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Hypercarnivorous fish that sometimes actively prey upon other fish
Predatory fish are hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish or aquatic animals, with examples including shark, billfish, barracuda, alligator
Predatory_fish
Order of sea urchins
when they sense dissolved mucus from a predatory fish. The larvae exposed to this mucus from the predatory fish respond to the threat by cloning themselves
Sand_dollar
Fish which has a long, pointed bill
known as the broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, sword-like, pointed bill. They are the
Swordfish
Genus of fishes
grow, and adult sailfish are not eaten by anything other than larger predatory fish like open ocean shark species and orcas.[citation needed] "A compendium
Sailfish
In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons
from a spotter plane. Many species of large predatory fish also school, including many highly migratory fish, such as tuna and some oceangoing sharks. Cetaceans
Shoaling_and_schooling
Fish name belonging to several families
depletion of predatory fish communities." Nature 423, 280–283 (15 May 2003). Dalton, Rex. 2006. "Save the big fish: Targeting of larger fish makes populations
Sole_(fish)
Fish used as live food for other captive animals
Feeder fish is the common name for certain types of small, inexpensive fish commonly fed as live food to other captive animals such as predatory fishes (e
Feeder_fish
Fish that live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes
depletion of predatory fish communities." Nature 423, 280-283 (15 May 2003). Dalton, Rex. 2006. "Save the big fish: Targeting of larger fish makes populations
Demersal_fish
Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish
Instead, the fish accumulate the acids by consuming either microalgae or prey fish that have accumulated omega−3 fatty acids. Fatty predatory fish, like sharks
Fish_oil
Largest known fish species
any other group for over 400 million years. They are predatory and often attach themselves to a fish or other small animal and gradually drain blood and
List_of_largest_fish
Tribe of fishes
Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned, predatory fish in the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel
Bonito
Object or substance used to attract fish
movements, color/reflections, vibration and noise to attract and "fool" predatory fish into striking. Using lures is a popular method among North American
Fishing_bait
Gill-bearing non-tetrapod aquatic vertebrates
larger E. suratensis. Fish occupy many trophic levels in freshwater and marine food webs. Fish at the higher levels are predatory, and a substantial part
Fish
Species of fish
tigerfish, giant tigerfish, or mbenga, is a large species of African predatory freshwater fish in the family Alestidae. It is native to the Congo River Basin
Hydrocynus_goliath
Family of fishes
members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to parts of Africa and Asia. These elongated, predatory fish are distinguished by their long
Snakehead_(fish)
by predatory fish. The two fish species learned not to prey on cane toad tadpoles after a small number of encounters. Furthermore, most of the fish were
Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads
Adaptations_of_Australian_animals_to_cane_toads
Bony fish with a natural lure
wriggle fleshy outgrowths of their fins or tongues and attract small predatory fish close to their mouths. Piper, Ross (2007). Extraordinary Animals: An
Anglerfish
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively fish tissue
terrestrially adapted reptiles and synapsids evolved herbivory. Almost all predatory fish (most sharks, tuna, billfishes, pikes etc.) are obligated piscivores
Piscivore
Predatory freshwater fish
tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh is a freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This predatory fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed
Hydrocynus_vittatus
Fish used as bait to attract predatory fish
Bait fish (or baitfish) are small-sized fish caught and used by anglers as bait to attract larger predatory fish, particularly game fish. Baitfish species
Bait_fish
Environmental & health disaster 1962 - 1970
the Dryden mill, had extremely high mercury levels in predatory fish such as the walleye. These fish, which have been a staple food of First Nations people
Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows
Mercury_contamination_in_Grassy_Narrows
Group of flatfish species
encrustations of various species of barnacle. World stocks of large predatory fish and large ground fish, including sole and flounder, were estimated in 2003 to be
Flounder
Fish that inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf
zooplankton, which in turn are eaten by predatory zooplankton. Filter feeders then eat the plankton and larger predatory fish eat the filter feeders (see diagram
Coastal_fish
Fishing with chunks of meat
