. Most fish are ectothermic ("cold-blooded"), allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change, though some of the large active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature.^{[1] [2]} Fish are abundant in most bodies of water. They can be found in nearly all aquatic environments, from high mountain streams (e.g., char and gudgeon) to the abyssal and even hadal depths of the deepest oceans (e.g., cusk-eel and snailfish). At 32,000 species, fish exhibit greater species diversity than any other group of vertebrates.^[3]

What type of things are fish?

Fish can be described as all of the following:

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Types of fish

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History of fish

• History of fishing

Evolution of fish

• Prehistoric fish

Fish biology

• Ichthyology
  • Ichthyology terms
  • Ethnoichthyology
• Diversity of fish

Fish anatomy

Fish anatomy

• Ampullae of Lorenzini
• Anguilliformity
• Barbel
• Dorsal fin
• Electroreception
• Gill
• Gill raker
• Gill slit
• Glossohyal
• Hyomandibula
• Lateral line
• Leydig's organ
• Mauthner cell
  • Otolith Operculum
• Pharyngeal teeth
• Photophore
• Pseudobranch
• Scales
• Shark cartilage
• Shark tooth
• Swim bladder
• Vision
• Weberian apparatus

Fish locomotion

Fish locomotion

• Fin and flipper locomotion
• Amphibious fish
• Walking fish
• Flying fish
• Undulatory locomotion

Fish behavior

• Aquatic predation
• Bait ball
• Bottom feeders
• Cleaner fish
• Diel vertical migration
• Electric fish
• Filter feeders
• Forage fish
• Hallucinogenic fish
• Migrating fish
• Paedophagy
• Pain in fish
• Predatory fish
• Salmon run
• Sardine run
• Scale eaters
• Schooling fish
• Venomous fish

Fish habitats

• Coastal fish
• Coldwater fish
• Coral reef fish
• Deep sea fish
• Demersal fish
• Freshwater fish
• Groundfish
• Marine habitats
• Pelagic fish
• Tropical fish
• Wild fish

Fish as a resource

• Natural resource
• Fish as food
• Fish farming
  • Aquaculture
• Fishing industry
  • Fisheries
  • Fishing

Fish conservation

Fish conservation

• Overfishing
• Habitat destruction
  • Environmental effects of fishing

Fish-related recreation

• Fishkeeping
• Recreational fishing
  • Angling

Fish-related organizations

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Gilbert Ichthyological Society
• Ichthyological Society of Hong Kong
• National Fish Habitat Initiative
• North American Native Fishes Association

Fish-related publications

• Fishes of the World

People influential in relation to fish

• Jacques Cousteau
  • William Beebe Edwin Philip Pister
• Carl Leavitt Hubbs
• David Starr Jordan
• Louis Agassiz
• Robert Rush Miller
• Wendell L. Minckley

See also

• Public aquarium
• Aquarium
• Catch and release
• Deep sea fish
• Digital Fish Library
• Fish development
• Fishkeeping
• Forage fish
• Ichthyology
• Marine biology
• Marine vertebrates
• Fear of fish
• Fish kill
• FishBase
• Genetically modified fish
• Schreckstoff

External links

• ANGFA – Illustrated database of freshwater fishes of Australia and New Guinea
• Fischinfos.de – Illustrated database of the freshwater fishes of Germany (archived)
• FishBase online – Comprehensive database with information on over 29,000 fish species
• Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center – Data outlet for fisheries and aquaculture research center in the central US (archived)
• Philippines Fishes – Database with thousands of Philippine Fishes photographed in natural habitat
• The Native Fish Conservancy – Conservation and study of North American freshwater fishes
• United Nations – Fisheries and Aquaculture Department: Fish and seafood utilization
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Digital collection of freshwater and marine fish images

Notes and References

1. Goldman . K.J. . Regulation of body temperature in the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias . Journal of Comparative Physiology . 1997 . 167 . B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology . 6 . 423–429 . 10.1007/s003600050092 . 28082417 . 12 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406114844/http://www.mendeley.com/research/temperature-and-activities-of-a-white-shark-carcharodon-carcharias/ . 6 April 2012 . dead .
2. Lawson . K.D. . Carey . F.G. . Temperature regulation in free-swimming bluefin tuna . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A . 1 February 1973 . 44 . 2 . 375–392 . 10.1016/0300-9629(73)90490-8 . 4145757.
3. [FishBase]