Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called lepidotrichia, as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of the sister class Sarcopterygii. Resembling folding fans, the actinopterygian fins can easily change shape and wetted area, providing superior thrust-to-weight ratios per movement compared to sarcopterygian and chondrichthyian fins. The fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the articulation between these fins and the internal skeleton.
Vertebrates are animals with a vertebral column, and a cranium, or skull. The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord, while the cranium protects the brain.
Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of battered and fried fish, served with chips. Often considered the national dish of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century. Today, the dish is a common takeaway food in numerous other countries, particularly English-speaking and Commonwealth nations.
Plecostomus, pleco, or plec is the common name of several species of freshwater loricariid catfish commonly sold as aquarium fish.
Suckerfish or sucker may refer to:
Carya sinensis is a species of tree native to southwestern China and northern Vietnam, in the hickory genus Carya. It is sometimes called Chinese hickory or beaked hickory. It is closely related to Carya kweichowensis.
A fish is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. Most fish are cold-blooded, their body temperature varying with the surrounding water, though some large active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. Many fish can communicate acoustically with each other, such as during courtship displays. The study of fish is known as ichthyology.
Beaufortia kweichowensis is a species of gastromyzontid loach. It is endemic to China where it is known from the Xi River. The common names for this popular aquarium species are Chinese hillstream loach, Hong Kong pleco, butterfly hillstream loach, and Chinese sucker fish.
The red-tailed knobby newt or Kweichow (crocodile) newt is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in western Guizhou and north-eastern Yunnan, China. It is most closely related to emperor newt and Himalayan newt.
Uvaria kweichowensis is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a shrub or climbing liana endemic to southern China, where it grows in Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou, western Guangxi, and Hainan.
Chinese loach may refer to any of several loaches and hillstream loaches, including:
Beaufortia is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.
Pescetarianism is a dietary practice in which seafood is the only source of meat in an otherwise vegetarian diet. The inclusion of other animal products, such as eggs and dairy, is optional. According to research conducted from 2017 to 2018, approximately 3% of adults worldwide are pescetarian.
Pseudohemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish occurring in eastern Asia. There are currently four species in the genus.
Bacchisa is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Bacchisa kweichowensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1959. It is known from China.
Crocodile newt may refer to:
Pseudohemiculter hainanensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows from south east Asia. It occurs in the Yuanjiang, Zhujiang, Hainan Island, and middle reaches of Changjiang River in China and Vietnam.
Grigoriora is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini: in the subfamily Meconematinae.
Carya kweichowensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Juglandaceae, native to southwestern Guizhou, China. A montane forest tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is closely related to Carya sinensis.
