Fish in
the
News.
Each
week the
Bailey
Brothers
start
the Pet
Fish
Talk
Show
with
some fun
and
interesting
stories
about
fish in
the
news.
Ocean Sunfish, the largest bony fish in the world, can grow to be more than 11 feet long and weigh over 5000 lbs.
Manta Rays
are often seen jumping out of the water, as high as 2 feet, and then returning to the sea.
Nha Trang Oceanography Institute in Viet Nam has artificially produced nearly 4,000 Clown Anemone Fish so far this year.
Cleaner Shrimps
are the stars of the domestic ocean, that Anne Lindenfeld's has helped oversee, since her husband's aquarium interest deepened.
This Bridge
over the Klamath River leads to the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery, where the Salmon are now jumping.
Taimen,
a giant member of the salmon family, held by biologist Zeb Hogan, who searches for mega-fishes in Mongolia.
Calerpa, the illegal aquarium plant, previously discovered in Carlsbad and Huntington Harbor, is capable of growing up to one-half inch per day, forming a dense underwater carpet over rock, sand, and mud.
In the Oceans
of the World
Pictures
and Videos of
the Ocean Sunfish
The Ocean Sunfish
(mola mola)
is the largest
bony fish in
the world. It
is a unique
pelagic fish,
and specimens
of ocean sunfish
have been observed
up to 3.3 m
(11 ft) in length
and weighing
up to 2,300
kg (5,100 lb).
Curiously, the
Ocean Sunfish
has a very small
brain compared
to its size:
A 200 kg specimen
may have a brain
the size of
a nut weighing
only 4 g. It
would explain
their quiet
behavior and
how often they
get trapped
into fisher
nets. Click
here to
read more. Special
thanks to Robert in New Jersey
for the link
to this story.
In the Oceans
of the World
The Amazing
Flights of Manta
Rays
According to
several researchers,
manta rays are
often seen jumping
out of the water,
as high as 2
feet, and then
returning to
the sea. Scientists
are not sure
why this jump
takes place
- it is just
one of the many
things yet to
discover about
the manta. They
may do it to
escape a potential
predator, as
part of a courtship
display, or
to rid themselves
of skin parasites.
Nobody knows.
It could even
be a kind of
play. Click
here to
read more. Special
thanks again
to Robert in New Jersey for
the link to
this story.
From the
Washington Post
in
Washington,
D.C.,
Hubby Was
Acting Fishy,
Now Everyone's
Hooked.
I have three
pet shrimps,
but it wasn't
always that
way. My shrimps
represent an
important area
not covered
in today's marriage
self-help culture
-- Spousal Hobby
Creep Syndrome.
This is defined
as the persistent
and progressive
absorption of
one spouse by
the other spouse's
hobby. I've
studied up on
current psychological
sources (watched
a bunch of movies)
but found little
guidance there.
While Hollywood
solves most
relationship
problems through
a therapeutic
process that
consists mostly
of characters
declaring their
love in a rainstorm
(and why is
that?), directors
and producers
would do us
a big favor
by covering
the hobby thing.
If they had,
I might have
known that falling
in love and
getting married
would mean ending
up with a small
ocean in my
living room.
Click
here to
read more. Special
thanks to
Peter H. for
emailing us
the link to
this story.
Click
here to
go to Peter's
Aquarium.
In Mongolia
The Taimen,
a Giant Member
of the Salmon
Family
The Megafishes
Project, the
first effort
to document,
study, and protect
the world's
largest freshwater
fish. The project
aims to improve
conservation
of mega-fishes—species
that grow to
at least six
feet (two meters)
and weigh more
than 200 pounds
(90 kilograms).
They include
the mammoth
Taimen, catfish
the size of
bears, and half-ton
river stingrays.
Click
here to
read more.
Special
thanks to
Brian for
the link to
this story.
In Viet Nam
Oceanography
Institute produces
Clown Anemone
Fish.
So far this
year, the Nha
Trang Oceanography
Institute has
artificially
produced nearly
4,000 clown
anemone fish
(Amphiprion
percula). Some
3,000 fishes
have been released
into the sea
and the rest
exported to
France. Dr.
