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Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes Kind

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

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Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Croaker is a family of fish that are known for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds made by them. They are also known by other names such as hard-heads or drums. Croakers can be found all over the world in both salt waters and freshwater. Most of the species avoid coral reefs and oceanic islands. They prefer warm temperate and tropical waters and can be found abundantly in Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of California and major rivers in South East Asia, UK and northeast South America.

Croakers have a long dorsal fin reaching nearly to its tail and a notch between the rays and spines of dorsal. Their drums are somberly colored, usually in brown shades. A lateral line extends to the tip of rounded or pointed caudal fin. Croaker is a small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling fish that usually lives in estuaries, bays and muddy river banks. Croakers are generally carnivores and feed on invertebrates and small fish. Croakers are very popular as food items and sports fish.

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Croaker Fishes Pictures and Croaker Fishes Kind


Pictures of Fish Clownfish Fishes Pictures and Clownfish 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

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

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

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 Cherry Salmon Fishes Pictures and Cherry Salmon 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 Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Barracuda is a ray-finned fish that is known for its large size (up to six feet in length and a foot in width in some of the species) and fearsome appearance. Barracudas can be found in tropical and sub tropical oceans throughout the world. It can be found only in salt waters. They are found both singly or in swarms around reefs and also in open sea. Barracuda is a voracious predator that hunts using a strategy of wait and ambush. They rely on short bursts of speed to overrun their prey. It can reach a speed of up to 27 mph or 43 kmph.

Barracuda has a long and fairly compressed body that is covered with small and smooth scales. Large barracudas are generally solitary in their habitats and do not stick around to care for their younger ones. They feed on fish of all types. Many a times, large barracudas eat young barracudas. Like sharks, barracudas have a bad reputation of being dangerous to human beings. They often mistake snorkelers as predators and follow them to scavenge the remains of prey after an attack. Barracudas are formidable hunters and thus should be respected. They can perfectly defend themselves against human attacks. Hand feeding or trying to touch them should be strictly avoided.
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Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind


Pictures of Fish Barracuda Fishes Pictures and Barracuda Fishes Kind

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Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Great white sharp or white death or white pointer is an exceptionally large mackerel shark found in coastal and offshore waters in almost all the regions, which have a temperature in the range of 12 to 24 degree centigrades. Larger concentration of white shark is found in southern coasts of Australia, off South Africa, California, and Mexico and to some extent in Central Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. Highest population of white sharks is found in Dyer Island, South Africa, where much of research on shark is carried out. They are also found in tropical waters of Caribbeans and in Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya and the Seychelles.

Undoubtedly, great white shard is world’ largest known and alive predatory fish. Great white shark can grow up to 6-6.5 meters in length and up to 2-2.5 tons in weight. Essentially, white shark is an epipelagic fish but they can also be observed in inland tributaries in the presence of rich game like fur seals, sea lions, other sharks and large bony fish species. It is an open ocean dweller, mostly found close to the surface and also down to the depths of up to 1,300 meters.

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Great White Shark Fishes Pictures and Great White Shark Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic cod fish is famous for producing antifreeze glycoprotein that allows it to survive in the ice laden waters of southern sea surrounding Antarctic sea. They are also known as antarctic toothfish. Antarctic cods have a heartbeat rate of once every six seconds. Scientists are doing research on antarctic cods for cardiac medicines especially in human conditions involving low heartbeats or patients with the conditions of hypothermia.

They are very large fishes and can be caught in the waters below 2000 meters depth. Fully grown antarctic cod fishes are grayish in color, weigh around 135 kg and have a length of more than 2 meters. The flesh of antarctic cod is white and is rich of high oil content. Although the name is antarctic cod but they do not belong to cod family. The taste is very similar to cod and that is why the name antarctic cod. They generally feed on various types of fish. However, they are also known to eat almost anything including the remains of penguins caught by seals and orca on the surfaces.

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

Antarctic Cod Fish Pictures and Antarctic Cod Fishes Kind

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