Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment.
Herring are various species of forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.
Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish. Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active, small, oily fish. They travel in large schools with other fish and swim continuously throughout the day.
The southern white-breasted hedgehog, sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. These hedgehogs are becomingly increasingly popular as pets in the United States and Iran.
The onefin catshark is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. It is the only member of its genus, Pentanchus. It is known from two specimens collected from the Tablas Strait and Mindanao Sea off the Philippines in the Western Central Pacific. It is classified as harmless to humans and of least concern to the IUCN redlist.
The narrowmouthed catshark is a coloured catshark beloning to the family Atelomycteridae, found from central Chile around the Straits of Magellan, to Argentina between latitudes 23° S and 56° S, at depths down to about 180 m (600 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and about 360 m (1,200 ft) in the Pacific. It can grow to a length of up to 70 cm (28 in). The reproduction of this catshark is oviparous.
Tylognathus is an invalid genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. It was established by Heckel in 1843 without a type species. Varicorhinus diplostomus, described by Heckel in 1838 and erroneously redescribed by the same author in 1844 as T. valenciennesii, was later designated the type species. Today this fish is placed in the genus Bangana.
Lobocheilos is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to Asia.
The northern white-breasted hedgehog is a species of hedgehog native to Eurasia.
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water.
Lobocheilos rhabdoura iis a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This fish is found Southeast Asia where it occurs in the Chao Phraya and Mae Khlong in Thailand; the lower Mekong basin in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam; the Đồng Nai River in Viet Nam; the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos and in Western Malaysia. L. rhabdoura has a maximum published standard length of 22 cm (8.7 in). It inhabits the lower depths of large and medium-sized streams, typically in reaches withs with relatively swift current and in rapids. these fishes will enter flooded fields. Its diet consists of periphyton and phytoplankton. It is likeley that this fish spawns at the satrt of the rainly season. It is caught and used in the preparation of fish sauce.
Lobocheilos bo is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Borneo where it is found in the basins of the Mahakam, Kayan, and Sesayap Rivers in the eastern part of the island. This specie shas a maximum publsihed standard length of 32.5 cm (12.8 in).
Lobocheilos falcifer is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Java.
Lobocheilos ixocheilos is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Borneo and Sumatra.
Lobocheilos kajanensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Borneo where it is found in the upper basin of the Kayan River,
Lobocheilos ovalis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to northern Borneo where it is found in Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, as well as in Brunei.
Lobocheilos schwanefeldii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish within the family Cyprinidae, that can grow up to a length of 33.5 centimeters. Its distribution is in Indonesia within the Sumatra, Java and Borneo islands in tropical river basins. It is a benthic fish, living in slow to fast moving clear waters over gravel and rocky substrates. Its believed to feed on diatoms, filamentous algae, pieces of larger plants, and sand grains, similar to other members of its genus.
