Name – Arius felis
Name – Hardhead catfish
Description – Hardhead catfish have six rounded barbels that stick out from their chins like whiskers. These barbels help the catfish find crabs, fish and shrimp in the muddy bays where they live. The dorsal and pectoral fins each are supported by a sharp, slime-covered barbed spine. The catfish is covered in a mildly toxic slime, that causes severe pain, and swelling, should the catfish cut you. The dorsal spine normally is held erect when the fish is excited and a tennis shoe or even a leather-soled shoe offers little protection. Adults may reach two pounds or more, but the average is about 10 inches and half a pound.
Location – TAMUG Fishing Pier 29°18′56″N 94°49′03″W
Distribution – The hardhead catfish occurs in large numbers in both bay and Gulf waters. Found in Atlantic and Gulf waters.
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References: Bowling, Brenda. Texas Marine Species Identification. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2012. Web. 15 October 2013.
Name – Pimephales promelas
Name – Fathead Minnow
Description – Pimephales and promelas are both Greek words, meaning "fathead" and "before black", respectively. The fathead minnow has a rounded snout and short rounded fins. There is a dark spot at the base of the tail fin, and sometimes a blotch on the anterior portion of the dorsal fin. As with many other minnows, there is a darkening along the midline of the back. The anal fin has 7 rays.
Location – TAMUG Fishing Pier 29°18′56″N 94°49′03″W
Distribution – The fathead minnow is a stream fish, able to tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions including high temperatures, low oxygen levels, and high turbidities. The species seems to be most abundant in small streams where competition wi...
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... mm long and 3–7 mm wide. After the fish's tongue is destroyed, the parasite attaches itself to the stub of the old tongue, and becomes the fish's new tongue.
Location – TAMUG Fishing Pier 29°18′56″N 94°49′03″W
Distribution – The tongue eating louse is widespread. It can be found from the Gulf of California, to the north of the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It has been found in waters from 2m to almost 60 m deep. This isopod is known to parasitize eight species of fish, all from two orders and four families. It can be found in seven species of order Perciformes: 3 snappers, 1 grunt, 3 drums, and one species of order Atheriniformes: 1 grunion. Females of this isopod have been found in the mouths of three species of snappers. It has also been seen in hosts from Costa Rica including the Colorado snapper, Lutjanus colorado and Jordan's snapper.
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Of course there are many beautiful and dynamic fish that reside in the waters of Hawaii, but none are as captivating as the Humuhumumunukunukuapua'a (Rhinecanthus rectangulus ). This reef trigger-fish is the official state fish of Hawaii because of its abundance in the shallow waters of the coast. Humuhumumunukunukuapua'a means “nose like a pig” because of the shape of its nose due to the formation of its teeth and because it makes a “snorting” sound when abruptly taken from the water and when swimming away from predators. The locals of Hawaii usually call this fish humuhumu (hoo-moo-hoo-moo) in lieu of having to pronounce its full name for conversation purposes. In other parts of the world this shallow water fish is also known as the Picasso and rectangle fish because of the colors and patterns on its body. Since the humuhumu prefer waters with degrees from seventy-five to eighty degrees Fahrenheit they are found and indigenous to the “Indo-Pacific: Hawaiian islands, Red Sea south to East London, South Africa and east through Indonesia to the Marquesan Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.”(Oceanlink.com).According to ask a Marine Scientist:Osteichthyes , they are in the class of the “Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)”,the order of the ”Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes)”,a member of the ”Balistidae” family(Oceanlink.com), and its biome of preference is the coastal strand.
The common wildlife include southern short-tailed shrew, seminole bat, ringtail virginia opossum, rafinesque’s big eared bat, eastern cottontail, common gray fox, striped skunk, bobcat, white-tailed deer, Swamp rabbit, Eastern gray squirrel, Eastern flying squirrel, Bull Frog, At “Rare animals and habitat include the red-cockaded woodpecker and bald eagles. Interestingly, bald eagles breeding populations occur in the is region of Texas and wintering occurs in suitable habitats across Texas.” (Texas Parks and Wildlife, n.d.) “About three percent of the remaining habitat is considered intact. Bottomland forests around the Red River have been completely converted.
13. Species Summary for Etheostoma nianguae: Niangua darter. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr,1991. (On-line) http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3444
Since three-forth of the world is composed of bodies of water, it’s natural that a great number of people rely on fishing for their livelyhood or just for their recreation needs. There are numerous of fish species swimming under the lakes, seas, ponds, and rivers. Most anglers consider fishing as the delight in their purpose-driven life, a sport, as they say.
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Within the state of Florida there are dozens of individualized, non-profit organizations making an effort to help the local wildlife. The local land and marine wildlife includes birds, geckos, frogs, snakes, panthers, manatees, sea turtles, fishes, sharks, corals, lizards and many, many more. Florida State is located on the Southeastern tip of the United States providing a unique opportunity for conservation of salt-water animals. While there are animal conservation efforts taking place all over the world, this essay will focus on two animal species that humans are specifically trying to save in Florida State. The two main animal species of focus are manatees and sea turtles.
The Neovison Macrodon once lived in rocky terrains near New England, Nova Scotia, and Atlantic Canada, where it roamed throughout the waters. The average size of a male’s home range is between 1,800m and 5,000m, while a female’s range is between 1,000m and 2,800m. It’s diet mainly consisted of aquatic creatures, such as fish, insects, Labrador ducks, seabirds, and their eggs, but it also was seasonal. When hunting for prey the Mink mainly relied on it’s vision, since they didn’t really have a
The Black carp originated in many of the Pacific drainage areas of eastern Asia, China, and parts of Russia and Vietnam. Black carp was introduced to the United States in the 1970’s to fish hatcheries and to control the populations of disease carrying snails in ponds. Flooding is the main factor to thank for the release of the black carp, which quickly turned into an invasion of the waterways. The Black carp is a medium size fish with the opportunity to become an extremely large fish if the conditions are favorable. “Based on Asian records, large adults may be more than 1.5 m total length and 70 kg or more in weight”(Nico,L.G). The black and grass carp is close to identical in regard to the characteristics of one another. However, the black carp is a slightly lighter color of black, with extremely large scales on the entire body. A black carp has human like molars as teeth that are used to crush snails and mollusks. With a slightly pointed snout that is a likely adaptation used to filter through the bottom of water bodies in search of food. The physical build of a black carp exhibits the design of a bottom-dwelling feeder. Sporting a long snout, large powerful human molar like teeth the black carp is built to succeed in water full of snails and mollusks. This means that the populations of already near extinct native snails and mollusks are at great risk of being
Territorial males have a red throat and that red color is a sign stimulus which shows aggression towards other male and courtship behavior from female sticklebacks. However, the red color is not universal in all the species; there are also some black throated populations which are found in peat stained waters. Some males also develop blue irises on maturation, the breeding behavior of stickleback fishes in unusual because the male is usually the one who look after the eggs until they are hatched and young until they are independent on their own and this kind of parental care is rare in fishes towards their eggs.
Descriptions and articles about the Tongue Worms (Pentastomida) - Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2015, from http://eol.org/pages/2630868/details
Carp feeding habits — Known as ‘Roiling’ leads to a suspension of sediment in the water. If Carp are present in large numbers, the