Aulopiformes are the only order belonging to the Cyclosquamata superorder. The found remains suggest that Cyclosquamata appeared on the planet in the Late Cretaceous Period, which began more than a hundred million years ago, when a lot of dinosaurs occurred. Some modern representatives of Aulopiformes support their ancient origin both…
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Argentiniformes.
Representatives of the Argentiniformes order are small pelagic sea fishes belonging to the Protacanthopterygii superorder. The Osmeriformes order, which included Argentiniformes until recently, as well as the Salmoniformes order and the Esociformes order belong to this superorder. Argentiniformes are found in all oceans and comprise six families, about 60 genera,…
Sprats, sardines, anchovies, shads. Clupeiformes of the Adriatic.
The Clupeiformes order is the only fish order comprising the Clupeomorpha superorder. Clupeiformes are the inhabitants of the sea and fresh water. These pelagic fish feed mainly on plankton. The order comprises 7 families and 405 species, many of which have commercial value. In the Adriatic Sea, there are 5…
Kings of the Adriatic. Lampriformes.
These amazing fish stand out from other fish species for the way they look so strikingly that it seems they dived into the World ocean from another planet. Lampridiomorpha is a superorder of bony fishes inhabiting the sea water. It comprises only one order of Lampriformes. (A postage stamp Taiwan 2012…
Lanternfishes.
Scopelomorpha is the superorder of deep-sea bony fishes inhabiting seawater, comprising only one order, namely, Myctophiformes. The Myctophiformes order, in its turn, consists of 2 families, including the Myctophidae family, or lanternfishes. 16 representatives of this family are inhabitants of the Adriatic Sea. Species of the other family, Neoscopelidae, are…
Dangerous inhabitants of the Adriatic Sea. Fish.
In addition to simple precautionary measures that shouldn’t be neglected in the process of fishing, namely: one shouldn’t catch fish in a thunderstorm or under a stormy sky, one should avoid fishing during a severe storm at sea, one should choose shoes thoughtfully, if you are going to fish on…
Wonders of the Adriatic depths. Stomiiformes.
Stenopterygii is a superorder of bony fishes inhabiting seawater. It comprises 2 orders, including Ateleopodiformes and Stomiiformes. Representatives of the latter inhabit the Adriatic Sea. (Picture by American natural scientist and fisherman Charles Frederick Holder, 1851–1915) Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea pelagic fishes. They inhabit the depths up to 4,500 meters.…
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit. Eels.
When we hear the word “eel”, we usually imagine a snake-shaped fish of a greenish-gray color. Our first association is a freshwater eel. Then the electric eel inhabiting the ponds of South America comes to our minds. By the way, this so-called eel has nothing to do with real eels,…
Dangerous beauties of the Adriatic sea. Muraenas.
Of course, adriaticnature will provide information on tuna, sea bass, horse-mackerel, garfish and a lot of other fishes. We will even talk about the inhabitants of the sea depths that are not so popular. But we’ll start with one of the most extraordinary but at the same time traditional inhabitants…
Adriatic sea and its inhabitants.
Although one can get general information about the Adriatic Sea from many sources, it would be embarrassing for adriaticnature not to make a brief review concerning this topic. The Adriatic is a semi-enclosed sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located between the Apennine and Balkan peninsulas. It…