FISH

FISH ARE THE BIGGEST GROUP OF VERTEBRATES. FISH LIVE IN FRESH WATER OR IN THE SEA.

REPRODUCTION•MOST FISH ARE OVIPAROUS. SOME FISH KEEP THEIR EGGS IN THEIR MOUTHS UNTIL THEY HATCH. •SHARKS ARE VIVIPAROUS AND GIVE BIRTH TO LIVE BABIES.

NUTRITION•FISH CAN BE CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES OR OMNIVORES.

RESPIRATION•THEY BREATHE WITH THEIR GILLS.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS•THEY HAVE FINS AND A TAIL WHICH HELP THEM TO MOVE AROUND. •THEIR SKIN IS COVERED IN SCALES WHICH PROTECT THEIR BODY.

Tail

ACTIVITY

MOVING IN GROUPSSOME FISH LIVE IN BIG GROUPS CALLED SHOALS.

SOME FISH, SUCH AS SHARKS, MOVE IN PACKS. THIS HELPS THEM TO HUNT BETTER.

WHEN A BIG GROUPS OF FISH MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, IT IS CALLED A SCHOOL.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISHRAY EEL SEAHO

RSE

DO FLYING FISH EXIST?