Arapaima is the largest freshwater fish species in the world that comes from the tropical waters of South America. Arapaima fish can grow to a maximum of 3 meters and weighing 200 pounds. There is now very rare arapaima measuring more than 2 meters because these fish are often arrested for residents consumed or exported to other countries.
Napoleon - Indonesia
Napoleon is one of the major reef fish that live in the tropics. The length of this fish can reach 1.5 meters. And some fish can reach sizes of up to 180 kg at the age of 50 years.
Longnose Chimaeras - Pacific Ocean
Chimaera is a type of fish that still have links with the sharks and stingrays.
This fish is also commonly called the Ghost Shark. This fish uses a long nose to detect the electric wave of prey, which usually hide under the sand on the seabed. For self defense weapons, these fish have poisonous dorsal fin, the fins supposedly poison can kill humans.
Oarfish - Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Have you ever seen this creature before?
oarfish that this creature is also known as the world's longest bones of fish, but unfortunately they soon will be extinct species. so the fish will be categorized in the world's rarest animals. The food is plankton and tiny sea creatures other. He was able to live up to a depth of 1,000 meters. Surprisingly, this fish has no scales. His body was covered only by a kind of membrane called guanine.
Fish with no Eye - PapuaWorld's endangered species, fish with no eyes are found in Papua, Indonesia
"In terms of discovery of new things, there are many things to be settled in the area, the area is very difficult to access but has an amazing biodiversity," said one scientist from IRD, Laurent Pouyaud, reported by AFP on Friday (26/11 / 2010). Scientists consisting of biologists, paleontologists and archaeologists trace the study area for seven weeks. The area is said to be a labyrinth of limestone soil that allows the isolation of species that live experience for millions of years.
Fish that do not have eyes and colorless because they do not have pigmentation (production of the pigment that determines skin color) are found in one cave is the most amazing discovery. "Fish, to our knowledge, is the first cave fish species found in Papua," said Pauyaud. While biologists fascinated by the fish without eyes, the archaeologists also captivated by the findings of paintings on cave walls are made of tools made from animal shells. Such findings could be evidence of a migration of Asians to Australia about 40,000 years ago.
Sunfish - The Indian Ocean
Mola mola, or sun fish is one fish a unique, round, flat shape and fins are located at the back and belly of this fish makes a sharp contrast to the other types. These fish move very slowly and some experts classify these fish into the types of plankton because of the way these fish do not swim against the flow and tend to be swept away. This fish's favorite food is jellyfish, so in the waters of the many jellyfish fish are very abundant. Size sunfish can reach lengths of 1 meter. This fish has an average weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). This species originated from tropical and subtropical waters around the world.
Mola mola fish is incredible. In contrast to most other fish, Mola mola barely has a tail fin (caudal fin) but it has a clavus Mola mola, which is a form of connection between the fin upper / lower back and the fin / abdomen. Clavus take the position that there is growth of the tail fin as in other fish. Clavus is shaped short, wide, and ran at the bottom. Experts call this shape as the ossicles. Some characters that distinguish this species from four members of the same family is the number of lateral line ossicles and the differences that appear in the posterior (top fin) and at the end of the body where the denticles (body structure) on the skin changed from rough to very smooth.
Giant Carp
This fish was found in the river mae Klong, Thailand (Mekong River) weighing 600 pounds, but fish is one fish that disappeared so quickly in southeast asia