18 relations: Actinopterygii, Batoidea, Black drum, Elasmobranchii, Fish anatomy, Fish fin, Fishery, Glossary of ichthyology, Hagfish, Ichthyology, Lamprey, Minimum landing size, Northern red snapper, Shark, Slot limit, Standard weight in fish, Taxonomy (biology), Teleost.
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.
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Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays.
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Black drum
The black drum (Pogonias cromis), also known as the drum or drummer, is a saltwater fish similar to its cousin, the red drum.
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Elasmobranchii
Elasmobranchii is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including the sharks (superorder Selachii) and the rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea).
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Fish anatomy
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fishes.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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Fishery
Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery.
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Glossary of ichthyology
Ichthyology uses several terms that are unique to the science.
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Hagfish
Hagfish, the class '''Myxini''' (also known as Hyperotreti), are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels).
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Ichthyology
Ichthyology (from Greek: ἰχθύς, ikhthys, "fish"; and λόγος, logos, "study"), also known as fish science, is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.
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Lamprey
Lampreys (sometimes also called, inaccurately, lamprey eels) are an ancient lineage of jawless fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, placed in the superclass Cyclostomata.
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Minimum landing size
The minimum landing size (MLS) is the smallest fish measurement at which it is legal to keep or sell a fish.
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Northern red snapper
The northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits environments associated with reefs.
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Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
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Slot limit
A protected slot limit is a tool used by fisheries managers to regulate the size of fish that can legally be harvested from particular bodies of water.
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Standard weight in fish
Standard weight in fish is the typical or expected weight at a given total length for a specific species of fish.
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Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
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Teleost
The teleosts or Teleostei (Greek: teleios, "complete" + osteon, "bone") are by far the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, and make up 96% of all extant species of fish.
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