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Pictures of Killifish and Killifish Informations

Dedicated fish owners and breeders are enchanted with the Killifish. It belongs to the family of fish species called aplocheilidae, which are found in tropical and subtropical areas around the globe except Australia. Killifish are very beautiful in appearance but are quite a handful in terms of care and maintenance. Killifish come from diverse habitats and each breed has different needs that vary from simple to difficult to maintain. Only top quality food and water must be utilized to keep the Killifish healthy and happy. The lifespan of the Killifish is extraordinarily short. They live in puddles of mud. Hatching and maturation are completed in just three weeks.

Killifish come in many species differing greatly in pattern and color. The male Killifish are brighter in color and have larger dorsal fins than their female partners. Killifish have heads that are flat on top. These fish have curved, long and pointed teeth.

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Dogfish is a common name for number of small sharks that can be found in in the northeast Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean Ocean. In freshwater lakes and rivers, dogfish usually refers to Bowfin family. Dog fishes are known to have lived for many years, even up to 25-30 years. Dogfishes are generally regarded as a nuisance by the fishermen because it tends to latch onto almost anything put in the water including human hands.

Dogfishes are slender and small sharks with a flattened head and a snout tapering to a blunt tip. Their average size is 2.5-3 feet long and larger species of 4-feet and above are also known. They feed on small fish, squids and crustaceans. Dogfishes hunt both alone as well as in groups with other dogfishes.  They have long jaws with low, flat, grinding teeth. They also possess a set of small and very sharp teeth. Population of dogfishes has declined sharply and hence it is illegal to kill them. However, in Britain and especially in the south of England, dogfishes are regarded as delicacy, mostly as a less costly alternative to cods.

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Clownfish and Anemone belong to the same subfamily and are native to wide ranges of warm waters of Indian and Pacific Oceans including Great Barrier Reef and the Red Sea. Clownfish shows an overall yellow, red, orange or black colors with white bars or patches on some of the species. Largest species has recorded a length of 18 inches while the smallest one has a length of just 4 inches.

Clownfish feed on undigested matter that otherwise could potentially harm sea anemone while the fecal matters of clownfish provides nutrients to sea anemones. Activity of clownfish generates greater water circulations which helps sea anemone. Clownfish along with certain other species are the only fish that can remain safe from the poison of sea anemones. Clownfish generally remain in a large group. They are very popular species in Reef Aquariums. However, recently, clownfish are also bred in the tanks to reduce the number taken from the wild. As compared to wild-caught fish, tank-bred clownfish are likely to survive more. Clownfish feed on algae, planktons, mollusks and crustaceans.

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Clown Loach is a tropical freshwater fish that originates in inland waters of Indonesia, Sumatra and Borneo. It is one of the most popular fish in freshwater aquariums all over the world. The name is derived from its bright colors and stripes. Although Clown Loach prefer to make their habitats in clear stream environments but they can often be found in flooded plains and black water rivers or lakes.

Average size of adult clown loach is 7-10 inches and the largest size is 14 inches. Their body is long and laterally compressed with an arched dorsal surface and a flat ventral surface. Head of clown loach is relatively larger. Their mouth faces downwards with thick, fleshy lips and four pairs of barbels. The fish makes a clicking sound when happy or angry. The overall body is whitish-orange to reddish-orange with three numbers of thick, black, triangular and vertical bands. Inside aquariums, clown loach is an active, sociable and harmless fish. Clown Loach feed on worms, shrimps, small snails and plant matter. In the aquariums, they also feed on frozen shrimps and other frozen food items.

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Clown Loach Fishes Pictures and Clown Loach Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Cisco is a salmonid (family of ray-finned fish) fish. They differ from other members of the genus by having upper and lower jaws of approximately equal length. Five endemic species of Laurentian Great Lakes are thought to be of very recent evolution. Cisco species have recently been subjected to lots of research that is being carried out to determine the relationships among the species that have evolved recently.

Ciscoes are extensively explored in commercial fisheries especially in the Laurentian Great Lakes, where deep water forms are considered as the basis of chub fishery. Chub fishery was exclusively based on the various species of Ciscoes. The fishery continues even when the stocks of Ciscoes are falling and other species are spreading through the system. At many places, Cisco species have declined in great numbers. Some of the breeders believe that Ciscoes represent  an incipient species flock. Lots of debates have taken place to  ascertain which were the true species and which were not, particularly due to the facts that some of the species have become extinct.