Ha Le Thi Loc
from the institute’s
Aquacultural
Technology Department
revealed the
above information.
This species
of fish lives
in coral reefs
in tropical
seas and they
live in symbiosis
with sea-anemones.
Vietnam currently
has ten varieties
of clownfish.
Click
here to
read more.
In the Klamath
River, California,
The Salmon
are Really Jumping
Good !
If you were
a salmon struggling
against the
current in the
Klamath River
right now, you'd
probably be
heading to California's
Iron Gate Fish
Hatchery. Built
in 1966, near
Hornbrook, the
hatchery is
190 miles from
the ocean and
just downstream
from Pacific
Power's Iron
Gate Dam. If
you go drive
south, 8.5 miles
into California
on Interstate
5. Exit at the
Henley/Hornbrook
turnoff, Exit
789. Turn left
and continue
east for 8 miles
on Copco Road,
following hatchery
directional
signs. When
you reach the
dam, the hatchery
is on your right,
across a white
bridge over
the Klamath
River. The best
time to see
the fish running
is in September,"
said Dan Espinosa,
a 13-year veteran
of the hatchery.
"They start
trickling in
during August,
so, that's when
we get most
of our visitors."
He said that
by mid-September,
"The salmon
are really jumping
pretty good."
Click
here to
read more.
In Chicago,
Illinois,
Teenager
gets
Fellowship
at the Shedd
Aquarium.
A local
teenager got
the chance
of a
lifetime to
go behind
the scenes
at the Shedd
Aquarium
this summer.
It's a good
lesson for
other young
aspiring
marine
biologists
who might
want to do
the same.
Walking
through the
Shedd for
Matt Basile
is sort of
like
strolling
through a
second home.
At only 18,
Matt has
already
worked at
Shedd, one
of the
nation's
premier
aquariums,
for more
than three
years. It
all started
with the
Shedd's High
School
Marine
Biology
Program,
which Basile
said he
"stumbled
upon" while
looking at
the
aquarium's
website. It
was a
perfect
opportunity
for a kid
who's been
rescuing and
collecting
little
creatures
since
kindergarten.
Basile said
he even
"rescued an
alligator
one time." Click
here to read more.
In Mexico
Saving
the Axolotl
In the
ancient
canals of
Xochimilco
on Mexico
City’s edge,
the wild
axolotl is
losing a
struggle to
survive
against the
tide of
urbanization.
Mexican
scientists,
international
conservationists
and local
boatmen are
hoping a new
project can
save this
unique
amphibian
from dying
out in its
last
remaining
natural
habitat, and
in the
process
restore a
unique
ecosystem in
one of the
world’s
largest
metropolises,
home to 20
million
people. The
Mexican
axolotl —
endemic to
the high
volcanic
basin
settled six
centuries
ago by the
Aztecs — is
an aquatic
salamander,
resembling
an overgrown
tadpole with
ruffled
gills. The
axolotl
never fully
metamorphoses
from the
larval stage
to live on
land like
other
amphibians;
it reaches
maturity and
remains
aquatic.
Celebrated
by Latin
American
writers and
Mexican
muralists,
it takes its
Nahuatl name
from the
Aztec God
Xolotl, who
often
appeared in
legend as a
dog or
monster. Click
here to read more.
In Carlsbad
and in
Huntington
Harbor,
'Killer
Algae' Still
a Threat to
Southern
California
Waters.
In Europe,
they call
the
extremely
invasive
saltwater
plant
Caulerpa
taxifolia
"killer
algae." It
has infested
tens of
thousands of
undersea
acres in the
Mediterranean
and in
Australia -
and closer
to home, it
has been
found in
Southern
California's
Agua
Hedionda
Lagoon in
Carlsbad and
in
Huntington
Harbour.
While
initial
California
infestations
are thought
to have been
successfully
eradicated,
a serious
threat to
local waters
still
exists,
according to
marine
biologists.
If just one
quarter-inch
fragment of
this
saltwater
aquarium
plant finds
its way to
the ocean
via a storm
drain, it
can turn
into a
colony of
many acres -
choking out
eelgrass and
other native
species and
endangering
fish and
wildlife. Click
here to read more.
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