typically consist of fresh chunks of fish meat with bone and blood, the scent of which attracts predatory fish, particularly sharks, billfishes, tunas
Chumming
Species of fish native to Southeast Asia
betta fish sleep, their bright colors often fade, and when combined with their unusual napping positions, they can appear dead. Predatory fish often avoid
Siamese_fighting_fish
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up barracuda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A barracuda is a predatory fish found in tropical and subtropical oceans. Barracuda or Baracuda may
Barracuda_(disambiguation)
Biological interaction
omnivores, are to some extent predatory, using weapons and tools to fish, hunt and trap animals. They also use other predatory species such as dogs, cormorants
Predation
Commercially important migratory fish
industrial-scale extraction of wild forage fish for salmon farming affects the survivability of other wild predatory fish which rely on them for food. Research
Salmon
List of common names used to refer to fish
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
List_of_fish_by_common_name
Genus of sharks
Mako sharks are predatory mackerel sharks of the genus Isurus (meaning "equal tail"). They are largely pelagic, and are fast, predatory fish capable of swimming
Mako_shark
Artificial fishing bait
attention of predatory fish when angling. Lures come in many shapes and designs that impart different actions and vibrations, which appeal to fish's foraging/territorial
Fishing_lure
Genus of fishes
the entire length of the fishes' bodies. Dolphinfish are aggressive predatory fish that actively prey upon oceanic forage fishes, while in turn serving
Coryphaena
Family of ray-finned fishes
fish. They live in a cleaning symbiosis with larger, often predatory, fish, grooming them and benefiting by consuming what they remove. "Client" fish
Wrasse
Genus of fishes (Alopias, family Alopiidae)
(for use in delicacies such as shark-fin soup). Despite being active predatory fish, thresher sharks do not appear to be a threat to humans. The genus and
Thresher_shark
Predatory dinoflagellates are predatory heterotrophic or mixotrophic alveolates that derive some or most of their nutrients from digesting other organisms
Predatory_dinoflagellate
Young fish
Juvenile fish Fish go through various life stages between fertilization and adulthood. The life of fish start as spawned eggs which hatch into immotile
Juvenile_fish
Major river in the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia
basin is home to a variety of large predatory fish such as northern snakehead, Amur pike, taimen, Amur catfish, predatory carp and yellowcheek, as well as
Amur
Family of ray-finned fishes
freshwater whitefishes, taimens and lenoks, all coldwater mid-level predatory fish that inhabit the subarctic and cool temperate waters of the Northern
Salmonidae
Species of fish
moving either individually or in schools and are predatory fish which primarily take other small fish. Studies in the Caribbean suggest the species reaches
Yellow_jack
Topics referred to by the same term
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, as known as Zutton Snaggletooth (fish), predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes Snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongatus
Snaggletooth
Origin and diversification of fish through geologic time
to Middle Devonian (416–385 Mya), while the predatory placoderms dominated the seas, some lobe-finned fish came into freshwater habitats. In the Early
Evolution_of_fish
Tribe of fish
nursing mothers, and children limit their intake of tuna and other predatory fish. The Environmental Protection Agency provides guidelines on how much
Tuna
Sense found in most species of fish
vigilance. Fish are normally cold-blooded, with body temperatures the same as the surrounding water. However, some oceanic predatory fish, such as swordfish
Vision_in_fish
Order of birds
biggest threats including habitat loss, the introduction of invasive predatory fish and human poaching. As such, three species have gone extinct. The word
Grebe
Predator at the top of a food chain
other predators, both in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Non-native predatory fish, for instance, have sometimes devastated formerly dominant predators
Apex_predator
Angling technique where a spinning lure is used to entice the fish to bite
turbulence and noise, which transmit through the water and provoke predatory fish to strike the lure out of their foraging as well as territorial instincts
Spin_fishing
Species of amphibian
newt produces tetrodotoxin, which makes the species unpalatable to predatory fish and crayfish. It has a lifespan of 12 to 15 years in the wild, and it
Eastern_newt
Species of fish
Kazakhstan. The asp is rare among cyprinoid fishes in that it is a predatory fish which feeds on other fishes and even small waterbirds. The juveniles are
Asp_(fish)
