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Baitfish
300px, Feeder Goldfish are common baitfish. Bait fish (or baitfish) are small-sized fish caught and used by anglers as bait to attract larger predatory fish, particularly game fish. Baitfish species are typically those that are common and breed rapidly, making them easy to catch and in abundant supply. Overview Examples of marine bait fish are anchovies, gudgeon, halfbeaks such as ballyhoo, and scad. Some larger fish such as menhaden, flying fish or ladyfish may be considered bait fish in some circles, depending on the size of the gamefish being pursued. Freshwater bait fish include minnows from the carp family (Cyprinidae), sucker family (Catostomidae), topminnows from the killifish suborder (Cyprinodontoidei), shad family ( Clupeidae), sculpin of the order Scorpaeniformes and sunfish family ( Centrarchidae), excluding black basses and crappies. Bait fish can be contrasted with forage fish. ''Bait fish'' is a term used particularly by recreational fishermen, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angling
Angling (from Old English ''angol'', meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated with a fishing rod, although rodless techniques such as handlining also exist. Modern angling rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a crank (mechanism), cranking device for storing, retrieving and releasing out the line, although Tenkara fishing and traditional cane pole fishing are two rod-angling methods that do not use any reel. The fish hook itself can be additionally weighted with a denser fishing tackle, tackle called a sinker (fishing), sinker, and is typically dressed with an appetizing bait (luring substance), bait (i.e. hookbait) to attract and entice the fish into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake/imitation bait with multiple attached hooks (known as a fishing lure, lure) is used instead of a single hook with edible bait. Som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bait (luring Substance)
Bait is any appetizing substance (e.g. food) used to attract prey when hunting or fishing, most commonly in the form of animal trapping, trapping (e.g. mousetrap and bird trap), ambushing (e.g. from a hunting blind) and angling. Baiting is a ubiquitous practice in both recreational (especially angling) and commercial fishing, but the use of live food, live bait can be deemed illegal fishing, illegal under certain fisheries law and local jurisdictions. For hunting, however, baiting can often be controversial as it violates the principles of fair chase, although it is still a commonly accepted practice in varmint hunting, culling and pest control. Uses Fishing Baiting is ubiquitously practised to catching fish. Traditionally, Lumbricus terrestris, nightcrawlers, small baitfish, insect adults and larvae have been used as standard fish hook, hookbait, and offals are commonly used as groundbait (a.k.a. chumming) in big-game fishing, blue water fishing. Modern fishermen have als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyhoo
The ballyhoo halfbeak, ballyhoo, balahu, redtailed balao or yellowtail ballyhoo (''Hemiramphus brasiliensis'') is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (''H. balao'') in most features. Some are used for trolling by saltwater anglers.McBride, Richard S., Lisa Foushee, and Behzad Mahmoudi. 1996. Florida's Halfbeak, "Hemiramphus" spp., Bait Fisher''Marine Fisheries Review''. 58(1-2): 29–38.McBride, Richard S.. 2001. Landings, value, and fishing effort for halfbeaks, "Hemiramphus" spp., in the South Florida Lampara Net Fisher''Proceedings of the 52nd Gulf Caribbean Fisheries Institute''. 52: 103–115. Some have caused ciguatera poisoning in humans. Description The body shows typical halfbeak shape with an elongated lower jaw and cylindrical elongated body. They have no spines on fins, but do have 13–14 rays of their dorsal fins and 12–13 rays on their anal fins. The longest recorded Jumping halfbeak was 55 cm long, but most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forage Fish
Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e.g. krill). They are in turn preyed upon by various predators including larger fish, seabirds and marine mammals, this making them keystone species in their aquatic ecosystems. The typical ocean forage fish feed at the lower trophic level of the food chain, often by filter feeding. They include particularly fishes of the order Clupeiformes (herrings, sardines, shad, hilsa, menhaden, anchovies, and sprats), but also other small fish, including halfbeaks, Atheriniformes, silversides, Smelt (fish), smelt such as capelin and goldband fusiliers. Forage fish compensate for their small size by forming shoaling and schooling, schools. Some swim in synchronised grids with their mouths open so they can efficiently filter plankton. These schools can become immense Shoaling and schooling, shoals which move along coastlines and Fish migration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killifish
A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish, including families Aplocheilidae, Pantanodontidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. All together, there are 1,270 species of killifish, the biggest family being Rivulidae, containing more than 320 species. As an adaptation to living in ephemeral waters, the eggs of most killifish can survive periods of partial dehydration. Many of the species rely on such a diapause, since the eggs would not survive more than a few weeks if entirely submerged in water. The adults of some species, such as ''Kryptolebias marmoratus'', can additionally survive out of the water for several weeks. Most killifish are small, measuring from , with the largest species growing to just under . The word ''killifish'' is of uncertain origin, but is likely to have come from the Dutch ''kil'' for a kill (small stream). Although killifish is sometimes used as an English eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suborder
