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Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon Fishes Kind

Eulachon is a small anadromous ocean fish native along the Pacific Coast of North America from Northern California to Alaska. Eulachon is an important part of the diet of many ocean and shore predators. Besides, it is also used as a prominent source of food item for many people living near its spawning streams. Eulachons are also known by other names such as hooligan, ooligan or candlefish. Candlefish is the name given by early explorers of eulachons who often dried fatty spawning fish and strung on a wick, to be burned as a candle.

Eulachons often spend most of their adult lives in the ocean and return to their native freshwater streams and rivers to spawn. Due to this typical nature, one stream may see regular large runs of eulachons while a neighboring stream may have very few or none. In may happen that a river that  sees large runs of eulachons every year, may all of a sudden witness a year with no returns of eulachons. Eulachon feed mainly on planktons, fish eggs, insect larvae and small crustaceans. Eulachon is an important part of the diet and a valuable trade item for several communities along the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska.

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Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon 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

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Cod fish is a generic name for a variety of other fishes. It is a popular food fish with mild flavor, low fat content and white flesh. Cod fishes are well for cod liver oil that is rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin D and other fatty acids. Atlantic cod fishes can change colors at certain water depths, two color phases being gray-green and reddish brown. When cooked, cods become moist, flaky and white in color. There are several species of cods commonly called as cods and include Arctic Cod, East Siberian Cod, Rock Cod, Saffron Cod, Small-Headed Cod and Polar Cod, among others.

The average weight of Atlantic cods is around 5-11 kg. However, specimens weighing up to 100 kg have also been found. Cods feed on mollusks, crabs, starfish, sand eels, lobsters, mackerel, worms, squids and other small fishes. Younger cods eat the same food but avoid larger prey. Large female cod can lay up to five million eggs although very few survive. They have a typical shape with three rounded dorsal and two anal fins.

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and Cod Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Cod Fishes Pictures and 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

Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind

Angel Shark fishes are unusual genus of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins and almost ray-like. They have a strong resemblance to skates and rays. They can be found throughout the world in temperate and tropical seas. They are also known as monk sharks, sand devil and monkfish. They bury themselves in mud or sand with only eyes and part of the body exposed. With a blunt snout, they can easily camouflage to blend in the sand and rocks of the ocean bed.

Forward part of the body is broad and flattened and read part retains a muscular that is more typical of other sharks. Their eyes and spiracles are on the top and five gill slits are on the bottom. Pectoral and pelvic fins are large like wings and held horizontally. Majority of the angel sharks grow to a length of about 1.5 meters (5 feet). Japanese angel sharks are known to grow up to 2 meters. They feed on crustaceans, mollusks and other types of fish. They are generally not aggressive but they can bite when stepped on or handled.

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Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Angel Shark Fishes Pictures and Angel Shark Fishes Kind