Mugs
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Perches family and is native to south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It lives in clear, flowing streams with abundant cover and prefers streams with gravel bottoms and abundant snags. Also found in lakes and reservoirs. It feeds on insects, crustaceans, small fishes and mollusks. It can reach a maximum length of 60 cm (23.6 in).
Description: It is a member of the Australian Lungfish family and is native to southern Queensland, Australia in Burnett and Mary River systems. It inhabits mud, sand or gravel bottoms. It is a sluggish species that prefers still or slow-flowing waters, usually in deep pools. During period of drought, it can tolerate stagnant conditions by breathing air, surfacing 1-2 times per hour. It feeds on frogs, tadpoles, fishes, shrimp, earthworms, snails, aquatic plants and native fruits fallen from trees. It can reach a maximum length of 170 cm (5.6 feet) and a maximum weight of 40 kg (80.2 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Grunters family and is native to northern Australia in the Daly River, Northern Territory to upper Burdekin, Queensland also southern Papua New Guinea. It is commonly found in larger flowing streams in both clear or turbid water. It feeds on frogs, insects, worms, shrimps, algae, plant roots, and palm berries. It can reach a maximum length of 54 cm (21.25 inches) and a maximum published weight of 6.2 kg (13.7 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Tenpounders family. It is native from the Andaman Sea in the Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Australia and in the Pacific, from southern Japan to New South Wales and New Caledonia; throughout most of Oceania to the Hawaiian Islands. It occurs in both fresh and salt waters. It is a schooling fish that feeds on various fishes and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 120 cm (47.2 in) and a maximum published weight of 10.1 kg (22.3 lbs).
Description: It is a member of the Arowanas family and is native to the Fitzroy River system of central-eastern Queensland, Australia. It occurs in still waters and slow-flowing sections of streams. It is usually seen near the surface or near shore among aquatic vegetation. It is also territorial and aggressive towards other fishes. It feeds on insects, fishes, frogs and crayfish. It can reach a maximum length of 100 cm (39.4 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Australian Basses family and is native to Queensland to Victoria in Australia. It inhabits rivers, estuaries, lakes and small streams in upland and coastal plain areas, including brackish estuaries. It feeds on insects, crustaceans and fishes. It can reach a maximum length of 60 cm (23.6 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Sea Catfishes family and is native to the Western Central Pacific, southern New Guinea and Australia. It can live in both fresh and salt waters. It inhabits coastal and lower mangrove areas, estuaries into main rivers and lagoons. It can reach a maximum length of 120 cm (47.2 inches) and a maximum published weight of 19.0 kg (41.9 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Perches family and is native throughout most of the Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, except for the upper reaches of the southern tributaries. It is carnivorous, having a diet of invertebrates, fish, amphibians and occasionally reptiles, birds and aquatic mammals. It can reach a maximum length of 180 cm (5.9 feet) with a maximum published weight of 113.5 kg (250.2 pounds).
Description: It is member of the Temperate Perches family and is native to the upper reaches of Murray-Darling basin, New South Wales, Australia. Inhabits cool, clear water of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. It feeds on aquatic insects, crustaceans and mollusks. It can reach a maximum length of 46 cm ( 18.1 inches) and a maximum published weight of 3.5 kg (7.7 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Perches family. It is native to the Murray-Darling system , Dawson-Fitzroy system of southeastern Queensland. Also in Lake Eyre and Bulloo River drainages and floodplain lakes of Western Victoria and New South Wales in Australia. It is solitary species and it feeds on common yabby (crayfish species) and fish. It can reach a maximum length of 76 cm (30 inches) and can reach a maximum published weight of 24 kg (53 pounds).
