Bony Fish - class Osteichthyes
• Skeleton made of bone
- 96% of all fishes
• Cycloid or ctenoid scales
- Thin, flexible, overlapping, bone
• Mouth typically terminal
• Grow teeth in place
• Gas bladder
- adjusts buoyancy
- present in advanced fishes
• Extremely successful
- Wide range of adaptations
(Pictured is a Pumpkinseed Sunfish [Lepomis gibbosus])