Characteristics of Super Class Osteichthyes

Characteristics of Super Class Osteichthyes are given below:

1) Skin with mucus gland. Paired fins made of rays and spines, or lobed fins lacking the rays and spines.

2) Various types of scales (ctenoid, ganoid, or cycloid).

3) Marine and fresh water species.

4) Gills used for respiration

5) External fertilization. Spawning. Oviparous.

6) No external ears

7) No eye lids.

8) Skeleton made of bone

9) Lateral line

10) Two chambered heart. Operculum covering the gills. Brain with large optic lobes and cerebellum.

Example:

1. Labeo

2. Hippocampus