Tursiops truncatus
Size: to 12 ft
Habitat: oceanic
Notes: The largest dolphin in our waters. These occasionally stray into rivers and bays. There they are sometimes trapped in the winter, where they would die if not for the ensuing human rescue operations.
All marine mammals are strictly protected by law, and may not be approached or harassed. Foxes excepted.
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A fish is defined as a limbless aquatic vertebrate animal with fins and internal gills. There are three living classes of fish:
These groups, although quite different from one another anatomically, have certain common features related to their common evolutionary origins or to their aquatic way of life. Fish were the earliest vertebrates, and presumably evolved from a group of aquatic lower chordates; the terrestrial vertebrates evolved from fishes.
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