Everything You Need to Know About Unique Fish Facts in 35 Characters
1. U N I Q U E FACTS
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2. HOW MANY SPECIES OF FISH ARETHERE?
IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATEDTHATTHE TOTALNUMBER OF ALL FISHES IS 32,500
SPECIES (NELSON,2006).
3. WHAT’S THE WORLD LARGEST FISH
THE WHALE SHARK IS THE LARGEST FISH.
THE LARGEST FISH IN THE WORLD ...IS ACTUALLY A SHARK. SPECIFICALLY,
THE WHALE SHARK, WHICH GROWS TO MORE THAN 50 FEET LONG AND
MAY WEIGH SEVERAL TONS. THE SECOND LARGEST IS THE BASKING SHARK,
WHICH CAN MEASURE 35 TO 40 FEET LONG.
• Rhincodontypusorwhaleshark. • Basking shark
4. SMALLESTFISH
• PAEDOCYPRIS PROGENETICA HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO BE THE ONE OF
SMALLEST KNOWN SPECIES OF FISH IN THE WORLD. THE SMALLEST
MATURE FEMALE MEASURED 7.9 M M (0.31 IN) AND THE LARGEST
KNOWN INDIVIDUAL WAS 10.3 M M (0.41 IN).
5. PIRANHA
Normally Attack on human are rare but, They usually happens when the
rivers are low In dry season.
Red-bellied piranha attacks tend to peak in the dry
season when food is scarce and water levels are low,
which leads to heavier-than-usual concentrations of
hungry fish.
6. DID YOU KNOW FISH CAN MAKE SOUNDS?
The Gulf corvina is a species o f c r o a k e r
• THE LOUDEST FISH IS THE CROAKER. YOU MIGHT HAVE NEVER HEARD’ A
FISH AND THEY DON’T HAVE ANY VOCAL CORDS AS WELL. BUT THEY USE
OTHER PARTS TO BOOM, GRUNT, HISS, CREAK, WAIL AND SHRIEK TO
CONVEY THEIR MESSAGES.
• GULF CORVINA ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE SUCH A POWERFUL NOISE BECAUSE THEIR
SWIM BLADDER, A GAS-FILLED ORGAN IN THE ABDOMEN, IS SURROUNDED BY
“SONIC MUSCLES,”
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8. TASTEBUDS
Catfish
• HUMANS HAVE 9,000 TASTEBUDS, BUT CATFISH HAVE OVER
27,000. IN FACT, FISHES HAVE TASTEBUDS ALL OVER THEIR
BODY AND CAN TASTE WITHOUT EVEN OPENING THEIR
MOUTH
9. • THE PARROTFISH PRODUCES A KIND OF MUCUS THAT COVERS THEM
COMPLETELY FOR PROTECTION.
• SECRETE A MUCUS COCOON, PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT.
11. • FISH CAN GET SUNBURNED EVEN UNDERWATER! HOWEVER, THIS IS RARE
AND CAN ONLY TAKE PLACE WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR
ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN’T THEM TO SINK INTO DEEPER WATER TO
GET TO A SHELTER
12. • THE SPOTTED CLIMBING PERCH CAN GULP’ OXYGEN FROM THE AIR AND
WALK’ ON LAND USING ITS PECTORAL FINS IF IT NEEDS TO LOOK FOR
WATER.
13. FISH AGE
• THE MOST COMMONLY USED TECHNIQUES INVOLVE COUNTING NATURAL
GROWTH RINGS ON THE SCALES, OTOLITHS, VERTEBRATE, FIN SPINES,
EYE LENSES, TEETH, OR BONES OF THE JAW, PECTORAL GIRDLE, AND
OPERCULAR SERIES.
• AGING FISH IS SIMILAR TO THE AGING OF TREE BY COUNTING THE
NUMBER OF RINGS, HERE IT IS WIDELY GROWTH RINGS CALLED ANNULI
Sagittal otolith from a
74-year-old(84-YO?)
freshwater drum,
Aplodinotus
grunniens
14. FASTESTFISH:SAIL FISH
Not all experts agree, but at top speeds of nearly 70 mph,
the sailfish is widely considered the fastest fish in the ocean.
15. SLOWESTFISH:DWARF SEAHORSE
The dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) is a species of seahorse.
According to Guinness World Records, it is the slowest-moving fish, with a
top speed of about 5 feet (1.5 m) perhour.
