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This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [ 4] Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet.
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera [2] are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
The American butterfish is similar in appearance to its close relative, the harvestfish ( Peprilus alepidotus ), but can be distinguished by its much lower dorsal and tail fin. This fish is a lead-blue color above with pale sides and a silvery belly. It often has dark, irregular spots. It is generally 6–9 in (15–23 cm), though some ...
Black margate. The black margate ( Anisotremus surinamensis ), also known as black bream, black thicklip, dogfish, lippe, Mexican bull, pompon, Spanish grunt, surf bream, sweetlips or thicklip grunt, [ 3] is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
W. K. H. Peters, 1877. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish ( Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes .
Peacock bass or Brazilian tucunaré are large freshwater cichlids of the genus Cichla. [3] [4] These are diurnal predatory fishes native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers of the Guianas, in tropical South America. [2] They are sometimes referred to in English by their Brazilian name tucunaré or their Spanish name pavon. [4]
Prognathodes aya. ( D. S. Jordan, 1886) Synonyms [2] Chaetodon aya D.S. Jordan, 1886. Chaetodon eques Steindachner, 1903. The bank butterflyfish ( Prognathodes aya) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in tropical and sub-tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
The largest fish of the now-extinct class Placodermi was the giant predatory Dunkleosteus. The largest and most well known species was D. terrelli, which grew almost 9 m (29.5 ft) in length [ 24] and 4 t (4.4 short tons) [ 25] in weight. Its filter feeding relative, Titanichthys, may have rivaled it in size. [ 26]