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  2. Pacific ladyfish - Wikipedia

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    Pacific ladyfish are pelagic, marine forms preferring either brackish or fresh water unless they are breeding. They prefer specific water depths of no more than 8 m (26 ft). Little is known about the ecology of this species, but they are known to be highly carnivorous, feeding on smaller fish and crustaceans. [ 2 ]

  3. Elopidae - Wikipedia

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    The Elopidae are a family of ray-finned fish containing a single living genus Elops.They are commonly known as ladyfish, skipjacks, jack-rashes, or tenpounders.. The ladyfish are a coastal-dwelling fish found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions, occasionally venturing into temperate waters. [3]

  4. Senegalese ladyfish - Wikipedia

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    It is often confused with the West African ladyfish, Elops lacerta, and can be distinguished only by the number of gill rakers on the lower part of the first gill arch, and the number of scales on the lateral line. [1] The Senegalese ladyfish grows to a maximum total length of 90 cm and a maximum weight of 5.9 kg. [1]

  5. Swim bladder - Wikipedia

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    The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ in bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish [1]) that functions to modulate buoyancy, and thus allowing the fish to stay at desired water depth without having to maintain lift via swimming, which expends more energy. [2]

  6. West African ladyfish - Wikipedia

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    The West African ladyfish (Elops lacerate) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Elopidae. It is native to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Senegal to Angola. It is also known as the Guinean ladyfish. Some have been known to grow to 20 lb (9.1 kg). [3]

  7. Aquatic insect - Wikipedia

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    The trachea open through spiracles into this air film, allowing access to oxygen. In many such cases, when the insect dives into the water, it carries a layer of air over parts of its surface, and breathes using this trapped air bubble until it is depleted, then returns to the surface to repeat the process.

  8. Deep-sea gigantism - Wikipedia

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    Examination of a 9 m (30 ft) giant squid, the second largest cephalopod, that washed ashore in Norway in 1954 In zoology, deep-sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism is the tendency for species of deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives across a large taxonomic range.

  9. Walking fish - Wikipedia

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    The mangrove rivulus can survive for months out of water and can move to places like hollow logs. [5] [6] [7] Some species of fish can "walk" along the sea floor but not on land. One such animal is the flying gurnard (it does not actually fly, and should not be confused with flying fish).

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