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Saturday, 1 December 2012

Bigscale Pomfret

The pomfret belong to the Bramidae family under the Perciformes order. There are several species and they are scattered throughout the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Majority of the species are food fish, especially in many South Asian countries. The fish was originally known as the pampflet. The term probably came from the Portuguese pampo. The fish is now known by various names, including Vavval in Tamil, Saranga/ Paaplet/Pamphlet in Marathi, Avioli in Malyalam and Maanji at Tulu. The pomfret is called Monchong in Hawaii where it is a delicacy

Bigscale Pomfret

Big Scale Fish

A Crested Bigscale fish, scientifically known as the Poromitra crassiceps, is a relatively small deep-sea dwelling fish. Although they are found worldwide, they are not hunted because they have no commercial value. There are 36 species of Crested Bigscale fish. Habitat Crested Bigscale fish are located in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. They survive in varying water temperatures from tropical to subarctic waters. However, they are not found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Artic Ocean. They inhabit the lower depths of the ocean between 0-3400 meters. Diet They feed in shallow waters on jellyfish and small crustaceans. Behavior Completely harmless to people, they are oviparous--producing eggs that develop and hatch outside of the body. They feed on the collection of small, microscopic organisms, such as algae, which float near the surface of the water. Identification The large head of a Crested Bigscale fish is identified by prominent ridges which are covered in skin, not scales. Its snout is short and steep. Its dark brown to black body is angular and strong, made of three Dorsal spines, 11-14 Dorsal soft rays, one Anal spine, 8-11 Anal soft rays, and 26-29 Vertebrae. Typical length is six to eight inches long.

Big Scale Fish

Bigmouth Buffalo

The bigmouth buffalo has a large terminal (ending at tip of snout) mouth which helps separate them from theblack and smallmouth buffalo which have small sub-terminal (ending below tip of snout) mouths. Bigmouth buffalo have their eye level with the tip of the upper jaw and the other two Ohio species of buffalo have their eye positioned well above the tip of the upper jaw. They are typically a dark gray or bronze-gray, sometimes with a slight bluish overcast, and are usually darker than the smallmouth but lighter than the black buffalo in coloration. All species of buffalo have a long continuous dorsal fin and no spines in any of their fins. Buffalo look similar to common carp but are not closely related. The bigmouth buffalo is native to Ohio, and found in both the Ohio River and Lake Erie drainage. It is typically found in large rivers including the Ohio River and others such as the, Scioto River, Muskingum River, Maumee River, and Sandusky River. It is also found in the marshes of Sandusky Bay and other similar backwater areas of the Western basin of Lake Erie. Bigmouth buffalo prefer waters with less current than other species of Buffalo and are typically found in pools or backwater areas when in rivers

Bigmouth Buffalo

Bighead Carp

The bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis or Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) is a freshwater fish, one of several Asian carps. It has a large, scaleless head, a large mouth, and eyes located very low on the head. Adults usually have a mottled silver-gray coloration. Adults can be quite large. Record sizes occasionally approach 143 lb (65 kg) and a total length of 145 cm (56 in); one this size was collected in Furnas Reservoir, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 2006, but most places in the Mississippi River basin, a fish over 40 lb (18 kg) is considered very large. Bighead carp are popular quarry for bowfishers; the bowfishing record, captured in the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, in May 2008, is 92.5 lb (42 kg). Bighead carp are native to the large rivers and associated floodplain lakes of eastern Asia. Their range extends from southern China to the Amur River system, which forms the northern border of China and the southern border of Russia. The bighead carp has a tremendous growth rate, making it a lucrative aquaculture fish. Bighead carp, (unlike the common carp, with which Europeans and most North Americans are more familiar), are primarily filter feeders. They are preferentially consumers ofzooplankton but also consume phytoplankton and detritus.

Bighead Carp