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Fish Fact Friday! 5/30/25

Shortnose Greeneye (scientific name Chlorophthalmus agassizi) eyes fluoresce bright green in dim blue light!

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeneye

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/logs/aug16/aug16.html

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Fish Fact Friday! 5/24/2025

Bowfin fish (scientific name Amia calva) can breathe both water and air making them greatly adapted for low oxygen environments!

References:

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/bowfin/

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Fish Fact Friday! 3/28/25

Giant sea bass (scientific name stereolepis gigas) can weigh up to 600 pounds!

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_sea_bass

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Fish Fact Friday! 2/21/25

Spotted garden eels (scientific name Heteroconger hassi) secrete a mucous that they then use to coat and cement together the sands of their burrows!

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Kissing gouramis (scientific name Helostoma temminckii) have an extra joint between their jaw and the rest of their joints!

References:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_gourami

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Fish Fact Friday! 1-31-25

Sockeye Salmon (scientific name oncorhynchus nerka) can use their sense of smell to find their home streams, as well as sense predators and chemicals in the water!

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Fishintines day on the way?

Edit: guys I had another idea so here's a second

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Fish Fact Friday! 1-10-25

Surgeonfish (scientific name acanthurus leucosternon) mainly eat algae!

References:

https://www.britannica.com/animal/surgeonfish

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Fish Fact Friday! 1-3-24

Atlantic threadfin (scientific name Polydactylus octonemus) can have up to nine pectoral filaments (the long whiskery fins)!

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Fish Fact Friday! 12-27-24

The duck-billed eel (scientific name nettastoma parviceps) are also known as the shortsnouted sorcerer!

Bonus stuff below cut!

Bonus: there seem to be a lot of 'sorcerer' eels I love them all look at this blackfin sorcerer!! their nose reminds me of Gar :).

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck-billed_eel

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Fish Fact Friday! 12-20-24

Striped Killifish (scientific name fundulus majalis) primarily feed on bristle worms!

References:

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/field-guide/entry/striped-killifish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_killifish

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Fish Fact Friday! 11-29-24

Bluestriped Fangblenny (scientific name plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) are a mimic species of the striped cleaner wrasse, which is harmless. This allows them to easily get close to their prey to bite it.

References:

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/bluestriped-fangblenny-plagiotremus-rhinorhynchos/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestriped_fangblenny

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Fish Fact Friday! 11-15-24

Northern hogsucker (scientific name hypentelium nigricans) are good indicators of overall good water quality, as they are very susceptible and intolerant of water pollution and other water channel disturbances!

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_hogsucker

https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/delriver/artdel_sp_no_hogsucker.pdf

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Could you perchance do an anglerfish 👉👈

Anglerfish are actually a group of over 200 species of fish, and those groups are separated into four categories which are goosefish, batfish, frogfish, and deep sea anglers!

References:

https://www.britannica.com/animal/anglerfish

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Fish Fact Friday! 11-1-24

Florida Pompano (scientific name trachinotus carolinus) mostly feed on sand fleas!

References:

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/saltwater/jacks/florida-pompano/

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Trick or treat!! 🐟🐠🐡🦐🦞🦑

Happy Halloween! You get a pumpkinseed!

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trick or treat!

Trick! You are eaten by a pike :(