One fish a day thread

[shresearchdude]

Scup. also known as Porgy

One of the most amazing things I've seen in our tanks is a 7-8" Scup dive under the sand to avoid a net that was being dragged in our main tank to collect the various fish I had in there for an open house..

It dove under the sand and only left an eyeball visible. The design of the fish wouldn't make one think that it would be possible...

[shresearchdude]

Seahorse. Lets just go with the generic one, which is the lined seahorse.
I've had them in tanks and they behave well. The male carries the eggs.
AND if you have them in a small tank and maybe? you don't feed them quite enough-when they give birth they just might eat the babies.
That happened just before the doors opened for an open house one year.

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldgu...lined_seahorse

[shresearchdude]

I had a good streak going. It's not my fault that software was crashing...

Sand Lance aka sand eels

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/3822

[shresearchdude]

some fish that are more like eels...

Daubed Shanny

http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/or...cks/daubed.htm

[shresearchdude]

Lookdown. They can be found in beach seines and the MAST teaching boat "Blue Sea" gets them in their trawls each year.

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldgu...itter/lookdown

[shresearchdude]

an occasional visitor during the late summer in beach seines...

Spotfin Butterfly fish-
"Larvae are sometimes swept northward which accounts for the sighting of juvenile specimens as far north as Massachusetts, USA during summer months. One record (one specimen, 3 cm) from Musquodoboit Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada"

http://www.fishbase.se/summary/3604

[Duffman]

taking requests?....

Back bay and Shrews/Navi river fish...

[shresearchdude]

Bay anchovy. Small but plentiful. Not hardy as they just can't handle being out of the water or too much heat. They are filter feeders and if you look for them feeding in areas of concentrated flow you can see them flash as they dart and filter out what's there. They are often confused with tiny snappers feeding-as people see the silver flash and don't know what they are.



http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldgu...er/bay_anchovy

the photo is of a different anchovy but it shows them feeding...no photo credit given but I'll get it later...

[shresearchdude]

Atlantic silversides..

http://njseagrant.org/wp-content/upl...silverside.pdf

photo shows silversides and anchovy

[shresearchdude]

How about the local small shrimp...

Sand Shrimp. These are more commonly found in sandy areas. They tend to be "brownish" and I've seen them to 2".

http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/h...nvert/sand.htm