The Fish 4th

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Vertebrates

Mammals Birds Fish

Fish are vertebrate animals that live in water.Fish are vertebrate animals that live in water. They have a skeleton inside their bodies.They have a skeleton inside their bodies. They are cold-blooded animals. They are cold-blooded animals. Their body usually stay the same Their body usually stay the same

tempereture as the water around them.tempereture as the water around them.

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Fish have scales to protect Fish have scales to protect their bodies.their bodies.

Most fish swim using their Most fish swim using their fins.fins.

Fish breathe through gills.Fish breathe through gills.

FeedingFeeding

Fish feed onFish feed onplants,plants,other other animalsanimals or both or both plants and plants and other animals.other animals.

ReproductionReproduction

Fish lay eggs.Fish lay eggs.

Fish

Jawless fish

Cartilaginous fish

Bony fish

Jawless fishJawless fish

These fish have no These fish have no jaws, and have a jaws, and have a skeleton made of skeleton made of cartilage (not cartilage (not bone).bone).

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CartilaginousCartilaginous fishfish

These fish have These fish have a skeleton made a skeleton made of cartilage and of cartilage and no swim bladder.no swim bladder.

Their skin has Their skin has tooth, like tooth, like scales.scales.

Sharks and rays are cartilaginous Sharks and rays are cartilaginous fish.fish.

These fish have a skeleton made of These fish have a skeleton made of bone. bone.

They have a swim bladder. They have a swim bladder. Most fish are bony fish.Most fish are bony fish.

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The carp is a bony fish.The carp is a bony fish.

It has a skeleton made of bone.It has a skeleton made of bone. Its body is covered with scales, but some Its body is covered with scales, but some

have only a few big scales.have only a few big scales. It has short head. It has no teeth.It has short head. It has no teeth.

Carp spawn during spring and Carp spawn during spring and summer, from April to June.summer, from April to June.

Femmale carp lay 1 00.000 to 5 Femmale carp lay 1 00.000 to 5 00.000 eggs.00.000 eggs.

Carp are omnivores.Carp are omnivores.They eat plants and animals theat they They eat plants and animals theat they find in the mud on the pond floor.find in the mud on the pond floor.