Bichir
The bichirs and reedfish (also called ropefish) comprise the Polypteridae, a family of archaic-looking ray-finned fishes and the sole family in the order Polypteriformes.
All species occur in freshwater habitats in tropical Africa and the Nile River system, mainly swampy, shallow floodplains and estuaries.
Bichirs are considered the sister group to all other extant ray-finned fishes.
Anatomy
Bichirs are elongated fish with a unique series of dorsal finlets which vary in number from seven to 18, instead of a single dorsal fin. Each of the dorsal finlets has bifid (double-edged) tips, and are the only fins with spines; the rest of the fins are composed of soft rays. The body is covered in thick, bonelike, and trapezoidal (ganoid) scales. Their jaw structure more closely resembles that of the tetrapods than that of the teleost fishes. Bichirs have a number of other primitive characteristics, including fleshy pectoral fins superficially similar to those of lobe-finned fishes. They also have a pair of slit-like spiracles used to exhale air, two gular plates, and paired ventral lungs (the left lung shorter than the right). Four pairs of gill arches are present.
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You Are No Angel
by: PoacherAhhhhh……
You are no Angel
Though you've got those blue eyes
But there is some magic
The way you use those sighs
And I still want ya
God only knows just why
You are no Angel
When all you do is lie
You are no Angel
Though I've seen you flyin’
You need a Halo
Even though you're cryin’
But don't think I like it
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The things they’re sayin’
About the things ya do
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But there is some magic (Be my Angel be my love)
And I still want ya
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When all you do is lie
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And I still want ya
God only knows just why
You are no Angel
When all you do is lie
You are no Angel (Be my Angel)
Though you've got those blue eyes
But there is some magic (Be my Angel)
The way you use those sighs
And I still want ya (Be my Angel)
God only knows just why (Oh Yeah!)
You are no Angel
When all you do is lie
You are no Angel (yeah, hey)
Though you've got those blue eyes (Got those blue eyes)
But there is some magic (Be my Angel)
The way you use those sighs (Oh Yeah!)
And I still want ya (Be my Angel)