Cards
Description: It is a member of the Freshwater Smelt Family. It is found in Atlantic drainages from Lake Melville in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Delaware River in Pennsylvania, USA and west through Great lakes (where it is considered non native). Arctic and Pacific drainages from Bathurst Inlet, Northwest Territories to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Also Pacific drainages of Asia. It inhabits cool clear lakes, medium to large rivers, and coastal waters. It feeds on invertebrates such as aquatic insect larvae and aquatic worms. It can reach a maximum length of 35.6 cm (14 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Hakes and Burbots family in the Cod Genus. It can be found in northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere including North America, Europe and Asia. It prefers estuaries of large lowland rivers as well as small mountain streams and deep lake. It seeks shelter under rocks, in crevices on the river banks, among roots of trees and dense vegetation and mainly feeds on fish , it is nocturnal. It can reach a maximum length of 152 cm (5 feet) and a maximum published weight of 34 kg (75 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Bowfins family. Other common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is native to St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec in Canada to northern Minnesota and south to Gulf, and on Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from Susquehanna River drainage in southeastern Pennsylvania, to Colorado River in Texas, USA. It is a obligate air-breathing fish and it inhabits swamps, sloughs, lakes, and pools and backwaters of lowland streams. It is a voracious and opportunist feeder, subsisting on fish, frogs, crayfish, insects, and shrimps. It can reach a maximum length of 109 cm (43 inches) and a maximum published weight of 9.8 kg (21.6 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to the Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Montana, south to Louisiana, USA. Also found in the Gulf Slope drainages from Mississippi River to the Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA and parts of Mexico. Occurs in lakes and pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers. They feed on detritus (waste and debris). They can reach a maximum length of 64 cm (25.2 inches) and a maximum published weight of 4.6 kg (10.1 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Mooneyes family. It is native to North America from western Ontario to the Mackenzie River as far down as Aklavik. In the east, it extends southwest below the Great Lakes, through the Ohio and Mississippi River drainages. In the, west it occurs southeast from western Alberta, through eastern Montana and Wyoming, to Oklahoma. It feeds on aquatic insects, crustaceans, mollusks, small fishes, frogs, shrew, and mice. It can reach a maximum length of 52 cm (20.5 Inches) and a minimum published weight of 1.7 kg (3.75 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the catfish family and is native to rivers and lakes of the Atlantic coastal states from Florida to New York in the United States. It resides in sluggish, mud-bottomed pools, open channels, and backwaters of small to large rivers; also in lakes and impoundments. Feeds on a wide variety of fishes, insects and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 95 cm (37.4 inches) and a maximum published weight of 9.8 kg (21.6 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Paddlefishes and Sturgeon family. It is native to the Mississippi River basin from southwestern New York to Montana and south to Louisiana; Gulf Slope drainagaes from Mobile Bay in Alabama, to Galveston Bay in Texas in the United States. It usually inhabits water deeper than 1.2 m (3.3 feet) in slow-flowing large rivers, lakes, and impoundments and feeds on plankton. Its paddle is thought to act as an electrical antenna for detecting the electric fields of plankton. It can reach a maximum length of 221 cm (7.25 feet) and a maximum published weight of 90.7 kg (about 200 pounds). It is listed as a Vulnerable species.
Description: It is a member of the Shads and Sardines Family. It is native to North America along the Atlantic coast from Labrador, Canada to St. Johns River, Florida in the United States. It spends most of its life in the ocean and enters coastal rivers during spring spawning migrations. It can reach a maximum length of 76 cm (about 30 inches) and a maximum published weight of 5.5 kg (12.1 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to the Upper Colorado River in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona, United States. It inhabits swift, rocky runs and flowing pools. The hump at the back of the head directs fish to maintain position in the swift water. It feeds on a variety of foods, including insects, crustaceans, plants, seeds, and occasionally small fish and reptiles.It can reach a maximum length of 38 cm (about 15 inches). It is considered an endangered species.
