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Harpadon nehereus, commonly known as the Bombay duck or bummalo, is a species of lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), but the usual size is around 25 cm (10 in). Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), but the usual size is around 25 cm (10 in).
The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes. The genus name derives from the Greek language: lophos meaning 'crest', and dutes meaning 'diver'. The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower ...
Percophidae was first proposed as a family in 1839 by the English zoologist William John Swainson as a subfamily of the Percidae. [2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this family within the order Trachiniformes and divides it into the subfamilies Bempropinae, Henerocoetinae and Percophinae. [3]
The slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus), also known as the deep sea duck, is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1.5 m in length.Features include a bird-like beak with curving tips, covered with tiny hooked teeth, which they use to sweep through the water to catch shrimp and other crustaceans.
Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [4] African tigerfish: Hydrocynus vittatus: Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet ...
They can be distinguished from most ducks on size, shape, and the speculum. Separation from female common teal is problematic. In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage, the drake looks more like the female. It is a common duck of sheltered wetlands, such as taiga bogs, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing. It nests on the ground ...
Within cartilaginous fish, approximately 80% of the sharks, rays, and skates families survived the extinction event, [114] and more than 90% of teleost fish (bony fish) families survived. [115] There is evidence of a mass kill of bony fishes at a fossil site immediately above the K–T boundary layer on Seymour Island near Antarctica ...
Concerns had developed regarding this practice as early as the 1900s, regarding localized fish stock depletion, adverse food chain effects on commercially valuable fish types that prey on herring, and the ethics of taking fish for purposes other than human food or bait, [26] But the industry persisted in Alaska until it ceased operations in ...