This document discusses the classification of different types of fish and provides examples of each group. It begins by outlining the typical classification levels from kingdom to species. It then defines nomenclature as the system for naming things in biology, particularly the binomial nomenclature system of giving organisms a genus and species name. The document also introduces the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) as the governing body for the formal scientific naming of animals. The main text then describes the five main classifications of fish: hagfish, lampreys, cartilaginous fish, ray-finned bony fish, and lobe-finned bony fish, providing one example species for each group along with its