Weever is any one of a small group of marine fish best known for a painful sting. They inhabit European coastal waters and are sometimes found as far south as West Africa. They are particularly plentiful in the Mediterranean Sea. Most weevers live in shallow water, although the greater weever, found only in the Mediterranean, lives in moderately deep water.
Plaice is the common name for a small group of flatfish. One of the most commercially important kinds of plaice inhabits European waters in the… More>>
Oarfish is the longest bony fish. It normally measures 16 to 35 feet (5 to 11 meters) long. However, people have reported seeing oarfish more than… More>>
Toadfish is the name of a group of large-headed fish that live on the bottom of tropical and temperate seas. There are about 65 species of… More>>
Tripod fish is a deep-sea animal named for its unusual posture. The fish has elongated pectoral fins (fins behind the gill openings). It uses those… More>>
X-ray fish is a small carnivorous fish that lives in the lower reaches of the Amazon River, including brackish (slightly salty) waters. It gets its… More>>
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