Fish

Fish Facts: Arapaima – Arapaima gigas

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The Arapaima is a tropical fish of the Amazon basin. It is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. Arapaima reach sizes of up to 15 feet in length. The scales are olive-green, turning increasingly reddish towards the tail region. The swim bladder is open to the pharynx and the arapaima uses the … Read more

Fish Facts: Java Barb – Barbonymus Gonionotus

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The Java Barb is a native of Asia. Specifically the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins through the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. The Java barb prefers to swim in the midwater to lower water colunm levels in rivers and streams. They prefer slow moving waters and usually avoid fast water areas. The Java bard are … Read more

Fish Facts: King Salmon – Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha

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King Salmon aka Chinook Salmon are native to the Northeaster Pacific Coast. The are great sport fish and have now been successfully introduced to the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are freshwater lakes and the salmon do fine despite the fact that they naturally live in the ocean until it is time to spawn. As … Read more

Fall Transition Bass – Where Do Bass Go?

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When Mother Nature takes her brush and paints the leaves on our trees orange, yellow and brown. When Friday night and Saturday afternoons are spent cheering on your favorite high school or college football team. When the air temp gets a little cooler at night and not nearly as high at mid-day. When the water … Read more

Fish Facts: Opossum Pipefish – Microphis Branchyurus

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Opossum pipefish – Microphis branchyurus broods eggs on its trunk which is rather unique among pipefish and also unique is that the brooding male opossum pipefish do so in freshwater enviroments. They are most often found on the east coast of Florida. Opossum pipefish reach lengths of about 7 to 8 inches long and can … Read more

Fish Facts: Juvenile Sailfish

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Capt. Scott Avanzino sent in this picture. It was caught in a cast net while catching bait. Identification was easy for them but I though it would still be a good addition to the website.

Fish Facts: American Shad – Alosa sapidissima

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The American shad (Alosa sapidissima) range along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to Canada. Here is an unsual trait. American Shad that spawn in rivers south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina die after spawning but those that spawn north of there often survive to spawn multiple times. American Shad in the past were very abundand … Read more