Description: It is a member of the Pike family. It is native to the eastern coast of North America from southern Canada to Florida, and west to Texas in the United States. It lives in vegetated lakes, swamps, and backwaters and quiet pools of creeks and small to medium rivers. It feeds primarily on smaller fish, until it grows large enough to ambush large fish from cover with a rapid lunge and to secure it with its sharp teeth. It can reach a maximum length of 99 cm (39 inches) and a maximum published weight of 4.3 kg (about 9.5 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate basses family and is also known as the Silver Bass. It is native to North America in the Atlantic Slope drainages from St. Lawrence drainage in Quebec, Canada south to Savannah River in Georgia, USA. It eats small minnows and sometimes fish eggs. It can reach a maximum length of 58 cm (22.8 inches) and a maximum published weight of 2.7 kg (about 6 pounds).
Description: Formerly known as the Squawfish, it is a member of the Carp family. It is native to North America in the Pacific drainages from Nass River in British Columbia, Canada to the Columbia River in Oregon, United States. Feeds mainly on fish and is found in lakes and large rivers. It can reach a maximum size of 63 cm (24.8 inches) with a maximum published weight of 13 kg (28.7 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Elephantfishes family. It is native to the Nile (delta to Bahr-el-Jebel), Niger (Lower Niger and Benoué) and Chad basins, also reported from the Albert Nile and Aswa River (White Nile basin) in Africa. Inhabits lakes, lagoons, reservoirs and (irrigation) canals; a bottom feeding insectivore; breeds during the flood season and enters the floodplain for this purpose. It can reach a maximum length of 33 cm (13 inches) and a maximum published weight of 458.00 g (about 1 pound).
Description: It is a member of the Freshwater Eel family. It is native to Atlantic coast from Scandinavia to Morocco; Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas; rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. It inhabits streams to shores of large rivers and lakes. Naturally found only in water bodies connected to the sea. When they mature they leave their freshwater habitat and migrate to the Sargasso Sea, between March and June. After they spawn they die. They can reach a maximum length of 122 cm (about 48 inches) and a maximum published weight of 6.6 kg (14.55 pounds). It is considered a critically endangered species.
Description: It is a member of the carp family. It is found in Lake Tana, Didessa River and other areas in the region, including parts of the Nile River Basin in Africa. Its habitat includes muddy, sandy and rocky substrates all over the lake, preferably in water of no more than 3 m depth. Is a real macrophytivore: feeds on underwater plant matter only. It can reach a maximum length of 43 cm (about 17 inches).
Description: It is a member of the cichlid family and is found in many areas in Africa, including parts of the Nile River Basin. It is found in shallow lakes and streams. It feeds on fish, shrimp and aquatic insects; very aggressive and territorial. It can reach a maximum length of 18.7 (7.4 inches).
Description: It is a member of the African tetras family. It is found in many locations in Africa, including the lower Nile River Basin. It prefers warm, well-oxygenated water, mainly larger rivers and lakes. It mainly feed on particular species of fish but will feed on whatever prey is most abundant. It can reach a maximum length of 105 cm (41.3 inches) with a maximum published weight of 28 kg (61.7 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Schilbid catfishes family. It is found in many areas in Africa, including the Nile river. It lives mainly in shallow waters and migrates to the surface at night. It feeds on fish insects, molluscs, freshwater prawns and other crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches) and a maximum published weight of 1.4 kg (about 3 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Featherback and Knifefishes family. It is widely distributed in tropical Africa, in the Nile, Chad, Niger, Ogowe and Congo basins. Also present in coastal rivers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Cameroon. It prefers quiet waters with vegetation. It can produce barking sounds and it comes to the surface from time to time to swallow air. Feeds at dusk and during the night on worms, crustaceans, insects and snails. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).
Description: Perch is the English common name in Ghana and its classification name is Distichodus engycephalus. It is native from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Lake Chad basin and the Nile River, in Africa. It prefers flowing water over rocky bottoms and feeds on vegetation and periphyton. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (about 16 inches and a maximum published weight of 1.5 kg (about 3.3 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Elephantfishes family. It is native to Lake Kwania, the Victoria Nile, Lake Kyoga and the Lake Victoria basin in Africa. Predominantly an insectivorous but also feeds on Crustaceans, gastropods, fish eggs and waste matter. It is threatened by habitat loss. It can reach a maximum length of 26 cm (a little over 10 inches).