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cisco Fishes Pictures and Cisco Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

European Minnow is a species of freshwater fish and member of carp family that can be found throughout most of Eurasia, Great Britain, and from Spain to eastern Siberia. They are predominant in cool streams and well-oxygenated lakes and ponds. They are known for moving in large schools (groups of hundreds and thousands of fishes). Although they are sometimes called as Eurasian Minnows but the name is misleading because they occur only in fewer parts of Asia.

European minnow is a small, slender and dark-colored fish with blunt snout and small scales. Their belly is cream to pearl colored and changes to red in males during spawning season. Their size ranges from 8 to 10 cm long. They are common in fast flowing freshwaters and well-drained vegetated ponds. They are rarely used as aquarium fish despite the breeding in captivity being feasible. In aquariums, they should be kept in cold and fresh waters with a good supply of oxygen and a reasonable water current. In Scotland and Germany, European minnows are rarely found, where they have been declared as legally protected species.

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish European Minnow Pictures and European Minnow Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Bat Ray is an eagle ray fish that can be found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries, bays, kelp beds and rocky-bottomed shoreline in the eastern Pacific Ocean between the Oregon coast and the Gulf of California. Largest specimens of bat ray can grow up to 90 kg with a wingspan of 1.8 meters. Bat rays can live in environment with large range of salinities. Currently, bat rays are fished commercially in Mexico but not in the United States.

Bat rays feed on mollusks, crustaceans and small fish on the seabed. They use their wing-like pectoral fins to move sand and expose prey animals. They can dig trenches up to 20 cm deep to expose buried prey. Like other stingrays, bat rays have a venomous spine in its tail near the base, which is not considered dangerous to human beings except when attacked or frightened. Bat rays are very popular in marine parks where the visitors are often allowed to touch or stroke ray, usually on the wing.
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Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Bat Ray Fishes Pictures and Bat Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Arowana is a fresh water bony fish. Arowana family of fish has a bony head and elongate body that is covered by large and heavy scales with a mosaic pattern of canals. Dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long. Pectoral and ventral fins are small. Arowana is also sometimes known as bonytongues, as they have a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth – tongue, equipped with teeth that bite against teeth on the roof of the mouth.

Arowana can obtain oxygen from air by sucking into the swim bladder that is lined with capillaries like lung tissues. It is a carnivorous fish, often being specialized surface feeder. It is an excellent jumper, with some of the species being capable of jumping up to 6 feet (2 meters) from the water surface to catch insects and birds from overhanging branches of trees in South America. Due to the excellent jumping capabilities, they have been nicknamed as ‘water monkeys’. It has often been rumored that Arowana have captured prey as large as low flying bats and small birds.

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Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Arowana Fishes Pictures and Arowana Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Carp is a common name for various fresh water fish . Carp is a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and Southeast Asia. Carp has long been used as an important food fish for humans. Carp is a very popular ornamental fish in Aquarium and ponds (goldfishes being one of the most popular examples of Carps). As a result, carps have been introduced to various regions.

The most notable and popular ornamental carp is coarse fish that are difficult to hook. In USA, carp is classified as a rough fish. Many of the states have also started viewing the carps as angling fish instead of maligned pest. Carps are considered as the queen of rivers and a stately and subtle fish. In England, carps have been naturalized though earlier the carps were not bred in England. In Australia, scientific studies have proved that carps are the cause of permanent turbidity and loss of submerged vegetation system, with severe consequences for river ecosystems water quality and native fish species.

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Carp Fishes Pictures and Carp Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind

Seahorse is a genus of fish that also include pipefish and leafy sea dragons. About 32 species of seahorse fishes are found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world. Seahorses prefer to live in sheltered areas such as grass beds, coral reefs or mangroves. Sizes of seahorse fish ranges from very small (dwarf seahorse), about an inch long to those much larger sized seahorses measuring about one-foot long.

Seahorses are bony fish but do not have any scales. They have a thin skin stretched over a series of bony plates arranged in rings throughout its body. Seahorses swim upright unlike their close relative pipefish, which swim horizontally. They are poor swimmers and thus can be mostly found resting at seabeds or coral reefs. Seahorses have long snouts, which makes it possible for them to suck up food. The eyes can move independently of each other much like a chameleon. They feed on small fish, shrimps and plankton (drifting organisms like animals, plants or bacteria). Seahorses are extensively used in Chinese medicines and herbology.

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Seahorse Fishes Pictures and Seahorse Shark Fishes Kind