Description: These freshwater fish are commonly found in lakes, rivers or canals of Europe and Eurasia. Row 1: Common Bream, Common Roach, Common Rudd, Vimba Vimba, Twaite Shad Row 2: Ziege, Tench, Crutean Carp,Common Nase (Sneep), Bleak Row 3: Barbel, Asp, Ide (Orfe), Common Carp Row 4: European Chub, Common Dace, Silver (White) Bream, Volga Pikeperch Row 5: European Perch, Zander (Pike Perch), Blue Bream, Prussian Carp Row 6: Pike, Wels Catfish, European Smelt Row 7: European Eel, Peloponnese Chub, Macedonian Vimba, European Seabass Row 8: Kutum, White-eye Bream, Aral Barbel, Aristotle’s Catfish
Description: It is a member of the Pike family and is native to the Northern Hemisphere including northern parts of North America, Europe and Asia. It lives in clear vegetated lakes, quiet pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers and is usually solitary and highly territorial. It feeds mainly on fishes, but at times feeds heavily on frogs and crayfish, also cannibalism is common. It can reach a maximum length of 137 cm (54 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to the Northern Aegean basin from Maritza to Pinios drainages (Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Macedonia). It inhabits rivers and streams, usually with relatively swift current. Also occurs in lakes and lowland water courses with little current. Feeds on invertebrates and plants. It is a threatened species. It can reach a maximum length of 32.0 cm (about 13 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Catfish and Sheatfish family and is native to the Acheloos drainage in Greece, Europe. It inhabits lowland rivers and nutrient-rich lakes. It feeds at night mainly on fish, crustaceans, gastropods, insects, amphibians and aquatic snakes. It can reach a maximum length of 46 cm (18.1 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to Peloponnese in Greece (except Evrotas and Lake Stymphalia), Europe. Inhabits streams and rivers with moderate to swift current. Feeds on a variety of plants and small fish. It is threatened by habitat loss. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to the southern and western Caspian Sea; Aral basin; River Chun (Kasakhstan) in Europe and Asia. It inhabits rivers, reservoirs, lakes and canals. It feeds mainly on insects, juveniles of other fishes, rarely on algae, seeds and other plant material. It can reach a maximum length of 90 cm (35.4 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Freshwater Smelt family. It can live in both fresh and salt waters. It is native to most coastal regions of Northern Atlantic and landlocked populations are found in lakes of coastal areas of North, Baltic, White and Barents Sea. It spawns in freshwater lakes and rivers. It feeds on shrimps, crustaceans and fish. It can grow to a maximum length of 45 cm (17.7 inches).
Description: Row 1: Asp, Barbel, Hampala Barb, Common Bream, Black Sharkminnow Row 2: Common Dace, Mrigal Carp, Common Roach, Tench, Common Nase (Sneep) Row 3: European Chub, Ide, Silver Bream, Common Carp, Thai Mahseer Row 4: Vimba Vimba, Crutean Carp, Ziege, Blue Bream, Small Scale Mud Carp Row 5: Jullien's Golden Carp, Catla, Bonylip Barb, Tinfoil Barb, Bala Shark Row 6: Grass Carp, Amur Carp, Burmese Trout, Golden Belly Barb, Copper Mahseer Row 7: Yellowchin ,Bighead Carp , Siamese Carp Row 8: Java Barb, Orangefin Labeo, Black Carp, Hovens Carp, Striped Pikecarp Row 9: Soro Brook Carp, Labeobarbus surkis, Osteochilus melanopleura,Salmon Carp, Soldier River Barb Row 10: Ripon Barb, African Carp, Ningu, Niger Barb, Assuan Labeo
Description: It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to Eurasia in the Black and Azov Sea basins, absent from Danube and Kuban drainages; landlocked populations in Don and the Caspian basin from Terek to Atrek drainages, and Lake Iznik in Sea of Marmara basin in Anatolia. A semi-anadromous species which occurs in large brackish estuaries and their large, freshened plume waters, coastal lakes connected to rivers and lowland stretches of large rivers. It can reach a max length of 70 cm (27.6 in).
Description: It is a member of the Perches family. It is native to Europe from the Northern Black Sea basin; from Danube (up to Vienna) to Kuban drainages and the Caspian basin (Volga and Ural drainages). Feeds on small fish and invertebrates. It inhabits large, turbid rivers, lakes, brackish coastal lakes and estuaries. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (15.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family. It is native from central Europe to Siberia. It inhabits a wide variety of still water bodies and lowland rivers, usually associated with submerged vegetation or regular flooding. Can strongly tolerate low oxygen concentrations and pollution. It can reach a maximum length of 46.6 cm (18.1 inches) and a maximum published weight of 3 kg (6.6 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Carp and Minnow family and some species are known as Shemaya. It is native to Europe and Western Asia: north of the Caucasus, Pyrenees, and Alps, and eastward toward the Volga basin in northern Iran and north-western Turkey. It is also present in southeast England. It is a schooling fish and feeds on small mollusks, insects, worms and small shellfish. It is found in, rivers, lakes and streams. Some species can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (15.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Bass family. It is native from Norway to Morocco, the Canary Islands and Senegal. Also, the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They enter coastal waters and rivers in summer, but migrate offshore in colder weather. It feeds chiefly on shrimps, mollusks and fish. It can reach a maximum length of 103 cm (40.6 inches) and a maximum published weight of 12 kg (26,5 pounds).
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.
