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Pictures of Fish Dolly Varden Trout Pictures and Dolly Varden Trout Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Dolly Varden Trout Pictures and Dolly Varden Trout Fishes Kind

Dolly Varden Trout is a subspecies of salmon family. Biologically a char fish, Dolly Varden Trout is an anadromous fish,which migrate on regular basis. A significant population dolly varden trout exists in the landlocked waterways in the northwest United States. Bull trout and arctic char that are identical in appearance to dolly varden trouts were originally known as dolly varden trout; however, they have been subsequently recognized as different species.

The back and the sides of dolly varden trout are olive green or muddy grey with scattered pale yellow or pink-yellow spots and white shade on the belly. Small red spots, not very distinctive, are found on the lower sides. Fins are usually plain except for few light spots on the base of caudal fin rays. Dolly varden trouts can be found abundantly in coastal waters of the North Pacific from Puget Sound to the Alaska Peninsula and into the eastern Aleutians, across the Bering Sea and the Arctic Sea.

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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.

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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.

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Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Elephantnose Pictures and Elephantnose Fishes Kind

Elephantnose fish is an elephantfish native to the rivers of West and Central Africa especially in the lower Niger River Basin. They prefer muddy and slow moving rivers and pools with submerged branches. Elephantnose is the most commonly available aquarium fish in various aquarium stores throughout the United States.

Elephantnose has a dark brown to black laterally compressed body with a rear dorsal fin and anal fin of the same length. Their most striking feature is a elephant-trunk-like protrusion from their head. The protrusion is not actually a nose but a sensitive extension of the mouth that it used for self defense, communication, navigation and for finding their food items such as worms and insects. This organ and rest of the body is covered with electro-receptors. They have a very poor eyesight and hence they use a weak electric field for locating and catching their prey and for navigating in dark waters. They usually live from 6 to 10 years.

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Pictures of Fish Eulachon Pictures and Eulachon Fishes Kind

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 Chum Salmon Fishes Pictures and Chum Salmon 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.

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Pictures of Fish Channel Catfish Fishes Pictures and Channel Catfish 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.

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Pictures of Fish Channel Bass Fishes Pictures and Channel Bass Fishes Kind

Pictures of Fish Channel Bass Fishes Pictures and Channel Bass Fishes Kind

Channel Bass is a type of game fish that is abundantly found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Northern Mexico. Channel Bass is also known by few other names such as red drum, spot-tail bass or sometimes simply as reds. Channel Bass has been officially designated as the protected game fish in the territory of state waters of USA.

Typically channel bass weigh around 6-8 pounds but many larger species are also found, largest being on record weighed 94 pounds. Larger channel bass is generally not liked by people for eating. Most of the adult channel bass swim near shorelines on the coastal area while the younger ones (less than 3 years) remain in the bays and marshy coastal area. One and often more than one large black spots are found on the upper part of the tail base, which can easily distinguish channel bass from other species. More informations

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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

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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