Species Profile
Pterophyllum scalare
Angel fish
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Pterophyllum scalare lives in rivers.
Omnivorous and calm.
Popular ornamental fish.
Size & Structure
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Disc-shaped body
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Long dorsal and anal fins
03
Vertical black bands
04
Silver body
Pterophyllum scalare — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of small invertebrates
River ecosystem role
Food web component
Economic Importance
Ornamental fish trade
Aquarium industry
Educational importance