Porcupine Puffer Fish Scientific name: Diodon hystrix “Biologists believe that puffer fish‚ also known as blowfish‚ developed their characteristic “inflatability†due to their slow‚ somewhat clumsy swimming style which makes them vulnerable to predators.†(National Geographic 1996-2011) Porcupine puffer fish have a shape much like that of a baseball bat‚ with large eyes to see their surroundings‚ a hard beak-like jaw to crush crunchy crustaceans and scales which are modified into long
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The story that I have chosen relates to having a fish for a pet. The importance of having any pet is knowing how to take care of them and feeding them when they need to be fed. It may be difficult to look after an animal all day but they should be treated as any living thing. It takes heart to care for someone‚ its goes the same for taking caring care of a pet and making sure they are okay. Owning a pet should be a privilege because these animals depend on you and that is like a gift to own. Every
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102 Lab Report: Ventilation and Oxygen Consumption in Fish Methods: The lab consists of two experiments repeated over a period one hour with fifteen minutes interval‚ in order to determine the effect of weight and temperature on ventilation and oxygen consumption of Carassius auratus‚ commonly known as goldfish. Each experiment was carried out by five groups. Measurement of ventilation was determined by recording operculum movement of the fish. Oxygen consumption was measured using oxygen probes
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PRESERVING FISH SPECIMENS Specimens from any field collection should be deposited in a reference collection in an institutional for the long-term maintenance and access for the future. The animals should therefore be preserved in the best possible condition and where possible‚ ensure that the natural colour is retained‚ their external appendages (e.g. fins) are erected and stomach contents intact. Care should be taken to ensure that specimens are undamaged. Features important in the taxonomic
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FISH DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL Lecture Prepared by: Prof. G.N.O. Ezeri Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture‚ Abeokuta‚ NIGERIA. ADVANCES IN FISH DISEASES FIS 710 (3 Units) Core Course Outline • Types of fish diseases‚ (parasitic‚ bacterial‚ fungal‚ nutritional etc.) • Laboratory methods for fish disease diagnosis‚ • Prevention‚ control and therapy of fish disease Introduction • Higher stocking densities call for the introduction of large quantities
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Tips for Fish Pond Management Managing a backyard pond can be considered a tougher task as compared to managing a pond without aquatic life. This is because fishes are prone to several diseases and require a well maintained ecosystem to stay healthy. Given below are a few important tips for managing your fish pond effectively. Filter Your Pond Adequately Fish produce biological wastes and hence adequate filtration is extremely important in a fish pond. Filters also help in aerating the water
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Vocabulary Activities for The Old Man and the Sea So you’ve chosen to read The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway. Good choice! This book won the Pulitzer Prize for excellence in literature in 1953. Activity #1: Word Sorts Write the words from the Word Banks on index cards or slips of paper. Mix them together and sort them into three groups: words you know well‚ words you know a little about‚ and words you have never encountered before. Spread the words out rather than piling
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Declining Fish Stock Whitney Deisher August 29‚ 2010 Michael Hammond-Todd SCI/275 The video Declining Fish Stock VLR is about the declining numbers of fish stock that is available in the oceans. There is a debate between the commercial fisheries and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography about the numbers of big fish in the ocean. A commercial fisherman Pete Dupuis feels that the ocean is big and we will never run out of big fish‚ Jeremy Jackson of Scripps of Institute of Oceanography
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The Problem: Seeing the video on Declining Fish Stock VLR‚ expose the challenges between fishermen and environmental concerns. This video shows how fishing fleets have depleted the oceans of almost 90% of its big fish; therefore‚ claiming the ocean is not as resilient as it once was. The majority of the largest fish have already been pulled from the oceans‚ leaving only 10% of its remaining fish for Commercial fishermen to make a living. Most fishing fleets today are two to three times
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Station 1. Fish Diversity Classification of the Major Taxa of Fish ! Phylum Chordata ! Subphylum Vertebrata ! Supraclass Agnatha ! Order Osteostraci ! Order Anaspida ! Order Heterostraci ! Order Coelolepida ! Order Cyclostomata ! Class Myxinoidea ! Class Petromyzontida ! Class Placodermi ! Order Arthrodiriformes ! Order Antiarchiformes ! Supraclass Gnathostomata ! Class Chondrichthyes ! Subclass Elasmobranchii ! Order Cladoselachiformes ! Order Xenacanthiformes ! Order Selachii ! Order Batoidea
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