Fish

A fish is a type of vertebrate. The picture below shows the skeleton of a fish. Can you see the backbone?

Fish have the following things in common:

They breathe with gills: Fish live in water and breathe using gills.
Their bodies are covered with scales: Almost all fish have scales covering their bodies.
They have fins: Fish use fins to help them move through the water.
They are cold blooded: Their body temperature depends on the temperature of their environment.

Examples of fish

The pictures below show examples of fish.

_{Guppies are very small fish}.

_{Bettas are fish which have been bred to have long fins.}

_{Sharks are fish.}

_{Rays are very strange looking fish.}