2. (Ray-Finned Fishes) Bradley Gregg, Megan MacMillan, Jessica Oakley, Cardy Saunders

3. Actinopterygii Background Actinopterygii – Ray-Finned Fishes Most diverse taxa of fishes on Earth Half of all vertebrates 24,000 species

4. Two Subclasses Chondrostei: cartilaginous fishes Neopterygii: ‘new fin’ fishes Sturgeon Clown Fish

5. Characteristics Fins composed of bony rays with webbing Sensory arrays along each side Lateral Line

6. Nile Tilapia Scorpion Fish Alaska Blackfish

7. Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) Giant Oarfish Paedocypris progenetica

8. Evolution Earliest fossils from 420-360 million years ago Dominant aquatic vertebrates: 300 million years ago

9. Habitats Freshwater rivers and subterranean caves: Light, open ocean and dark, deep ocean: Freezing Antarctic, tropical coral reefs: Trout Atlantic Blue MarlinAngler Fish Antarctic Ice Fish Parrotfish Ozark Cavefish

10. Fin. Thank you for watching. At this time we would like to give credit where it is due. The following is a complete list of sources utilized in the creation of this presentation. Information/Research: www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.eduwww.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu //University of Michigan – Animal Diversity// www.ucmp.berkeley.eduwww.ucmp.berkeley.edu//University of California Museum of Paleontology// www.itis.govwww.itis.gov//Integrated Taxonomic Information System// www.en.wikipedia.orgwww.en.wikipedia.org//Wikipedia// www.tolweb.orgwww.tolweb.org//Tree of Life web project// www.seawater.nowww.seawater.no//The Marine Flora and Fauna of Norway// Images: www.imgt.comwww.imgt.com//taxonomic tree// www.tolweb.comwww.tolweb.com//Sturgeon image// www.creationguide.comwww.creationguide.com//Clownfish image// www.talkrational.orgwww.talkrational.org//Yellowtail Snapper skeleton image// www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk//fish fin image// www.farnhamanglingsociety.comwww.farnhamanglingsociety.com//Crucian Carp image// www.lakeharvest.comwww.lakeharvest.com//Nile Tilapia image// www.canadianprincess.comwww.canadianprincess.com//Scorpion Fish image// www.beauty-animal.blogspot.comwww.beauty-animal.blogspot.com//Alaska Blackfish image// www.wafflesatnoon.comwww.wafflesatnoon.com//Giant Oarfish image// www.baligreatadventure.netwww.baligreatadventure.net//Ocean Sunfish image// www.newscientist.comwww.newscientist.com//Paedocypris Progenetica image// www.fossil-facts-and-finds.comwww.fossil-facts-and-finds.com//fish fossil image// www.online.sfsu.eduwww.online.sfsu.edu//Trout image// www.ruethedayblog.comwww.ruethedayblog.com//Ozark Cavefish image// www.carnivoraforum.comwww.carnivoraforum.com//Atlantic Blue Marlin image// www.anglerfish.infowww.anglerfish.info//Angler Fish image// www.ichthyologist.tumblr.comwww.ichthyologist.tumblr.com//Antarctic Ice Fish image// www.students.cis.uab.eduwww.students.cis.uab.edu//Parrotfish image//