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A tuna fish is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprises 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from...
Read articleAbdominal Pain Treatment is one of the more common problems that may affect more than 90% of the population. The intensity of the pain may often...
Read articleAbdominal Pain Types Causes Symptoms is also known as stomach pain or tummy ache, is a common symptom associated with non-serious and serious causes. Common causes of pain in the abdomen...
Read articleAlaska pollock or walleye pollock is a marine fish species of the cod family Gadidae. Alaska pollock is a semi pelagic schooling fish widely distributed in...
Read articleThe American shad (Alosa sapidissima) is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida, and as an introduced species on the North Pacific coast. The American shad is...
Read articleAnchovies are small, common saltwater forage fish in the family Engraulidae that are used as human food and fish bait. There are 144 species in 17 genera found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans....
Read articleAn 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...
Read articleAntioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals, thereby leading to chain reactions that may damage the cells of organisms. Antioxidants such as thiols or ascorbic acid (vitamin C) terminate these chain reactions....
Read articleAristaeomorpha foliacea /Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order Decapoda), some of which can be eaten.[rx] The term “prawn”[rx] is...
Read articleThe Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae and is closely related to the black drum (Pogonias cromis), the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura),...
Read articleAtlantic Sturgeon/Sturgeons are elongate, with a flattened head and snout, and seem to be five-sided. This is because they have five rows of bony plates running...
Read articleBad breath is also known as halitosis is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant odor is present on the breath. It can result in anxiety among those affected. It is also associated with depression and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder....
Read articleCod fish is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae.[1] Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other...
Read articleEels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (/æŋˈɡwɪlɪfɔːrmiːz/), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual...
Read articleThe haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas where it...
Read articleHalibut fish is the common name for three flatfish in the genera Hippoglossus and Reinhardtius from the family of right-eye flounders and, in some regions, and less commonly, other species of large flatfish. The word is derived...
Read articleMackerel fish 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...
Read articleHerring fish are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae. Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of...
Read articleThe milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Canidae. However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous.[rx] The species has many common names. The Hawaiian name for the fish is awa, and...
Read articleMonkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the “monk” or “monkfish” to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also...
Read articleThe Florida pompano Fish (Trachinotus carolinus) is a species of marine fish in the Trachinotus (pompano) genus of the family Carangidae. It has a compressed body and short snout; coloration varies from blue-greenish silver on the dorsal areas and...
Read articleThe Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus), also known as the Pacific rockfish, Rose fish, Red bream, or Red perch, is a fish whose range spans across the North Pacific from southern California around the Pacific rim to northern Honshū, Japan,...
Read articleAlaska pollock or walleye pollock is a marine fish species of the cod family Gadidae. Alaska pollock is a semi pelagic schooling fish widely distributed in...
Read articleThe northern pike (Esox lucius) is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (i.e. holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, and most of...
Read articleRockfish are one of the longest-living fishes, possibly living to 200 years old in the Gulf of Alaska. That means a rockfish on today’s dinner menu...
Read articleThe orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), also known as the red roughy, slimehead and deep-sea perch, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The UK Marine Conservation Society has categorized orange roughy as “vulnerable to...
Read articleOncorhynchus mykiss/The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called “steelhead trout”) is an anadromous (sea-run) form...
Read articleThe rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called “steelhead trout”) is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal...
Read articleThe sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the genus Anoplopoma. In English, common names for it include sable (US), butterfish (US), black cod (US, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), snowfish (ปลาหิมะ) (Thailand), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil (Canada), although...
Read articleThe scup fish (Stenotomus chrysops) is a fish that occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Along with much other fish of the family Sparidae, it is also commonly known...
Read articleSardine Fish and “pilchard” are common names for various small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term “sardine” was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come...
Read articleThe turbot Fish (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is...
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