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In fish, a suckermouth is a ventrally-oriented (inferior) mouth adapted for grazing on algae and small organisms that grow on submerged objects. All Loricariidae possess a suckermouth as do the cypriniform algae eaters of the genus Gyrinocheilus and other genera. The 'False Siamensis' (Epalzeorhynchus sp. or Garra taeniata) also has this feature.
An image of three clown fish, each with a parasitic isopod visible in its mouth, was shortlisted in the underwater category of the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition of the Natural History Museum, London. [15] Tongue-eating louse characters appear in video games How Fish Is Made [16] and Isop0dyssey. [17] [better source needed]
Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms [2] are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., Strongylura), while a few genera are confined to freshwater rivers and streams, including Belonion, Potamorrhaphis, and Xenentodon. [3]
A cord or rope is fastened to the remora's tail, and when a turtle is sighted, the fish is released from the boat; it usually heads directly for the turtle and fastens itself to the turtle's shell, and then both remora and turtle are hauled in. Smaller turtles can be pulled completely into the boat by this method, while larger ones are hauled ...
A species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from central Mississippi into southeastern Louisiana is being reintroduced to the Pearl River after disappearing 50 ...
The small-eyed rabbitfish (Hydrolagus affinis) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae. [2] It has very wide distribution almost everywhere in Northern Atlantic at depths from 300 to 2,410 m, being most common below 1,000 m. [3] Its total length ranges from 32 to 147 cm. It has a short nose with a blunt tip.
All of the terms in this category precede a common three-letter noun (hint: the word typically refers to a small container that's used for drinking). Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to ...
It has a small head with a long, tapered snout and a tiny mouth at the end of its snout. There is a single, elongated dorsal fin with the separation between the spiny portion and the soft-rayed portion being hardly visible. The first spine is very small but as they progress towards the posterior they become longer and longer.