Eels are long, bony fish that look like snakes.

鳗鱼是一种长而多骨的鱼，看起来像蛇。

Eels are long, bony fish that look like snakes. They are usually thin and have soft skin.

鳗鱼是一种细长而多骨的鱼，形状与蛇类似。它们通常身型狭长，表皮柔软。

For simplicity's sake, these other classes are usually lumped together with bony fish and just called 'fish.'

为了简单区分，别的纲类通常与硬骨纲鱼类集合在一起统称为鱼。

These snakelike creatures are the longest bony fish on Earth — they can grow to up to 56 feet.

这些蛇形生物是地球上最长的硬骨鱼——它们可以长到56英尺。

This was the missing link between bony fishes and tetrapods, including human beings, so this was a fantastic expectation.

这是硬骨鱼和包括人类在内的四足动物之间缺失的一环，所以对我们来说这种期待很奇妙。

Spoken like a true glutton, Conseil replied. But tell me, are you familiar with the differences between bony fish and cartilaginous fish?

这是讲究吃喝的人的一种分类法，康塞尔回答，请您告诉我，您知道硬骨鱼类和软骨鱼类之间存在的差别吗?

But we prefer the term, underloved fish. But the other big hurdle is the amount of bones, it's a very bony fish.

但我们更喜欢用未获得充分关注的宝藏鱼类。还有一个挑战就是鲤鱼有很多鱼骨。

Most of today's bony fish are ray-finned fishes.

今天的大多数硬骨鱼都是辐鳍鱼。

The waters teemed with squid, bony fish, and sea scorpions.

水域盛产鱿鱼、硬骨鱼和 海蝎。

Sunfish are believed to be the largest bony fish on the planet, but there's a lot that scientists just don't know about them.

翻车鱼被认为是地球上最大的硬骨鱼，但科学家们对它们还有很多不了解的地方。

In their wake, bony fish and cartilaginous fish like sharks and rays took over the oceans.

在它们的身后，硬骨鱼和软骨鱼如鲨鱼和鳐鱼接管了海洋。

In this context the air-filled swim bladders that bony fish have evolved to preserve buoyancy are particularly reflective, and thus noticed by them.

在这种情况下，硬骨鱼为保持浮力而进化的充气鱼鳔特别反光，因此被它们注意到。

The " outside-in" hypothesis proposes that teeth started as skin bumps and then migrated into the mouths of our ancient bony fish ancestors.

“由外向内”假说提出，牙齿最初是皮肤隆起，然后迁移到我们古老的硬骨鱼祖先的嘴里。

Large oily livers lend buoyancy to their streamlined bodies, and while trunk muscles of bony fishes attach directly to their skeletons, those of sharks also join to their skin.

在游动时更加节省能量，它们巨大的油质肝脏为流线型的身体提供浮力，与其它硬骨质的鱼类不同。

So far, only the weedy sea dragon, a bony fish that looks like a seaweed plant when floating, has given birth in captivity. And only a small number of times.

到目前为止，只有草海龙在圈养状态下成功繁殖，它是一种漂浮时类似海藻的硬骨鱼。而且只能少量多次地进行繁殖。

And the reason behind that is supposedly because the Japanese diet consists of large amounts of whole, bony fish, and the pointed ends makes it easier to remove small bones from the fish.

这背后的原因大概是日本人的饮食中，含有大量的多鱼刺鱼，尖头让他们能更容易的从鱼肉上剔除小鱼刺。

Very soon after bony fishes first evolved, they branched into two groups — those with flimsy ray-type fins, and those with more meaty appendages that were attached to their bodies by a single strong bone.

有颚鱼在进化成硬骨鱼后不久，就形成了两大分支——一类有薄辐鳍的辐鳍鱼，另一类有着肉鳍附在坚硬鱼骨上的肉鳍鱼。

Very soon after bony fishes first evolved, they branched into two groups – those with flimsy ray-type fins, and those with more meaty appendages that were attached to their bodies by a single strong bone.

硬骨鱼第一次进化后不久，它们就分成了两组——一组有脆弱的射线型鳍，另一组有更多的肉质附属物， 它们通过一根强壮的骨头附着在它们的身体上。