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related families. What does and does not belong to each order is determined by a taxonomist, as is whether a particular order should be recognized at all. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists each taking a different position. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing or recognizing an order. Some taxa are accepted almost universally, while others are recognized only rarely. The name of an order is usually written with a capital letter. For some groups of organisms, their orders may follow consistent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinodontoidei
Cyprinodontoidei is a suborder of fishes, one of the two suborders in the order Cyprinodontiformes. The Cyprinodontoidei consists of eleven families which are found in the Americas, the Mediterranean and in Africa, including Madagascar. Classification The Cyprinodontoidei is subdivided into the following families: * Suborder Cyprinodontoidei ** Family Pantanodontidae Myers, 1955 (spine killifishes) ** Family Fundulidae Günther, 1866 (topminnows) ** Family Cyprinodontidae Wagner, 1828 (pupfishes) ** Family Profundulidae Hoedeman & Bronner, 1951 (Middle American killifishes) ** Family Goodeidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (splitfins or goodeids) ** Family Fluviphylacidae Roberts, 1970 (American lampeyes) ** Family Anablepidae Bonaparte, 1831 (four-eyed fish) ** Family Poecilidae Bonaparte, 1831 (livebearers) ** Family Aphaniidae Sethi, 1960 (Oriental killifishes) ** Family Valenciidae Parenti, 1981 (Valencia toothcarps) ** Family Procatopodidae Fowler, 1916 (Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shad
The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family (biology), family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 species. The shads are Pelagic fish, pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus ''Alosa'' (river herrings), ''Brevoortia'' (menhadens), and ''European pilchard, Sardina''. The Alosidae were previously included in the herring family Clupeidae. Genera Alosidae contains the following 4 genera: *''Alosa'' Heinrich Friedrich Linck, H. F. Linck, 1790 (Shads) *''Brevoortia'' Theodore Gill, Gill, 1861 (Menhadens) *''European pilchard, Sardina'' Grigore Antipa, Antipa, 1904 (European pilchard) *''Sardinops'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs, C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Blue pilchard) The following fossil Alosidae are also known: * †''Eoalosa'' Marramà & Carnevale, 2017 (early Eocene of Italy) * †''Moldavichthys'' Baykina & Schwarzhans, 2017 (mid-late Mioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of clupeiform ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings and sprats. Many members of the family have a body protected with shiny cycloid (very smooth and uniform) scales, a single dorsal fin, and a fusiform body for quick, evasive swimming and pursuit of prey composed of small planktonic animals. Due to their small size and position in the lower trophic level of many marine food webs, the levels of methylmercury they bioaccumulate are very low, reducing the risk of mercury poisoning when consumed. The earliest known fossil members of this group are the stem-clupeids '' Italoclupea'' and '' Lecceclupea'' from the late Campanian/early Maastrichtian of Italy.'''' Description and biology Clupeids are mostly marine forage fish, although a few species are found in fresh water. No species has scales on the head, and some are entirely scaleless. The lateral line is short or absent, and the teeth are unusually small where they are present at all. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaeniformes
The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse Order (biology), order of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish, including the lionfishes and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320. They are known as "mail-cheeked" fishes due to their distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the preoperculum (fish), operculum, to which it is connected in most species. Scorpaeniform fishes are carnivore, carnivorous, mostly feeding on crustaceans and on smaller fish. Most species live on the sea bottom in relatively shallow waters, although species are known from deep water, from the midwater, and even from fresh water. They typically have spiny heads, and rounded pectoral fin, pectoral and caudal fins. Most species are less than in length, but the full size range o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculpin
A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Perciformes.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology suggest transitions in station-holding demand across species of marine sculpin. ''Zoology'' (Jena) 115(4), 223–32. As of 2006, this superfamily contains 7 families, 94 genera, and 387 species. Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools. Families and subfamilies Families include: * Jordaniidae Starks, 1895 * Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 * Scorpaenichthyidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 * Agonidae Swainson, 1839 ** Hemilepidontinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 ** Hemitripterinae Gill, 1856 ** Bothragoninae Lindberg, 1971 ** Hypsagoninae Gill, 1861 ** Anoplagoninae Gill, 1861 ** Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 ** Agoninae Swai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
