The Salmon Fish

Fish World | The Salmon Fish | Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout, the difference is often said to be the migrating salmon and trout are resident, but this distinction is not strictly hold true. Salmon live along the coasts of both North Atlantic (one migratory species Salmo salar) and Pacific (approximately a dozen species of the genus Oncorhynchus), and have also been introduced in the Great Lakes of North America. Salmon are extensively produced in aquaculture in many parts of the world.

Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Fish World | Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow trout are known for their fighting qualities, making them one of the most popular sport fish freshwater in the world. Rainbow trout are from America and were introduced into New Zealand in 1883. Rainbow's average can reach 50cm (20 inches) tall and weighs about 3 kilograms (6.5 pounds). This athletic fish can easily Waterfalls 3 meters (10 feet) upstream during their spawning run clear.

Inanga Fish, New Zealand Fresh water fish

Fish World | Inanga Fish, New Zealand Fresh water fish | The inanga is well known to New Zealanders as one of five native freshwater fish species whose juveniles (young) make the whitebait run, swimming upstream from the sea to spend their adult lives in rivers. Inanga make up about 95% of the total whitebait catch. The adult grows to around 10 centimetres long and can be easily distinguished from the adults of other fish found as juveniles in the whitebait run by its silver belly and forked tail.

The Halfbeaks Fish

Fish World | The Halfbeaks Fish | The halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae family) is a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The family is divided into two subfamilies Hemiramphidae, the first naval Hemiramphinae and freshwater or estuarine Zenarchopterinae. The halfbeaks are named for their prominent jaws, where the lower jaw are considerably longer than the upper jaw. The halfbeaks show an exceptionally wide range of reproductive modes. These include leg, and ovoviviparity true vivipary where the mother is connected to the developing embryos through a placenta-like structure. Some of the viviparous species, developing embryos are also known to oophagy or intrauterine cannibalism, where the developing embryos feed on eggs or embryos in the womb show.

The Haddock Fish

Fish World | The Haddock Fish | The haddock or offshore hake is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. Haddock is a popular food fish and is widely fished commercially.

Guitarfish lives under sea

Fish World | Guitarfish lives under sea | The Guitarfish are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays. The Guitarfish are known for an elongated body with a flattened head and trunk and small ray like wings. The combined range of the species is tropical, subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. They often travel in large schools.

Zebra Trout

Fish World | Zebra Trout | The zebra trout (up to 25 cm) and the Falklands minnow (up to 8 cm) are native to the Falkland Islands. The zebra trout is protected by law and can not be fished.

Arapaima Gigas

Fish World | Arapaima Gigas | The arapaima, pirarucu or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a freshwater fish of tropical South America. This is a living fossil, and one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.