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Halibut
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halibut is a brand of flatfish from the family of the right-eye
flounders (Pleuronectidae). This name is derived from haly
(holy) and butt (flat fish), suspected to be called so from
being frequently eaten on holy-days. Halibut live in both
the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans and are highly
regarded food fish.
The Halibut is the major of all flat fish, with an average
weight of about 25 - 30 lb (11 - 13½ kg), but they
can grow to be as much as 431 lbs (196 kg). The Halibut is
blackish-grey on the top side and off-white on the underbelly
side. When the Halibut is born the eyes are on both sides
of its head, and it swims like a salmon. After about 6 months
one eye will migrate to the other side of its head, making
it look more like the flounder. This happens at the same time
that the stationary eyed side begins to develop a blackish-grey
pigment while the other side remains white. This disguises
a halibut from above (blending with the ocean floor) and from
below (blending into the light from the sky).
Herring
 Herring
are tiny, oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the thin,
temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the
North Pacific, and the Mediterranean. There are 15 species
of herring, the most plentiful of which is the Atlantic herring
(Clupea harengus).[citation needed] Herrings move in huge
schools, pending in spring to the shoreline of Europe and
America, where they are caught, salty and smoked in great
quantities. Canned "sardines" (or pilchards) seen
in supermarkets may actually be sprats or round herrings.
Kingfish
 "Kingfish"
is used as the dialect name of a series of fish. The king
mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) is a wandering species of
mackerel that lives its whole life in the open waters of the
western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is an important
kind to both the marketable and frivolous fishing industries.
Menticirrhus americanus - Southern Kingfish: This kind grows
to 20 inches (51 cm) in length. Seven to eight dark bands
mark the sides which shade from grayish above to almost white
on the belly. They are originate from the Western Caribbean
Sea to Cape Cod over sand or mud in rock bottom of at least
5 feet (1.5 m). This species is prized for its flesh, and
is fished both commercially and recreationally.
John
Dory
 John
Dory, also known as St Pierre. The John Dory grows to a maximum
size of 65cm (25.6") and 3kg (6.6lb) in weight. It has
10 long spines on its dorsal fin and 4 spines on its anal
fin. It has microscopic, sharp scales that run around the
body. The fish is an olive green color with a silvery white
belly and has a dark spot on its side. Its eyes are near the
top of its head. It has an even, round body figure and is
a poor swimmer. The John Dory is the top marauder in its habitat.
It usually gets its food by aggravation it then shooting out
a tube in its mouth to capture its prey. The John Dory eats
a diversity of fish, especially schooling fish, such as sardines.
Occasionally they eat squid and cuttlefish.
Lamprey
A lamprey
(lamprey eel) is a jawless fish with a toothed, funnel-like
sucking mouth. While lampreys are well identified for those
variety which bore into the flesh of other fish to suck their
blood, these variety make up the marginal. In zoology, lampreys
are often not measured to be true fish because of their very
much different morphology and physiology.
Lampreys
initiate life as burrowing freshwater larvae. At this stage,
they are toothless, have basic eyes, and provide for on microorganisms.
This larval stage can last five to seven years and so was
initially thought to be an independent organism. They renovate
into adults in a transmutation which is at least as radical
as that seen in amphibians. It involves a radical reshuffle
of internal organs, expansion of eyes and transformation from
a mud-dwelling filter feeder into an efficient swimming parasite/predator
that classically moves to the sea. The adult feeds by attaching
its mouth to a fish, secreting an anticoagulant to the host,
and feeding on the blood and tissues of the host. In most
species this segment lasts about 18 months.
Mackerel
Mackerel
is a general name applied to a number of dissimilar species
of fish, mostly, but not completely, from the family Scombridae.
They occur in all hot and temperate seas. Most live offshore
in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel
(Scomberomorus maculatus), enter bays and can be wedged near
bridges and piers. Common features of mackerels are a slim,
cylindrical form (as opposed to the tunas which are deeper
bodied) and numerous finlets on the dorsal and ventral sides
behind the dorsal and anal fins. The scales are extremely
small, if present. The largest species called "mackerel"
is the king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) which can grow
to 66 inches (1.68 m). A female mackerel lays about 500,000
eggs at a time.
Mullet
 The
mullets or grey mullets are a folks (Mugilidae) of ray-finned
fish start worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters,
and in some species in fresh water also.[1] Mullets have served
as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since
Roman times. The family includes about 80 species in 17 genera.Mullets
are distinguished by the presence of two separate dorsal fins,
small triangular mouths, and the absence of a lateral line
organ. They feed on debris, and most species have unusually
muscular stomachs and a multifaceted pharynx to help in incorporation.
Orange roughy
 The
orange roughy, red roughy, or deep sea perch, Hoplostethus
atlanticus, is a comparatively large deep-sea fish belonging
to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). This fish is categorized
as defenseless to development by the Marine Conservation Society.
It is found in cold (3 to 9 °C), deep (bathypelagic, 180
to 1,800 m) waters of the western Pacific Ocean, eastern Atlantic
(from Iceland to Morocco; and from Walvis Bay, Namibia, to
off Durban, South Africa), Indo-Pacific (off New Zealand and
Australia), and in the Eastern Pacific off Chile. The orange
roughy is notable for its unexpected lifetime — a recorded
(disputed by commercial fishers but supported by scientists)
maximum of 149 years — and importance to profitable
deep trawl fishery. Actually a bright brick red in life, the
orange roughy fades to a yellowish orange after death.
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