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The threadfin rainbowfish or featherfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri) is a rainbowfish, the only species in the genus Iriatherina. It is characterized by long ...
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois.The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S").
The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States. Like the American gizzard shad , the threadfin shad has an elongated dorsal fin , but unlike the gizzard shad, its mouth is more terminal without a projecting upper jaw.
Ranging in length from 11 cm (4.5 in) in the dwarf threadfin (Parapolynemus verekeri) to 2 m (6.6 ft) in fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) and giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis), threadfins are both important to commercial fisheries as a food fish, and popular among anglers. Their habit of forming large schools ...
Lake avg. weight Lake avg. length Lake record Walleye: 4-8 pounds: 18-26 inches: 15.9 pounds- 32 inches: also was the Illinois fishing record Largemouth bass: 3-5 pounds: 17-23 inches: 10.3 pounds- 27 inches Smallmouth bass: 2-4 pounds: 15-20 inches: 5.1 pounds- 23 inches Channel catfish: 10-20 pounds: 25-40 inches: 24 pounds- 34 inches Striped ...
The water of the lake, fed by abundant local springs, is cooler than most Illinois River lakes. In the 1980s, both north and south lakes were rehabilitated to remove an undesirable carp and gizzard shad population. [3] [7] This rehabilition improved water clarity, helped aquatic plants to grow, and improved the desirable fish population. [3]
Lake Shelbyville is a reservoir located in Shelby County, Illinois and Moultrie County, Illinois created by damming the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville, Illinois. The lake's normal surface pool is 11,100 acres (44.9 km 2) at an elevation of 183 meters (600.4 ft). The area that surrounds the lake is the Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Eleutheronema tetradactylum, the fourfinger threadfin, known as ranwas in India is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Ocean.