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Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
The mango tilapia (Sarotherodon galilaeus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family that is native to fresh and brackish waters in Africa and the Levant. [2] Other common names include Galilaea tilapia, Galilean comb, Galilee St. Peter's fish, and St. Peter's fish. [3] (To differentiate from other Israeli species of "St. Peter's fish" see ...
France notes that the Sea of Galilee at the time was known for its prosperous fishing industry. [5] This was mainly based around fishing for sardines, carp, and musht [a] fish. Various methods were used, but nets were common. Dragnets were common, but they required a large team to use.
The Rainbow Fish is a children's picture book drawn and written by Swiss author and illustrator, Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.
Big Al is an American children's picture book written by Andrew Clements and illustrated by Yoshi Kogo. It was originally released in 1989 through Picture Book Studio, later rereleased via Simon & Schuster. A sequel, Big Al and Shrimpy, was released in 2002. The book is about a fish named Al who wants to have friends, but all the fish are ...
Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, Chautauqua Lake in western New York, north into Canada, throughout most of the St Lawrence River drainage, and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, although the species also extends as far south as ...
Brosme for sale at the fish market in Bergen, Norway, in 2012. The cusk (Brosme brosme) is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus Brosme. [1] Its other common names include European cusk, and brosmius. [2]
The mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) is a small killifish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada.Also known as Atlantic killifish, mummies, gudgeons, and mud minnows, these fish inhabit brackish and coastal waters including estuaries and salt marshes.