--- title: "Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii & Sarcopterygii) (Page 2 of 3) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Hydrodynamic aquatic rulers with lateral line pressure sensors, swim bladders, and electrical weaponry." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/clades/fish/page/2/" --- # Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii & Sarcopterygii) (Page 2 of 3) > Hydrodynamic aquatic rulers with lateral line pressure sensors, swim bladders, and electrical weaponry. **53 species in this collection.** - [European Eel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-eel/) (*Anguilla anguilla*) - **Superpower**: Swims 5,000 to 10,000 km across the Atlantic to spawn - **Musical Match**: Kali Malone (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Fangtooth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fangtooth/) (*Anoplogaster cornuta*) - **Superpower**: Fangs so long that the lower pair slide into pockets in the roof of its mouth, reportedly the largest teeth of any marine fish for its head size - **Musical Match**: Bloodbath (Brutal Death Metal & Heavy Groove) - [Giant Oarfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-oarfish/) (*Regalecus glesne*) - **Superpower**: Swims with its body held straight by rippling a dorsal fin that runs its whole length, and has been seen swimming upright, which is believed to be how it searches for prey. - **Musical Match**: Stars of the Lid (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Great Barracuda](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-barracuda/) (*Sphyraena barracuda*) - **Superpower**: A scissor-like bite that cuts prey in two - **Musical Match**: Melt-Banana (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise) - [Green Humphead Parrotfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-humphead-parrotfish/) (*Bolbometopon muricatum*) - **Superpower**: Males headbutt rivals with loud, jarring impacts - **Musical Match**: Royal Blood (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock) - [Green Moray Eel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-moray-eel/) (*Gymnothorax funebris*) - **Superpower**: A yellow mucus coat that protects it from parasites and bacteria, and a sense of smell it relies on to find prey at night - **Musical Match**: Ty Segall (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock) - [Gulper Eel (Pelican Eel)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gulper-eel/) (*Eurypharynx pelecanoides*) - **Superpower**: A mouth that first unfolds and then inflates, and that researchers propose can expand to several times the eel's own body volume. - **Musical Match**: Oneohtrix Point Never (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis) - [Humpback Anglerfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/humpback-anglerfish/) (*Melanocetus johnsonii*) - **Superpower**: Swallows prey longer than itself - **Musical Match**: Andy Stott (Future Garage & Deep Electronica) - [Koi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/koi/) (*Cyprinus rubrofuscus*) - **Superpower**: In one study, sought out a human hand for touch even after a full meal - **Musical Match**: Clara Schumann (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Leafy Seadragon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leafy-seadragon/) (*Phycodurus eques*) - **Superpower**: Leaf-like skin flaps that don't seem to help it move, while small, almost translucent fins do the swimming and it sways like a plant in the current. - **Musical Match**: Bibio (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis) - [Mahi-Mahi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mahi-mahi/) (*Coryphaena hippurus*) - **Superpower**: Grows over 4 feet long in its first year. - **Musical Match**: Alphaville (80s Pop & Dance Anthem) - [Nile Tilapia](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-tilapia/) (*Oreochromis niloticus*) - **Superpower**: Mouthbrooding: the female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth until the larvae have absorbed their yolk sacs. - **Musical Match**: Camille (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Northern Pike](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-pike/) (*Esox lucius*) - **Superpower**: Hides cocked in an S, then sprints to strike - **Musical Match**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mola-mola/) (*Mola mola*) - **Superpower**: A body with no tail fin, steered by a stiff clavus rudder and driven by synchronized, penguin-style dorsal and anal fin strokes - **Musical Match**: Mulatu Astatke (Ethio-Jazz & Horn of Africa Grooves) - [Ocellaris Clownfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocellaris-clownfish/) (*Amphiprion ocellaris*) - **Superpower**: Shelters among a stinging anemone's tentacles, and a male can change sex to become the breeding female - **Musical Match**: Mogwai (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Rainbow Trout](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rainbow-trout/) (*Oncorhynchus mykiss*) - **Superpower**: One gene, sdY, decides whether it becomes male or female - **Musical Match**: Fleetwood Mac (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues) - [Red Lionfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lionfish/) (*Pterois volitans*) - **Superpower**: The persistent-predation strategy: it chased a faster fish at about half its speed and caught it in 61% of lab trials. - **Musical Match**: Electrelane (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Red-Bellied Piranha](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-bellied-piranha/) (*Pygocentrus nattereri*) - **Superpower**: Triangular, razor-sharp interlocking teeth that bite down with great force and shearing ability - **Musical Match**: Battles (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Red-Lipped Batfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lipped-batfish/) (*Ogcocephalus darwini*) - **Superpower**: Fin-walking on the seabed, with a fishing lure that tucks into a cavity on its snout - **Musical Match**: The Proclaimers (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [Sea Lamprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-lamprey/) (*Petromyzon marinus*) - **Superpower**: A jawless, sucker-like mouth ringed with small, sharp teeth that act as a rasp, plus a file-like tongue - **Musical Match**: Boris (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone) - [Siamese Fighting Fish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/siamese-fighting-fish/) (*Betta splendens*) - **Superpower**: Breathes air through a labyrinth organ above its gills - **Musical Match**: Imogen Heap (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Sockeye Salmon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sockeye-salmon/) (*Oncorhynchus nerka*) - **Superpower**: Returns to spawn in the freshwater system where it was hatched - **Musical Match**: John Denver (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Striated Frogfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striated-frogfish/) (*Antennarius striatus*) - **Superpower**: A worm-mimicking lure called an esca, followed by a strike that expands its mouth up to twelve times and pulls in prey along with water in about six milliseconds - **Musical Match**: Current Value (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - [Swordfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/swordfish/) (*Xiphias gladius*) - **Superpower**: A heating tissue in one of its eye muscles that warms the brain and eyes up to 10 to 15 degrees C above the water, one adaptation that lets it swim in depths where the water may be just above freezing - **Musical Match**: Squarepusher (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/clades/fish/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/clades/fish/page/3/