Pictures of fish

Pictures of fish

Pictures of fish

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dwarf Gourami Pictures and Dwarf Gourami Fishes Kind

Dwarf Gourami is a highly popular aquarium fish due to its almost translucent blue color and red to dark orange

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Pictures of Fish Eagle Ray Pictures and Eagle Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eagle Ray Pictures and Eagle Ray Fishes Kind

Eagle Ray is a family of large ray fishes that live in the open sea. Eagle rays are excellent swimmers and can also jump several meters above the sea levels. Spotted eagle rays,

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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.

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Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Discus Fishes Pictures and Discus Fishes Kind

Discus is a genus of three species of freshwater Cichlid Fish native to Amazon River Basin. With their widespread popularity as excellent aquarium fish, aquaculture of discus has become a major industry in Asia. The name discus has been derived from their typical body shape resembling a discus or a disc. All the three species of discus have different geographic distribution in Brazil, Columbia and Peru.

Like all the Cichlid fish, discus have a laterally compressed body shape. However, lack of extended finnage gives them a more rounded shape. Sides of discus fish are generally patterned in shades of green, red, brown and blue. Their length and height of a fully grown discus fish are almost same, about 20-25 cm. Discus is usually a shy and peaceful inhabitant in the aquariums. They tend to be sensitive to excessive noise and disturbance.

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Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Eels or true eels are an order of fish with many sub-orders, families, genera and species. Electric eels and spiny eels are not the members of true eels despite their similarly shaped bodies. Freshwater eels and marine eels are the most popular food items in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisines especially in Cantonese and Shanghai cuisines. European eels and many other freshwater eels are also famous in Europe and the United States.

Eels have an elongated body and their length ranges from 5cm to 3.75 meters depending upon the species. Eels do not have pelvic fins and in many species even pectoral fins are absent. Their dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal fins or tail fins. Most of the eels live in shallow waters or hide at the bottom layers of the ocean. They dwell in holes, called as eel pits. Some of the species are active swimmers and live at a depth of more than 500 meters. While feeding, eels drift along the water surface and eat dissolved nutrients.

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eel Pictures and Eel Fishes Kind

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Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Devario Fishes Pictures and Devario Fishes Kind

Devario is a genus of fishes with short barbels and deeper bodies than Danio species. Some of the species also have vertical and horizontal stripes. They range in size from 5-15 cm long. Devarios are native to freshwater rivers and streams of Southeast Asia. Many species of Devarios have beautiful colors and are available as popular aquarium fish all over the world. Some of the species have been recently discovered in remote inland areas of Laos and Myanmar.

Devarios usually do not live for more than two to three years and many species are annuals in the wild. Even in aquariums, Devarios never live for more than five years.

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Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Electric Catfish have the ability to produce electric shock of up to 350 volts. They can generate the electric shock using electro plaques of their electric organ. They can be found in the tropical Africa and along the Nile River. Nile fish has been well known in the popular ancient Egyptian cultures, where it has been depicted in mural paintings and other artworks. Electric catfish generally use their electric organ to ward off their predators; however, their electric shock is not known to be fatal to human beings.

Electric catfish is usually a nocturnal fish. They feed mainly on other fish by incapacitating their prey with electric discharges. Although electro-receptive system is widely present in the catfishes but electric catfishes a very well-developed electric organ, which is derived from anterior body musculature and it lines the body cavity. Electric catfishes do not have dorsal fins or fin spines. Instead, they have three pairs of barbels. They can grow up to a size of 100 cm long and a weight of 20 kg.

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Catfish Pictures and Electric Catfish Fishes Kind

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Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Electric Rays are known for generating an electrical discharge ranging from 8-200 volts depending upon the species. They use the electrical discharge for catching their prey and also as a defense against their predators. Electric rays have been known humans since ages. Ancient Greeks often used electric rays for providing relief from the pain of childbirth and headaches.

Electric ray fishes have enlarged and rounded pectoral fins with two moderately large rounded and angular dorsal fins. They have a stout and muscular tail with a fairly developed caudal fin. The entire body is thick and flabby with soft and loose skin lacking dermal denticles and thorns. They have a pair of kidney-shaped electric organs that are located at the base of the pectoral fins. Electric rays are usually bottom-dwelling fish that can be found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of over 1000 meters. Unlike other rays, electric rays are generally sluggish and slow moving fishes, which often propel themselves with their tails instead of using disc-shaped bodies. They feed on invertebrates and small fish

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Electric Ray Pictures and Electric Ray Fishes Kind

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Pictures of Fish Delta Smelt Fishes Pictures and Delta Smelt Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Delta Smelt Fishes Pictures and Delta Smelt Fishes Kind

Delta Smelt is a type of smelt fish endemic to the Sacramento Delta in California, where they are distributed from Suisun Bay upstream through the Delta in Sacramento, Contra Costa, San Joaquin and Yolo Counties. Delta Smelts always move together in large schools (groups). Most of the species of Delta Smelt live up to one year and die after first spawning.

Delta Smelt is a slender-bodied fish with a steely blue sheen on the sides with which they appear almost translucent. They feed on

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Pictures of Fish Deepwater Stingray Fishes Pictures and Deepwater Stingray 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

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