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Finny, a very colorful fish with shiny scales, swimming in clear blue water with bubbles around him, showing off his fins and tail. Underwater plants in the background.
Finny, a very colorful fish, waved his tail. "Hello! Want to learn about fish?" he bubbled. "Fish live in water and have backbones!" Finny swam in circles, showing off his shiny scales. "We breathe with gills and most of us have fins!"
Finny, a very colorful fish, pointing to his fins and puffing out his cheeks, with his gills visible. Blue water and small stones on the bottom.
Finny pointed to his fins. "Fins help me swim fast!" Then he flapped his tail. "My tail steers me left and right!" He puffed out his cheeks. "And these gills? They help me breathe!"
Finny, a very colorful fish, smiling in a blue lake alongside a silvery trout. In another part of the illustration, a blue tuna swims in the ocean with coral and seaweed, and a shadowy deep-sea background.
"Fish live everywhere," Finny said cheerfully. "Some, like my friend Trout, live in lakes." "Others, like Tuna, live in the big salty ocean!" "Some even live deep where it's dark."
Finny, a very colorful fish, with his mouth open and water flowing through his gills, looking happy. Magical filter-like gills are highlighted. Blue water with gentle light beams.
"We don't breathe air like you!" Finny giggled. "Water comes in my mouth and out my gills." That’s how fish get oxygen to stay alive. "Gills act like magic filters!"
Finny, a very colorful fish, wiggling near green underwater plants. Goldie, an orange goldfish, nibbles leaves, while a grey shark with a big mouth is nearby. Blue water background.
Finny wiggled. "I'm an omnivore: I munch plants and bugs!" Goldie the goldfish likes nibbling leaves. Sharky prefers tasty seals. "Different fish eat different foods!"
A cluster of tiny fish eggs on a leaf underwater. A tiny, transparent fry is swimming nearby, and a juvenile fish is growing larger next to an adult Finny, a very colorful fish.
"Fish start as eggs," Finny explained. "Then we hatch as tiny fry!" Soon, fry grow bigger and become juveniles. After some time, we’re adult fish!
A fish camouflaged as a rock on the seabed, with Finny, a very colorful fish, swimming in a school of other fish. Another fish with sharp teeth is visible. Underwater plants and rocks in the background.
"Some fish hide by looking like rocks," Finny whispered. Others swim fast or have sharp teeth! "Many stay safe in big groups called schools." "There are many ways to stay safe!"
A flying fish gliding above the water surface, a lanternfish glowing in the dark deep sea, and a seahorse dad with a pouch and tiny seahorse babies. Finny, a very colorful fish, smiles nearby.
"Flying fish can glide above water!" Finny exclaimed. "Some fish, like lanternfish, glow in the dark!" "And guess what? In seahorse families, dads carry the babies!"