Parts of a fish
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Parts of a fish
Parts of a fish - skeleton
![Skeleton of a Nile Perch from Norman, 1947](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.510fa17.jpg)
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Skeleton of a Nile Perch, Lates niloticus, from Norman, 1947.
Parts of a fish - direction
![Fish with dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior labelled](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.2502592.jpg)
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A 'typical' fish, the Redfin Perch, Perca fluviatilis, with dorsal, ventral, anterior and posterior directions arrowed.
Parts of a fish - fins
![Fins of a fish](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.b0f0c58.jpg)
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Some of the main external features of a Redfin Perch, Perca fluviatilis.
The illustration is from Norman & Tenison (1931).
- Preoperculum, preopercle
- Operculum (gill cover)
- Nape
- Breast
- Lateral line
- Caudal peduncle
Parts of a fish - internal anatomy
![Fish - internal anatomy](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.7606946.jpg)
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Some of the internal anatomical features of a Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides.
The image is from Lagler, Bardach & Miller (1964) - (Source: Lagler, 1954).
Parts of a fish - internal anatomy of anterior region
![Fish - internal anatomy](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.fe17bc6.jpg)
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Some of the internal anatomical features of a Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides. The image is from Lagler, Bardach & Miller (1964) - (Source: Lagler, 1954).