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MeSH Heading: Fishes
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493
Unique ID: D005399
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005399
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; canned fish: coordinate with FOOD, PRESERVED
Scope Note: A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
Public MeSH Note: 1968; see FISH 1963-1967
History Note: 1968 (1963)
Date Introduced: 1968/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Fishes MeSH Descriptor Data 2026