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Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Bonefish (Albula vulpes) is a fast, schooling flats fish prized for stealthy sight-fishing and long runs on light tackle. It lives in warm shallow coastal waters, often feeding on small invertebrates over sand and turtle grass.
Isosuuahven
Micropterus salmoides
Isosuuahven on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
Permit are powerful, deep-bodied jack family fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters, prized for their wary behavior and brutal runs on light tackle. They feed on crabs, shrimp, and small fish over flats, reefs, and wrecks.
Punanapsija
Lutjanus campechanus
Punanapsija on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.
Aba
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus – aba, aba aba eli frakinkala – on sähkökala, joka elää jokien ja järvien pohjilla. Se on ainoa laji sukussa Gymnarchus ja heimossa Gymnarchidae, lahkossa Osteoglossiformes. Se on pitkä ja hoikka kala ilman lantio- tai peräevää, ja sen pyrstöevä muistuttaa rotan häntää. Se ui käyttämällä pitkää selkäevää, mikä mahdollistaa sen kehon suorana pitämisen...
Abbottin mureeni
Gymnothorax eurostus
Abbottin mureeni on riuttoihin liittyvä mureenikäärme, jota esiintyy trooppisissa indopasifisissa vesissä, mutta lajitason luonnonhistoria ei ole yhtä hyvin dokumentoitu kuin yleisempien riuttakalojen. Se piilottelee halkeamissa päivällä ja tulee esiin yöllä saalistamaan kaloja ja äyriäisiä.
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...
Abudjubbe Wrasse
Cheilinus abudjubbe
Cheilinus abudjubbe, the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no type locality was given but it is thought to have been Jeddah. This taxon is regarded as a synonym of the tripletail wrasse by some authorities.
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
The abyssal halosaur is a species of bottom-dwelling, deep-sea fish in the family Halosauridae that is found in all oceans at depths from 1100 to 3500 meters. It is the only member of its genus.
Abyssal Spiderfish
Bathypterois longipes
The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.