Showing posts with label Endangered Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Endangered Fish. Show all posts

Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

 
Fish World | Pink Salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | Pink salmon are the smallest of Pacific salmon found in North America with an average weight of between 3.5 and 5 pounds, with an average length of 20-25 inches. As with all members of the family salmon, pink salmon are cold water fish. They are also the most numerous and Pacific salmon are commercially harvested and canned in Alaska since the late 1800s. Young pink salmon are completely black with no dark vertical bars or spots. In the ocean, adults are bright green-blue on top and silvery on the sides.  

Hagfish, Fish from 550 Million Years

Fish World | Hagfish, Fish from 550 Million Years | Hagfishes are marine craniates of the class Agnatha or Myxini, also known as Hyperotreti. Some researchers regard Myxini as not belonging to the subphylum vertebrates. That is, they are the only animals that a skull, but not a spine.

Smalltooth Sawfish

Fish World | Smalltooth Sawfish | The sawfish family derives its name from its elongated, blade-like snout, studded with a number of teeth on either side. The smalltooth sawfish has smaller teeth than other member of its family. Other common names that identify this species include common sawfish, sawfish, comb shark, small-tooth common sawfish, and wide sawfish.

Russian sturgeon - Acipenser gueldenstaedtii

Fish World | Russian sturgeon - Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family. It is located in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Ukraine. This fish can reach up to six meters and weighing nearly 250 pounds. Russian sturgeon can mature and reproduce quickly, making them highly vulnerable to fishing.

Nassau Grouper, a Large Predatory Fish

Fish World | Nassau Grouper, a Large Predatory Fish | The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is one of many perciform fish in the Serranidae family are commonly known as groupers. It is the largest of the grouper for commercial fishing in the Caribbean, but was threatened by overfishing.

Mekong Freshwater Stingray

Fish World | Mekong Freshwater Stingray | Mekong Freshwater Stingray, Dasyatis laosensis, is a species of skate in Dasyatidae family, restricted to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Laos and Thailand. Measuring up to 62 cm (24 inches) in diameter, this range is a hard oval pectoral fins, a tail with two-ply top and bottom of the fin, and a middle row of spine-like dermal denticles. A characteristic feature of this species is its bright orange underside. Mekong Freshwater Stingray prey on invertebrates and is aplacental viviparous. It has been assessed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it is threatened by overfishing and habitat degradation.

Lost River sucker : Deltistes luxatus

Fish World | Lost River sucker : Deltistes luxatus | The Lost River sucker is a big fish in freshwater ecosystems in California and Oregon. It is a fish alive, sometimes reaching an age of 40 or more. His main residence is in the lakes, but migrate to rivers and streams to spawn. The Lost River sucker is threatened by overfishing and dam construction and drainage of wetlands.

Coelacanth : Amazing ancient fish-handed

Fish World | Coelacanth : Amazing ancient fish-handed | Until 70 years ago, evolutionists have a fish fossil that they believe to be the "ancestor of land animals." However, the development of science all evolutionist claims about these fish.

Borneo Shark : Endangered Shark

Fish World | Borneo Shark : Endangered Shark | Borneo shark is extremely rare and known only by a few specimens. It lives in shallow coastal waters of the South Pacific Ocean. It is viviparous, meaning that it gives birth to live young. Like most sharks, the shark hunter of Borneo is a success and has few natural predators. Humans are an exception and the Borneo shark is currently threatened by fishing activities.