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The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus) sometimes called ghostfish or "potato-head fish", is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the wrymouth family Cryptacanthodidae. It outgrows the blennies , its relatives, and may reach a length of 97 centimetres (38 in) TL [ 2 ] A low spiny dorsal fin stands along the entire back.
The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes, or anglemouths. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for their lack of diversity with relative abundance, numbering in the hundreds of trillions to quadrillions. [1]
The mouth is reddish at the corners where there are small barbels. When breeding the mature males develop a red stripe along the sides [ 3 ] on the belly, mouth, gill cover and pectoral fin base. The dorsal fin and the anal fin each have 8 soft rays and the lateral line has 66–84 scales.
The North Carolina state record for smallmouth buffalo is an 88 lb (40 kg) fish caught in Lake Wylie on November 14, 1993 by Tony Crawford, [15] who had previously set the state record with a 61.02 lb (27.68 kg) fish caught at the same lake on December 1, 1991, both through use of packbait.
An image of three clown fish, each with a parasitic isopod visible in its mouth, was shortlisted in the underwater category of the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition of the Natural History Museum, London. [15] Tongue-eating louse characters appear in video games How Fish Is Made [16] and Isop0dyssey. [17] [better source needed]
The small-mouth righteye flounder (Nematops microstoma) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on saltwater bottoms from depths of 304 metres (997 ft). Its natural habitat is the tropical waters of the southwest Pacific. It can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.
The slippery dick wrasse is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 35 cm (14 in). [2] It has a thin, elongate body with a terminal mouth, and its body coloration has three phases during its life: The terminal phase is when the fish becomes a male, so the body coloration turns to green with two longitudinal dark stripes.
The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. [4] It is the type species of its genus Micropterus (black basses), and is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking —as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water ...