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      | Fish Orders Poster |  
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					| A154 Fish Fish are cold-blooded animals that live in water. They 
					have a streamlined body design and are covered with scales 
					that reduce friction. Most are excellent swimmers. There are 
					over 27,000 species, making them the most diverse 
					vertebrates on Earth. This poster shows the three major 
					clades. The jawless fish, the cartilaginous fish, and the 
					bony fish. The latter dominates the poster, as all the 
					orders / clades are explored.
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					| Laminated | No. A154L | $12.95 |  |  
					| Non-Laminated | No. A154F | $7.95 |  |  |  |  
      | Vertebrate Orders Set |  
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      | This is one of the four posters in our 
					vertebrate orders set. They provides a comprehensive 
					overview of the living vertebrates. Animal life is now 
					undergoing the transition from the Linnaeus classification 
					system to the new cladistic classification system. Birds 
					have been reclassified under the new system. There have been 
					many systems proposed for the other animals, but none has 
					been widely accepted. This required that the posters present 
					the animals in the context of their existing Linnaeus 
					orders. Each of these posters present all of the orders 
					within the group. There are so many marsupials and 
					cartilaginous fish that they are presented as super orders. Each order is introduced by the common name or names (such as 
					whales, dolphins and porpoises), followed by the biological 
					name (Cetacea), the number of species, and a brief 
					description. A great many representational animals are 
					beautifully shown, all identified by both common and 
					biological names.
 This is the first time that a comprehensive overview of this enormous and 
					complex subject has ever been presented on posters. This set 
					is invaluable for life science classes and anywhere else 
					that the study of animals takes place.
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