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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 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 Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Danio is a genus of fish species that comprises of many of the species of Danionins. The name comes from Bengali word that translates into ‘of the rice field’. Danios are native to fresh water rivers and streams of southeast Asia and are also found throughout the world as aquaculture species. Several species have been recently discovered in remote Islands of Myanmar.

Danios have two pairs of long barbels, which generally have horizontal stripes. Some of the species have vertical bars. Their size ranges from 4-15 cm in length. In the aquariums, they tend to live for 2-3 years while in wilds, they generally do not live for more than a year. Danios mainly feed on crustaceans, insects, worms and planktons in wild. In aquariums, they feed on a variety of foods including frozen food and flakes. They are very sociable and easy to maintain and thus are very popular for keeping in aquariums. Danios should be kept in tanks with water temperature in the range of 18-24 Celsius. They are good at jumping and therefore the lid of tanks should be tight fitting.

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Danio Fishes Pictures and Danio 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 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

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Antarctic Icefish is a largely endemic, dominant fish in the cold continental waters surrounding Antarctica. Majority of the Antarctic Icefish live at seawater temperature -2 and 4 degree centigrades but some of the sub polar species inhabit waters that may be as warm as 10 degree centigrades around New Zealand and South America.

Antarctic Icefish have evolved a variety of interesting physiological and biochemical adaptations with which they can survive in cold and stable seawater temperatures of Southern Ocean, many being able to survive in the freezing and ice-laden waters. Most notable physiological aspect of Antarctic Icefish is they have only 1% hemoglobin unlike other animal species that have up to 45% hemoglobin in their blood. They can survive without large parts of hemoglobin due to high oxygen contents of cold waters of southern ocean and also due to the fact that oxygen is absorbed and distributed directly by the plasma. Antarctic Icefish is considered to the only marine fish species flock.

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Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Antarctic Icefish Fishes Pictures and Antarctica Icefish 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 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

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

African lungfishes have their usual habitats in swamps and marshes in shallow waters and small rivers. They can also be found in large lakes like Lake Victoria. They have a snake-like appearance. There are total four species of African lungfishes. They are carnivores and feed on small fishes and frogs. They can live out of water for many months the burrow of hardened mud beneath dried-up streambed. Native Africans often dig the lungfishes up, burrow and store it for future use as a fresh fish.

African lungfishes have a strong taste; people like it very much or dislike it absolutely. They range in size from 60 to 200 cm. They have two lungs that enable them to breathe air through another lung when the water has dried-up. They are considered as fearless and aggressive fishes that attack any moving objects including human hands. In many states, export of lungfishes is legally banned. They can survive in any types of atmosphere including low oxygen areas.

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish African Lungfish Fishes Pictures and African Lungfish Fishes Kind