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An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native
Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons). Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw.
Live channeled whelks for sale in a California seafood market. Shells of the channeled whelk typically reach 5 to 8 inches in length. The shell is smooth and subpyriform (generally pear-shaped), with a large body whorl and a straight siphonal canal.
California pilchard Sardinops caeruleus: Wild 364,386 Cape horse mackerel Trachurus capensis: Wild 356,795 Pacific anchoveta Cetengraulis mysticetus: Wild 352,945 Japanese flying squid Todarodes pacificus: Wild 351,229 Argentine shortfin squid Illex argentinus: Wild 340,622 Pollock Pollachius virens: Wild 336,838 Chinese softshell turtle ...
Graph showing the decline in the global capture production (in tonnes) of the common octopus over recent years (source FAO [14]). The aquaculture potential of several octopuses species has been investigated in recent years, including Octopus maya (red octopus), [15] Octopus bimaculoides (California two-spot octopus), [16] Octopus ocellatus (now re-named Amphioctopus fangsiao) [17], Octopus ...
A group of friends exploring the waters off La Jolla Cove on Saturday came across a sea creature unlike anything they'd ever seen: a 12-foot-long rare fish from the depths of the ocean.
Since 1993 squid has been the #1 fishery in California with landings of 118,000 tons [vague] and $41 million in 2000. The population fluctuates greatly with the El Niño . During these warm water and nutrient poor years landings can disappear entirely in certain areas.
Anodonta californiensis, the California floater, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Description [ edit ]