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List of fish encountered in Swedish waters; both fresh water (lakes and streams) and in the marine salt water. The table denotes species native to Sweden, as well as those introduced from a neighbouring country and those that have only occurred occasionally.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Near the Norwegian border, conditions are typical of the North Atlantic, turning to subarctic near the Finnish border where salinity is down to 0.1–0.2%. A common seashore species there is the endemic, tussock-forming grass Deschampsia bottnica , which survives the destructive force of up to 2 meters thick sea ice.
It has been suggested that this is a heavily farmed fish worldwide; FAO's newest statistics from 2008 (pub. 2011) show total production C. crassius at 1,957,337 tonnes, worth US$2,135,857,000, ranked 9th in worldwide in aquaculture, including marine fish and crustaceans, [21] however these statistics treat the Asian C. gibelio carp as a ...
The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent, producing a jelly-like consistency. When this treatment is finished, the fish is saturated with lye and inedible, with a pH of 11–12. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of another four to six days of soaking in cold water changed daily is ...
The trade in herring is an important sector of many economies around the world. In Europe, the fish has been called the "silver of the sea", and its trade has been so significant to many countries that it has been regarded as the most commercially important fishery in history. [127] Purse seining for herring in southeast Alaska
The common chub (Squalius cephalus), also known as the European chub or simply chub, [2] [1] is a species of European freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae, that frequents both slow and moderate rivers, as well as canals, lakes and still waterbodies of various kinds.
'Ghost fish' revelation may alter marlin's status. NPR (radio news recording & transcript). All Things Considered. National Public Radio — news clip discussing discovery that a look-alike fish has been widely mis-identified as white marlin