Family of marine fish that can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of water
Exocoetidae are a family of saltwater ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod, with about 64 species in seven
Flying_fish
Fishing lure
degrees of vibration and flashing that mimic small fish or other preys of interest to large predatory fishes. The two most popular types of spinnerbaits are
Spinnerbait
Species of fish
the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean
Sphyraena_sphyraena
Fishing industry practice
the large predatory fish on top of the food web, turn to increasingly smaller species, finally ending up with previously spurned small fish and invertebrates"
Fishing_down_the_food_web
Topics referred to by the same term
The Lionfish (Pterois) is a genus of venomous predatory fish. It may also refer to: Red lionfish (P. volitans), a significant invasive species off the
Lionfish_(disambiguation)
Fish species with oils in their tissues and coelom
Oily fish, also known as blue fish, greasy fish or fatty fish, are species of fish with oil (fats) in soft tissues and in the coelomic cavity around the
Oily_fish
Large oceangoing fish processing vessel
that populations of large predatory fish had declined substantially compared to pre-industrial levels. Global demand for fish products has increased markedly
Factory_ship
Larva of a fly
family. Anglers use maggots usually commercially supplied to catch non-predatory fish. Maggots are the most popular bait for anglers in Europe. Anglers throw
Maggot
Overview of and topical guide to fish
fish Bait fish – Fish used as bait to attract predatory fish Coarse fish – Rough fish Farmed fish – Fish raised commercially in enclosures Game fish –
Outline_of_fish
Genus of fishes
ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are predatory fish
Epinephelus
Species of fish
suffered a population decline which is blamed on introduced bream and predatory fish such as the Volga pikeperch. An expedition of Alexander von Schrenk
Balkhash_perch
Species of reptile
prey base is mostly large predatory fish, challenging the general view by locals complaining about crocodiles hunting local fish to very low numbers. Reproduction
Orinoco_crocodile
Fish that mostly live in freshwater
Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands, where
Freshwater_fish
Fish that can generate electric fields
vary both by species and by function. Electric fish have evolved many specialised behaviours. The predatory African sharptooth catfish eavesdrops on its
Electric_fish
Reproductive physiology of fishes
Fish reproductive organs include testes and ovaries. In most species, gonads are paired organs of similar size, which can be partially or totally fused
Fish_reproduction
Potential hazard from consuming fish
higher level of mercury that the fish have accumulated, including humans. This process explains why predatory fish such as swordfish and sharks or birds
Mercury_in_fish
Genus of fishes
which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and semelparity. The name of the genus is
Oncorhynchus
have also had success in keeping smaller fish with predatory ones in reef tanks by adding the smaller fish at night, sometimes with newly rearranged
Reef_safe
Raising fish commercially in enclosures
Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It
Fish_farming
Hard skeletal covering of fish
A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish. The skin of most jawed fishes is covered with these protective scales, which
Fish_scale
Fish that remove parasites and dead tissue from other species
allow a space where cleaners have no risk of predation from larger predatory fishes, due to the mutual benefit from the cleaners' service. Interactions
Cleaner_fish
Species of fish
The predatory carp (Chanodichthys erythropterus), also known as the redfin culter or skygazer, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family
Predatory_carp
Angling technique
and stand in the water when fishing. Fly fishing primarily targets predatory fish (both freshwater and saltwater) that have a significant proportion of
Fly_fishing
Movement of fishes from one part of a water body to another on a regular basis
Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging
Fish_migration
Total mass of living organisms in a given area (all species or selected species)
follows the course: Phytoplankton → zooplankton → predatory zooplankton → filter feeders → predatory fish Phytoplankton are the main primary producers at
Biomass_(ecology)
Geological formation in England
Saurichthys A pike or gar-like predatory fish Sargodon A dapediiform fish Gyrolepis A ray-finned fish Birgeria A large predatory fish Ceratodus A lungfish
Westbury_Formation
Deceptive mimicry of a harmless species by a predator
notably Lampsilis ovata, attract fish in the genus Micropterus, Villosa has fish-like mantle lures that attract predatory fish Percina. Cercaria mirabilis
Aggressive_mimicry
Anadromous form of fresh-water species of fish
