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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