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Class 🍽️ 1,385 Edible 🎣 730 Game Fish 🐠 885 Aquarium ⚠️ 238 Venomous

Ray-finned fishes

Actinopterygii

The largest class of vertebrates, comprising over 30,000 species of fish that have fins supported by bony spines or rays.

Orders
6
Families
167
Species
8,159
Edible
1,385
Max Length
460 cm
Threatened
68

📋 Taxonomic Overview

Actinopterygii
The largest class of vertebrates, comprising over 30,000 species of fish that have fins supported by bony spines or rays.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

filter-feed
40%
20
carnivore
20%
10
herbivore
12%
6
piscivore
10%
5
omnivore
10%
5
planktivore
8%
4
Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
8,336 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
87%
7,130
💧 Freshwater
10%
779
🔄 Diadromous
3%
238
🌿 Brackish
0%
12

🛡️ Conservation Status

LC
DD
Least Concern 3,866
Near Threatened 92
Vulnerable 185
Endangered 103
Critically Endangered 53
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 23
Data Deficient 849