Image: Fish Dissection - Body cavity
Pull apart the two walls of the body cavity and expose the internal organs (see next image for names).
The neat incision now runs from the anus forward between the two pelvic fins and along the isthmus.
- Photographer:
- Stuart Humphreys
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Blue Mackerel
- Scientific name:
- Scomber australasicus
- Family:
- Scombridae
- Order:
- Perciformes
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