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Pictures of Fish Dusky Grouper Pictures and Dusky Grouper Fishes Kind

Dusky Grouper is one of the tastiest and most commonly known grouper fish that can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, the coast of Brazil and North Africa Coast. In many countries, dusky grouper is regarded as a delicacy and remains as the most preferred items in restaurants.

Dusky grouper has a big body with a big mouth, a long dorsal fin and a rounded tail. Depending upon the season and the age, the color of dusky grouper may vary from brown to green, being green in the younger ones and brown with yellow spots in the adults. Dusky grouper tend to be solitary fish that likes to live along in rocks at depths up to 60 meters and at a distance of 0-300 meters from coast, younger ones near to the coast and adults at depths. They mainly feed on small fish, crabs and octopus. It is considered as one the major predators in the Mediterranean Sea.  Average size of dusky groper ranges from 50 to 100 cm long and 3-10 kg weight. Higher sized species up to 150cm (5 feet) long and 60 kg weight have also been recorded.

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Pictures of Fish Dusky Grouper Pictures and Dusky Grouper Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dusky Grouper Pictures and Dusky Grouper Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dusky Grouper Pictures and Dusky Grouper Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray Fishes Kind

Deepwater Stingray is a species of ray fish that have a significant population on continental slopes from South Africa to Japan and Australia. Minor population of deepwater stingray or giant stingaree across Indo-West and Central Pacific. Some of the varieties have also been spotted on the East Coast of South Africa, Mozambique, Southern India, Southern China, Queensland, New South Wales and Hawaii.

Deepwater stingray is a heavy-bodied ray that can grow to at least 270 cm (9 feet) length. They have a moderately short and stout tail with a serrated stinging spine behind the pelvic fins. Their snout is moderately elongated and broadly angular. Small eyes are just ahead of the spiracles. Their mouth is straight and broad with small, oval rounded teeth. Dorsal fins are absent in deepwater stingrays. Caudal fin long, moderately large and leaf-shaped. Upperparts are purple brown or purple grey, underparts are white and tail is completely dark. Deepwater stingrays feed on fishes, lobsters, prawns and crabs. They are not very useful to humans though its meat is used at some places.

Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray 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 Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Chum Salmon is a Pacific Ocean salmon in the family of salmons, which are also known as dog salmons or silverbrite salmons. Chum salmons are abundantly found in the Pacific Ocean in the waters of Korea and Japan, across Bering Sea in Russia and surrounding Islands,  across British Columbia in Canada and from Alaska to Oregon in the United States.

Chum salmons are silvery bluish green with purple blotchy streaks near the caudal fin. Spawning adults have an elongated snout and enlarged teeth. Most of the chum salmons spawn in small streams and inter-tidal zones while some of the species travel up to 2000 miles for spawning, often spending one to three years for traveling long distances in the sea.. Chum salmons grow around 4-6 kg in weight and with an average length of 60 cm, largest species measured 16 kg and 102 cm. They feed on insects, comb jellies and planktons. Among all the species of salmons, chum salmon has the least commercial value with a very low market rate. However, they are traditionally used as a source of dried salmons.

Pictures of Fish Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cichlid Fishes Pictures and Cichlid Fishes Kind

Cichlid is a species of fish from one of the largest vertebrate families of fish. Size of Cichlid range from as small as 1-inch in length to as large as 1-meter in length in some of the species. Besides, as a group, Cichlid shows a wide variety of shapes ranging from laterally compressed species to cylindrical and highly elongated species. Cichlid species are found abundantly in freshwaters all over the world, greatest diversity being found in Africa and South America.

Typically, Cichlid are medium-sized fish with oval shape and slightly laterally compressed, generally similar to North American sunfishes terms of its behavior and ecology. Some of the species are important food sources while some are prized game fishes. Besides, many of the species are highly valued in aquaculture. Significant populations of Cichlid are found in Central America from Panama to the Mexican portion of North America. Although Cichlid is a freshwater fish but they can live easily in freshwater marshes and mangrove swamps. They feed primarily on algae, plants and sometimes on small animals.

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Pictures of Fish Cichlid Fishes Pictures and Cichlid Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cichlid Fishes Pictures and Cichlid Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cichlid Fishes Pictures and Cichlid Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cichlid Fishes Pictures and Cichlid Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon Fishes Kind

Cherry Salmon or Japanese Salmon is a salmon fish of the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found all across Korea, Japan, Kuril  and other Islands. Cherry salmon prefers temperate climate and a depth of 0-200 meters. In Taiwan, a landlocked subspecies known as Taiwanese Salmon are found abundantly, where it has been declared as critically endangered species.

