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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.
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.
Gökkuşağı alabalığı
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Gökkuşağı alabalığı, bu tür için uygun sular ve yapılı alanlar içinde sık görülen yaygın bir balık türü. Bu kayıt tanıma, yaşam alanı ve av ipuçlarını özetler.
Afrika Kaplanbalığı
Hydrocynus vittatus
Afrika kaplanbalığı (Hydrocynus vittatus), patlamalı saldırıları ve güçlü koşularıyla bilinen, hızlı ve yırtıcı bir Afrika characin balığıdır. Güney ve Orta Afrika'nın büyük bölümündeki büyük nehirlerde ve taşkın ovalarındaki göllerde yaşar.
Alabama Bass
Micropterus henshalli
Alabama Bass (Micropterus henshalli), Mobile Nehri havzasına özgü bir siyah levrek olup benekli levrekle yakın akraba olduğu kabul edilir. Temiz veya orta derecede bulanık akarsuları, rezervuarları ve kayalık, odunsu ve kıyı barınaklarının bulunduğu taşkın yataklarını tercih eder.
Timsah Turnası
Atractosteus spatula
Timsah turnası, Mississippi havzası ve yakın kıyı drenajlarındaki yavaş akan nehirlerin, yan kolların, at nalı göllerinin ve taşkın ovası göllerinin büyük, antik ışınlı yüzgeçli bir balığıdır. Yüzeyde balıkları pusuya düşürür ve hava soluyabilir, bu da düşük oksijenli suda hayatta kalmasını sağlar.
American Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
American Gizzard Shad is a silvery clupeid forage fish common in warm, slow waters across much of eastern and central North America. It feeds by filtering plankton and detritus, and is important prey for bass, catfish, crappie, and other predators.
American Pickerel
Esox americanus
American Pickerel (Esox americanus) is a slender, ambush-predatory esocid found in vegetated fresh waters across eastern North America. It is smaller and more delicately built than northern pike or muskellunge, with a duck-bill snout and chainlike markings.
Amur Carp
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) is a cyprinid carp native to East Asia and widely introduced beyond its original range. It inhabits warm, slow waters and is an adaptable bottom-feeder that can grow large in ponds, lakes, and lowland rivers.
Amur Goby
Rhinogobius similis
Amur goby (Rhinogobius similis) is a small benthic goby associated with cool, clear running water. It is reported from freshwater streams and rivers in East Asia, but available public records can be scattered and some identifications in occurrence data may be uncertain.
Arapaima
Arapaima gigas
Arapaima gigas is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, native to the Amazon Basin. It breathes air and often rolls or gulps at the surface, making it easy to notice but very challenging to land.