distinguished and earns its namesake. The Steelhead is an ocean-going predatory fish with a typical lifespan of four to six years. Like the common rainbow
Steelhead
Species of fish in the sturgeon family
greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) for the title of largest actively predatory fish. The largest accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga
Beluga_(sturgeon)
Filipino biologist (1929–2023)
consisted of restoring or preserving areas with predominant wild, large predatory fish populations near a small marine sanctuary at Apo Island in the Philippines
Angel_Alcala
Species of fish
Mahanadi and Indus basins. It is sometimes kept as an aquarium fish. It is a small, predatory fish that feeds on tiny invertebrates. Maximum total length is
Badis_badis
Species of tropical fish
William W.; Avery, S.; Smyth, Michael E. B. (1975). "Switching in Predatory Fish". Ecology. 56 (5): 1094–1105. Bibcode:1975Ecol...56.1094M. doi:10.2307/1936149
Guppy
Mutually beneficial association between individuals of two species
providing a cleaning and ectoparasite removal service to larger, often predatory fish. Cleaner species, as shown in the table, vary widely in their degree
Cleaning_symbiosis
Sensory system in fish
The lateral line allows fish to navigate and hunt in water with poor visibility. The lateral line system enables predatory fishes to detect vibrations made
Lateral_line
Genus of fishes
are large freshwater cichlids of the genus Cichla. These are diurnal predatory fishes native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers of the Guianas
Peacock_bass
Study of the form or morphology of fishes
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. It can be contrasted with fish physiology, which is the study of how the component parts
Fish_anatomy
Fauna found in deep-sea areas
Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish
Deep-sea_fish
Organ that allows fish to breathe underwater
Fish gills are organs that allow fish to breathe underwater. Most fish exchange gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide using gills on both sides of the pharynx
Fish_gill
Species of fish
stalk their prey. Therefore, if they are in an aquarium with other predatory fish (e.g. lionfish and groupers), they might starve, as they are not fast
Comet_(fish)
Type of offshore saltwater game fishing
saltwater game fishing targeting several species of fast-swimming pelagic predatory fish with elongated rostrum collectively known as billfish, which include
Marlin_fishing
Extinct genus of marine squamate reptiles
consumed various prey as an apex predator of their ecosystem, including predatory fish, ornithuran birds, sea turtles, plesiosaurs and other mosasaurs. It
Tylosaurus
Species of amphibian
habitats, except that it tends to avoid large rivers and waterbodies with predatory fish. It is most abundant in eutrophic water. It breeds in water, but apparently
Xenopus_victorianus
Genus of fishes
North Asia. Pike have the elongated, torpedo-like shape typical of predatory fishes, with sharply pointed heads and sharp teeth. Their coloration is typically
Esox
Fish that can leave water for periods of time
Amphibious fish are fish that are able to leave water for extended periods of time. About 11 distantly related genera of fish are considered amphibious
Amphibious_fish
Popular fish targeted in recreational fishing
Occasionally other predatory fishes such as sharks, barracuda and dolphinfish are also pursued. Large powerful freshwater fish such as alligator gar
Game_fish
Genus of fishes
southern Africa, including Kafue River, is Hepsetus cuvieri. These predatory fish reach up to 44 cm (17 in) in length. A 2024 study found their closest
Hepsetus
Ways that fish move around
Fish locomotion is the various types of animal locomotion used by fish, principally by swimming. This is achieved in different groups of fish by a variety
Fish_locomotion
Species of amphibian
fires, erosion, siltation of streams, dams, and roads. Introduced predatory fish are probably also a threat. Conradie, W.; du Preez, L.; Jordaan, A.;
Hewitt's_ghost_frog
Species of fish
ocean surface. Spawning eventually follows. A great diversity of large predatory fish species take this opportunity to hunt the aggregations while they are
Moorish_idol
Species of fish
The Aquitanian pike (Esox aquitanicus) is a species of pike, a predatory fish native from the Charente to the Adour river drainages in the French Great
Aquitanian_pike
Informal name for some fishes (genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium)
and their abundance, menhaden are an invaluable prey species for many predatory fish, such as striped bass, bluefish, mackerel, flounder, tuna, drums, and
Menhaden
Family of fishes
up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, predatory fish. Some of these fish, such as Ctenolucius hujeta, enter the aquarium fish hobby, often being labeled a "freshwater
Ctenoluciidae
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