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Evolution of Modern Fishes: Critical Biological Innovations

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Modern fishes comprise the largest and most successful group of all vertebrates on the planet. The higher fishes are divided into two major groupings, Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes and the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.

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    Present address: Environmental Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Lingham-Soliar, T. (2014). Evolution of Modern Fishes: Critical Biological Innovations. In: The Vertebrate Integument Volume 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53748-6_4

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