Adult cherry salmons have a dark back with bright red (with a tinge of crimson red) colored stripes on the sides of the body right up to the abdomen. That is why the name cherry salmon has been given to this species.  Adults weigh around 2.5 kg and measure 50 cm in length. Maximum size recorded is 9kg and 71 cm. While in the sea, cherry salmons feed extensively on crustaceans. Like other salmons, cherry salmons are also highly commercial species  for use as game fish, in aquaculture and as frozen foods. People love to eat cherry salmons broiled or baked.

Pictures of Fish Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Channel catfish is a type of catfish species, which is found abundantly in entire North America. With approximately 8 million anglers in the United States targeting channel catfish every year, it remains as one of the most fished catfish. In United States, channel catfish is one of the most prized fishes among the anglers. Due to its popularity as food item, USA has witnessed a rapid growth in the aquaculture of channel catfish. Channel catfish are distributed widely all over the United States where it can be found in rivers (small and large both), reservoirs, natural lakes and ponds.

Generally a standard variety of channel catfish weighs around 10 pounds but a catch of 20-pound channel catfish is considered as a spectacular specimen. Largest channel catfish on record weighed 58 pounds; however, 40-50 pounds is generally the top end. Channel catfish feed on crickets, shads, minnows, frogs, suckers and nightcrawlers, among other. Channel catfish possess keen senses of smell and taste. All over USA, most of the local stores sell diverse varieties of readymade baits made from garlic, meat, cheese, dough, shrimps and chicken levers  for the anglers to lure channel catfish.

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Catfish is a bony fish with prominent barbels that resemble a cat’s whiskers. Size and behaviors of catfish vary with the type of species. Giant catfish (up to 300 kg) is found in southeast Asia and longest (up to 8 feet) catfish is found in Eurasia. Besides its prominent barbels, features of skull and swimbladder are also important in defining as fish being catfish. It finds extensive commercial use for food and in aquarium. Catfish are found in inland or in coastal areas, mostly in shallow running water, of almost all the continents barring Antarctica.

Greatest diversity and population of catfish is found in tropical South America, Africa and Asia. Some of the species have also penetrated in freshwater habitats in Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. Few of the families also live underground. Catfish feed through suction or gulping instead of biting and cutting their prey. Body of most of the species have no scales and possess strong, hollow and spine-like ray on the dorsal and pectoral fins. More informations

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Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Catfish Fishes Pictures and Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Cat Shark belongs to shark family that are found abundantly in temperate and tropical seas throughout the world. Cat sharks have more than 110 species and contrary to their name, many of the cat shark species are commonly known as dogfish. Depending upon the species, they can be found in very shallow waters as well as at the depths of more than 2000 meters.

Cat sharks can be easily distinguished from other sharks by their elongated cat-like eyes and two small dorsal fins. Cat sharks feed on invertebrates and small fish. Most of the species are not very large, generally up to 60-70 cm long. However, some of the varieties found in deep waters of South China Sea can grow up to 4 meters (13-feet) in length. Many of the species have patterned appearance with stripes, spots and patches. Coral cat shark and Australian marbled cat shark that never grow more 2-feet are most commonly preferred cat sharks for home aquarium. Read more!

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Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cat Shark Fishes Pictures and Cat Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Barbel, species of fresh water fish, is known as common barbel. It is native throughout Europe and China. In Italy and Morocco, it has become an established ‘Introduced Species’. Barbel is ideally suited to fast flowing waters. They are found at the bottom of the rivers as well as in the open waters. However, for feeding they visit deep waters in the rivers with a rocky or gravel bottom. Male barbels become mature after 3-4 years and females after 5-8 years.

Size of the adult barbel is up to 4 feet in length and 12 kg in weight. Barbel has a slightly laterally compressed body and lacks an adipose fin. The overall appearance is dark brown or fray mottled. Its underside is light colored and the fins have a reddish tinge. They feed on organisms such as crustaceans, insect larvae and mollusks. In UK, they play a minor role in commercial aquaculture; however, they are very popular sport fish. Popularity of barbels in UK is so much that angling societies specifically promote the pursuit and conservation of the species.

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Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barbel Fishes Pictures and Barbel Fishes Kind