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Australian Bass
Percalates novemaculeata
Australian Bass (Percalates novemaculeata) is a native eastern Australian perch found mainly in cool forest streams, rivers, and impoundments, with some populations moving downstream to estuaries to spawn. It is a popular sportfish, especially on lures, and is closely managed because many rivers support stocked and regulated populations.
Barramundi
Lates calcarifer
Barramundi er en stærk tropisk rovfisk, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Giant Trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) is a powerful Indo-Pacific reef and island predator that can grow very large and take both fish and crustaceans. Adults often patrol drop-offs, surf zones, and lagoon edges, while juveniles use shallow bays and mangroves.
Golden Perch
Macquaria ambigua
Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) is a widespread Australian freshwater native prized by anglers and common in inland rivers and impoundments. It moves with flows, forms schools, and feeds heavily on aquatic insects, shrimp, yabbies, and small fish.
Murray Cod
Maccullochella peelii
Murray cod is Australia's largest strictly freshwater predatory fish, endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin. It lives in big rivers, billabongs, and deep snaggy holes, and is a prized angling species that is highly regulated and vulnerable to overfishing.
Regnbueørred
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Regnbueørred er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Rød snapper
Lutjanus campechanus
Rød snapper er en almindelig fiskeart, som ofte findes i egnede vande og strukturfyldte områder for arten. Guiden samler kendetegn, levested og fisketips.
Aba
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus – aba, aba aba eller frankfisk – er en elektrisk fisk, der lever på bunden af floder og søer. Det er den eneste art i slægten Gymnarchus og familien Gymnarchidae inden for ordenen Osteoglossiformes. Det er en lang, slank fisk uden bækken- eller gatfinner og med en halefinne formet som en rottehale. Den svømmer ved hjælp af sin forlængede rygfinne, så den kan holde kroppen...
Abbott's muræne
Gymnothorax eurostus
Abbott's muræne er en rev-associeret muræneål fra tropiske indopacifiske farvande, men artsniveau naturhistorie er ikke så veldokumenteret som for mere almindelige revfisk. Den gemmer sig i sprækker om dagen og kommer frem om natten for at jage fisk og krebsdyr.
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka
Benthophilus abdurahmanovi
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek. FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby, and is reported as Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.
Abe's Angelfish
Centropyge abei
Centropyge abei is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a small marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Abrau Sprat
Clupeonella abrau
The Abrau sprat is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered. As a result of the 2019 expedition, several individu...