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  2. Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] Juveniles and sub adults are migratory, traveling upriver back to its spawning grounds. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] It is considered to have the longest freshwater migration of any known fish species, with some fish travelling 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi) from the mouth of the Amazon to its spawning grounds.

  3. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    Highly migratory species – a term which has its origins in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It refers to fish species which undertake ocean migrations and also have wide geographic distributions. It usually denotes tuna and tuna-like species, shark, marlins and swordfish. See also transboundary stocks and straddling stocks.

  4. Fish migration - Wikipedia

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    Many species of salmon are anadromous and can migrate long distances up rivers to spawn Allowing fish and other migratory animals to travel the rivers can help maintain healthy fish populations. Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ...

  5. Tor putitora - Wikipedia

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    Tor putitora, the Golden Mahseer, Putitor mahseer, or Himalayan mahseer, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish that is found in rapid streams, riverine pools, and lakes in the Himalayan region. Its native range is within the basins of the Indus , Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. [ 1 ]

  6. Brachyplatystoma vaillantii - Wikipedia

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    It is found in both freshwater and brackish water systems. It is a demersal potamodromous fish commonly inhabits muddy waters and deeper, flowing channels. Developing young are carried downriver by the current, [6] ending up in estuaries. [7] Juveniles and sub adults are migratory. [2]

  7. Taxonomy of fish - Wikipedia

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    Fishes are a paraphyletic group and for this reason, the class Pisces seen in older reference works is no longer used in formal taxonomy.Traditional classification divides fish into three extant classes (Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with extinct forms sometimes classified within those groups, sometimes as their own classes: [1]

  8. Sauger - Wikipedia

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    The sauger (Sander canadensis) is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae that resembles its close relative, the walleye. The species is a member of the largest vertebrate order, the Perciformes. [3] It is the most migratory percid species in North America. [4]

  9. Warmouth - Wikipedia

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    The primary diet of young warmouth is microcrustaceans and aquatic insect larvae, whereas larger specimens tend to mainly consume crayfish, freshwater shrimp, isopods, [8] and other small fish. [14] [15] Their predators include larger fish, snakes, turtles, alligators, and birds. The primary habitats the warmouth occupies are areas with ample ...