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          great crested newt, 78-79                                                                                            O                                   Pteraspis (fossil), 8
          great white shark, 24, 44-45        J-K                                 M                                                                                pufferfish: See fugu                S
          Greek mythology, 83                                                                                                                                      pygmy seahorse, 89
          green and black poison dart frog, 73  jawbone                           mackerel                                     ocean, 50-51                        Queensland lungfish, 58             sailfish, 24
          green moray, 56                       evolution, 8                        Atlantic mackerel, 10-11                   ocean sunfish, 13                                                       salamander, 65, 76-77
          grouper                             jawfish                             Mandarin dragonet, 27                        Ocellaris clownfish, 26                                                  common salamander, 76-77
            humpback grouper, 26                yellow-headed jawfish, 33         manta ray, 14-15, 42-43                      ogrefish: See fangtooth             R                                    habitat destruction, 90-91
                                              jawless fish, 8                     mantella frog, 72, 73                        operculum, 34                                                            Italian spectacled salamander, 77
                                              jumping, 64, 66-67                  marbled newt, 78-79                          Osteichthyes: See bony fish                                              large Alpine salamander, 77
          H                                   Kaiser's spotted newt               marbled salamander, 72                                                           rainbow trout, 86-87                 marbled salamander, 72
                                                                                                                                                                   Rajiformes, 42: See also ray
                                                                                  Mariana Trench, 55
                                                species decline, 91
                                                                                                                                                                                                        poisonous glands, 72-73
                                              knifefish                           marine lamprey, 8                            P-Q                                 ray, 11, 14-15                       spotted salamander, 90
          handfish, red, 28                     clown knifefish, 29               Mayan mythology, 82                                                                anatomy, 42-43                     tiger salamander, 65
          harlequin toad                                                          mesh net, 85                                                                       bluespotted ribbontail ray, 42-43  See also axolotl
            Costa Rican variable harlequin toad, 73, 91                           mesopelagic zone, 51                         Pacific red salmon, 48                butterfly ray, 43                 salmon
          harlequin tuskfish, 27                                                  metamorphosis, 70-71                         palmate newt, 79                      electric ray, 43                   Chinook salmon, 4-5
          hatchetfish, 47                     L                                   midwife toad                                 parasitism, 30                        excessive fishing, 88, 89          fins, 23
          hawkfish                                                                  European midwife toad, 69                  parrotfish, 31                        manta ray, 14-15, 42-43            fishing, 81
            longnose hawkfish, 29             lamprey, 8, 11                      mimesis, 34                                  Percula clownfish, 26                 movement, 42                       navigational ability, 5
          heterocercal tail, 22                 anatomy, 16-17                    mimicry                                      Persian sturgeon, 88                  rough ray, 42                      Pacific red salmon, 48
          hibernation, 58                       sea lamprey, 11                     amphibian, 5                               Peru stubfoot toad                    thornback ray, 14, 43              reproduction, 32, 48-49
          homocercal tail, 22                 large Alpine salamander, 77         moray                                          species decline, 91               red handfish, 28                     Yukon River, 5
          human impact, 80-81                 leg                                   green moray, 56                            pharyngeal plate, 31                red lionfish, 52                    saltwater fish
            fishing industry, 84-85             evolution, 62                       snowflake moray, 57                        phytoplankton, 30                   red salmon, 48                       salinity regulation, 17
            species decline, 90-91            legend, 82-83                       mudskipper, 59                               pipefish                            reed frog, 65                       Sarcopterygii: See Choanichthyes
            sport fishing, 86-87              lemon shark, 45                       Atlantic mudskipper, 59                      black-striped pipefish, 40        regeneration                        sawfish, 43
          humpback anglerfish, 55             life cycle                          mythology, 75, 82-83                           seaweed pipefish, 28                axolotl, 75                       scale (anatomy), 20-21
          humpback grouper, 26                  amphibians, 68-69                                                              piranha, 30                         remora, 30                           defense mechanism, 36-37
          humphead wrasse, 88                   axolotl, 74                                                                    placoderm (fossil), 9               reproduction                        school (of fish), 25
          hydrostatic pressure, 55              fish, 32-33                       N                                            placoid scale, 20                     amphibians, 68-69                 scorpionfish, 53
                                                salamanders, 77                                                                plaice, European, 34                  axolotl, 74                        spotted scorpionfish, 29, 35, 52
                                              lined seahorse, 40                                                               poison (toxin)                        fish, 32-33                       sea dragon
          I                                   lionfish, red, 52                   neoteny, 74                                    amphibians, 60, 72-73, 78-79        newts, 78                         sea lamprey, 11
                                                                                                                                                                                                        weedy sea dragon, 40
                                                                                                                                                                     salamanders, 77
                                                                                                                                 fish, 42, 52-53
                                                                                  newt, 78-79
                                              little skate, 42
                                              lobster bag net, 85                   Eastern newt, 78                           poison dart frog, 72                  salmon, 32, 48-49                 seadevil, fanfin, 54
          Iberian water frog, 68              longhorn cowfish, 28                  great crested newt, 78-79                    blue poison dart frog, 73           seahorses, 41                     seahorse, 40-41
          Ichtyostega (fossil), 62-63         longnose hawkfish, 29                 habitat destruction, 90                      golden poison dart frog, 73       respiratory system                   dwarf seahorse, 89
          illuminated netdevil, 55            lung                                  marbled newt, 78-79                          green and black poison dart frog, 73  amphibians, 64                   lined seahorse, 40
          incubation                            lung-like sacs, 5                   palmate newt, 79                             yellow-banded poison dart frog, 73  fish, 10-11                        pygmy seahorse, 89
            axolotl, 74                       lungfish, 8, 58-59                    smooth newt, 79                            pollution                           reticulated arrow-poison frog, 72    species decline, 89
            fish, 33, 41                        African, 23                                                                      species decline, 90               ringed caecilian, 65                seaweed pipefish, 28
          Italian spectacled salamander, 77     Queensland lungfish, 58                                                        porcupinefish                       rough ray, 42                       self-defense
                                                South American lungfish, 58                                                      spot-fin porcupinefish, 36-37                                          amphibians, 77
                                                West African lungfish, 58                                                      predator fish, 30                                                        fish, 36-37
                                              lure-casting, 87                                                                 prickly leatherjacket, 28                                               shark, 14, 38-39
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