Description: It is a member of the cichlid family. It is native to the Lakes Edward, George and Albert and affluent rivers and streams of these lakes and of the Semliki River, in Africa. It prefers shallow weedy habitats, such as lagoons and bays around the edges of larger lakes. Feeds on phytoplankton and waste or debris of any kind. It can reach a maximum length of 36.3 cm (about 14 inches).
Description: Also known as Sampa is a member of the Airbreathing catfishes family. It is native to Nile and Congo River Basins, It is also found in other areas of Africa. It is found in large deep rivers within the mainstream or in deep pools and lakes or backwaters. It is a facultative airbreather, breathes mainly on gills with supplemental gas exchange from aerial breathing when conditions are poor or it is too costly to obtain oxygen from water. It feeds on any available food, including fish and other small vertebrates. It also scavenges off large carcasses and offal from riverside villages. It can reach a maximum length of 150cm (about 59 inches) and a maximum published weight of 55 kg (about 121 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to the Nile River and lakes once connected to the Nile River Basin, also,the Chad, Niger, Senegal, Volta, Ouémé and Ogun river basins and other coastal rivers in Africa. Feeds on crustaceans, insects, molluscs and organic debris. Maximum published length is 82 cm (32,3 inches) with a maximum published weight of 7 kg (15 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Bichers family and is native to the Nile, Niger, Volta, Bandama, Comoé, Ouémé rivers and the Chad River basin in Africa. It inhabits swamps and rivers and feeds on snails and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 65.5 cm (about 26 inches) and a maximum published weight of 3.4 kg (7.5 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the African lungfishes family and is native to the Nile, Congo and Lower Congo River basins and some lakes in Africa. it possesses “lungs” and must frequently surface to gulp air (obligate air-breather). Adults are able to survive in streams and swamps that are completely dry for long periods of the year, withstanding desiccation on floodplains by aestivating in cocoons until the next rains, breathing air by a small passage leading to the outside. Its diet consists mollusks, but small fishes and insects are also eaten in small quantities. It can reach a maximum length of 200 cm (about 6.6 ft) and a maximum published weight of 17 kg (about 37 1/2 lbs).
Description: It is a member of the Bagrid catfishes family and is native to the Nile River, Lake Chad, Niger and Senegal rivers and lakes Mobutu, Albert and Turkana in Africa. It is a night and bottom feeder and preys on small fish, insects, crustaceans, molluscs, debris and vegetable matter. It can reach a maximum length of 112 cm (44 inches) and a maximum published weight of 12.5 kg (27.5 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Clupeidae family (herring and sprats). It is native to most of Europe and all countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It is an anadromous fish which lives in the sea but migrates into fresh water to spawn. It can reach a maximum length of 60 cm (about 24 inches) and a maximum published weight of 1.5 kg (3.3 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Distichodus family with a classification name of Distichodus brevipinnis. It is native to the Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta, Chad River Basins and also the White Nile. It prefers flowing water. It feeds on vegetation and waste or debris. It can reach a maximum length of 59 cm (about 23 inches) with a maximum published weight of 6.0 kg (about 13 pounds).
Description: Its classification name is Labeo coubie and it is a member of the Carp family. It is widespread throughout Northern and Eastern Africa, including the Nile River Basin. It mainly feeds on waste or debris. It can reach a maximum length of 75.0 cm (about 30 inches) and a maximum published weight of 5.0 kg (11 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Latidae family and is native to most river basins in Africa, including the Nile River Basin. It is a fierce predator that dominates its surroundings, it feeds on fish (including its own species), crustaceans, molluscs, and insects It is a threatened fish due to over harvesting. Its maximum length is 200 cm (about 79 inches) and has a maximum published weight of 200.0 kg (441 pounds).
