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Introduction
Definition of fish, fishes, Fisheries and Aquatic habitats, Economic importance of fish
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Taxonomy
Classification of Super class Pisces up to family, general characters of classes, Nomenclature of classes, family, genera and species of fishes, Identification of fishes of Nepal: Zoological key, illustration, specimens, experts, economically important food fishes of Nepal and their classification with characters
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Digestive system
Structures of alimentary canal in different fishes, Mechanism of digestion (digestive glands, enzymes)
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Nervous system
Structure of brain, Peripheral nervous system
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Respiratory organs of Cyclostomes

  • Agnathans have 6-15 pairs of gill pouches, which are lateral extensions of the pharynx and contain gill lamellae within.
  • Cyclostomes are called marsipobranchs, which means “pouched gills” since the gill lamellae are housed in gill pouches.
  • The hagfish, Myxine has only 6 pairs of gill pouches whose ducts join together and open to the exterior by a single pair of openings, while Bdellostoma carries 6-15 pairs of gill pouches that vary in different species and open to the outside independently.
  • In Myxine behind the gill pouches, there is a single pharyngeal-cutaneous duct on the left side, which is a modified gill pouch that drains excess water that fails to enter the gill pouches.
  • The lamprey, Petromyzon, has 8 embryonic and 7 adult paired gill pouches that open to the exterior by independent openings.
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