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• Fins become limbs (sub)Class Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes) • scales – reduction in heaviness • branchiostegal rays – developed from bones in the floor of the mouth • swimbladder – trend toward use primarily as a hydrostatic organ • jaws – separation of premaxilla and maxilla, sliding of maxilla – suction feeding
