Sentences with phrase «freshwater eels»

In total there are 15 closely related species of freshwater eels in Lake Tanganyika, each with its own distinct lifestyle — and their common ancestor probably arrived there at least 7 million years ago, when the lake first formed.

The most extensive reconstructions of individual eel journeys challenge an assumption that Europe's freshwater eels (Anguilla anguilla) migrate and spawn as a group, says behavioral...

One of nature's premier survivors is facing its sternest test yet: Hammered by an array of threats that includes overfishing, pollution, and climate change, populations of freshwater eels, also known as river eels, have fallen to catastrophic lows.

This freshwater eel, just been described for the first time by a UK and South African research team, has completely lost them.

She lives in Georgia with her husband, one yard zombie, three cats, and a very nervous freshwater eel.

Not exact matches

Salmon and migratory (sea) trout AND non-migratory trout, char, freshwater (coarse) fish, smelt and eels

In a remarkable case of convergent evolution, this sensory system has evolved separately in two groups of freshwater fish — the electric eels and knife fish of South America and the elephant snout fish and one closely related species in Africa.

And indeed the 50 - centimeter - long, eel - like creatures can wreak havoc on freshwater communities when they invade from the sea.

To test their hypothesis, researchers placed eels in a round, freshwater tank with 12 small chambers arranged like spokes around it, and a magnetic coil surrounding the whole apparatus.

For example, spiny eels, freshwater stingrays and many loaches love to burrow in the substrate, so their tanks are best outfitted with fine sand - like gravel.

Available Fish: Barbel Steed, Bitterling, Black Bass, Blowfish, Bluegill, Carp, Coelacanth, Crucian Carp, Dab, Dace, Football Fish, Freshwater Goby, Giant Trevally, Goldfish, Horse Mackerel, Koi, Oarfish, Olive Flounder, Pale Chub, Pike, Pond Smelt, Popeyed Goldfish, Red Snapper, Ribbon Eel, Sea Bass, Sea Butterfly, Squid, Stringfish, Tuna, Whale Shark, Yellow Perch.

Available Fish: Barbel Steed, Bitterling, Black Bass, Blowfish, Bluegill, Carp, Coelacanth, Crucian Carp, Dab, Dace, Football Fish, Freshwater Goby, Giant Trevally, Goldfish, Horse Mackerel, Koi, Oarfish, Olive Flounder, Pale Chub, Pond Smelt, Popeyed Goldfish, Red Snapper, Ribbon Eel, Sea Bass, Sea Butterfly, Squid, Stringfish, Tuna, Whale Shark, Yellow Perch

Available Fish: Barbel Steed, Barred Knifejaw, Bitterling, Black Bass, Blowfish, Bluegill, Carp, Char, Cherry Salmon, Coelacanth, Crucian Carp, Dab, Dace, Football Fish, Freshwater Goby, Giant Trevally, Goldfish, Guppy, Horse Mackerel, Koi, Mitten Crab, Neon Tetra, Olive Flounder, Pale Chub, Pike, Popeyed Goldfish, Rainbow Trout, Ray, Red Snapper, Ribbon Eel, Sea Bass, Sea Horse, Tuna, Whale Shark, Yellow Perch, Zebra Turkeyfish

Available Fish: Angelfish, Barbel Steed, Barred Knifejaw, Black Bass, Bluegill, Carp, Catfish, Char, Cherry Salmon, Coelacanth, Crucian Carp, Dab, Dace, Freshwater Goby, Giant Trevally, Goldfish, Guppy, Horse Mackerel, King Salmon, Koi, Mitten Crab, Moray Eel, Neon Tetra, Olive Flounder, Pale Chub, Pike, Popeyed Goldfish, Rainbow Trout, Ray, Red Snapper, Ribbon Eel, Sea Bass, Sea Horse, Whale Shark, Yellow Perch, Zebra Turkeyfish.