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  2. Gourami - Wikipedia

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    They are sought after due to their bright colours and relative intelligence, being able to recognise their owners and "greeting" them, [6] having a desire to explore the plants and rocks placed across their aquarium, [7] and displaying extensive paternal care with the males protecting the eggs until they hatch, and building a foam raft to keep ...

  3. Overfishing - Wikipedia

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    Jack mackerel caught by a Chilean purse seiner Fishing down the food web. Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing fish stock), resulting in the species becoming increasingly underpopulated in that area.

  4. Tor tambroides - Wikipedia

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    While the species is not currently assigned a conservation status by the IUCN due to lack of data, overfishing is assumed to threaten the wild population. [1] The empurau, as the species is known in Malaysia, is reportedly the most expensive edible fish in the country [6] and has been known to fetch up to RM1800 per kilogram of the fish.

  5. Dottyback - Wikipedia

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    The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but this has been revised and the family is regarded as of uncertain affinities, or incertae sedis within the Ovalentaria, a clade within the Percomorpha.

  6. Portal:Current events/2016 November 6 - Wikipedia

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    Disasters and accidents 2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms Buildings in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S., sustain damage from a moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake. (ABC News) An explosion kills at least six people in Ivanovo, Russia. (RT) Law and crime As many as 200 prisoners take over parts of HM Prison Bedford in Bedford, England, amid reports of a riot and explosions inside the Category B men's ...

  7. Yellow tang - Wikipedia

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    Yellow tangs in their natural habitat in Kona, Hawaii The larvae of the yellow tang can drift more than 100 miles and reseed in a distant location. [2] In a zoo aquarium. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes ...

  8. Leptobarbus hoevenii - Wikipedia

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    In Malaysia, the reason for its other common local name, translated to "The Sultan Fish" is attributed to the claim that the fish was a favorite among royal members and that palace workers would go to markets and call for any fishermen that had the Sultan's fish.

  9. Skipjack tuna - Wikipedia

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    Global capture production of Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in million tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [6] Bell M. Shimada and Fred Cleaver examining skipjack tuna It is an important commercial and game fish , usually caught using purse seine nets , and is sold fresh, frozen, canned, dried, salted, and smoked.