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What are some of the most common examples of osteichthyes?

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Some examples of bony fish include the devil firefish, the emperor angelfish, the emperor snapper, the pineapple fish and the garden eel. These bony fish represent only a tiny portion of the 28,000 species of bony fish in the scientific class Osteichthyes, which contains the largest number of living vertebrate species in the world. read more

Osteichthyes, or bony fish, account for about 96% of all the fish in the sea, and have a skeleton made of bone instead of cartilage. There are over 25,000 species of Osteichthyes, with most having the shared characteristics of a keen sense of smell, good eyesight, mucous glands, dermal scales, paired fins, and jaws with teeth. read more

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