DEC 2023

FAMILY LIFE
OF FISH
FC 13 - ICHTHYOLOGY
 What is Fish?
01 Cold-Blooded
Fish are ectothermic, meaning their
internal body temperature is
regulated by the surrounding
environment.
Fins and
02
Scales
Typically, fish possess fins for
movement and balance, along
with scales covering their bodies.
Aquatic
03
Respiration
They respire through gills,
extracting oxygen from water to
support their respiratory needs.
04 Vertebrates
Fish belong to the class of
vertebrates, characterized by
having a backbone or spine
made of vertebrae.
Life of Fish
Fish life means all fish species
including but not limited to
food fish, shellfish, game fish,
and others non-classified fish
species and all stages of
development of those species.
 Life Span of Fish

3-5 Years
The minority of common tropical fish
live for an average of….

20 years 40 years
But there's a species of fish Koi who are cousins of
among those living the longest the goldfish can live up to
FISH
FAMILY
 - Is a family of freshwater fish
commonly called the carp or minnow
family.
CYPRINIDAE
- Is a family of bony fish in the order gobiiformes, one
of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000
species in more than 200 genera, sometimes referred to
as the "True Gobies".

GOBIIDAE
 - Cichlids are fish from the family cichlidae in the
order cichiformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed
in a suborder, Labroidae, along with the wrasses, In the
order perciformes.
CICHLIDAE
 - The characids or characins is a family of
fresh water subtropical and tropical fish,
belonging to order characiformes. The name
"Characins" is the historical one, but scientist
today tend to prefer "Characids" to reflect
their status as a by and large monophyletic
group of family rank.
CHARCIDAE