Gadiformes and Zeiformes are two orders of fish that inhabit the Adriatic Sea and belong to the same Paracanthopterygii superorder. Gadiformes are sea fish. Burbot (Lota lota) is the only exception. It inhabits freshwater bodies adjacent to the Adriatic as well. Many commercially important fishes (of the Gadidae family mainly)…
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Lizards of the Adriatic. Aulopiformes.
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…
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…
Vacation by the Adriatic Sea. Part IV.
In the third part of the article, adriaticnature dealt with the representatives of the Sparidae family (sea breams), which are quite often caught with a spinning, float and another tackle. However, an enormous number of fishes, which are rather easily caught, inhabit the coastal zone. Every single one, regardless of merit…
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…
Vacation by the Adriatic Sea. Part III.
When the great Soviet writer Viktor Astafyev was finishing writing his literary masterpiece in 1975 – the novella “Czar Fish” (Kingfish) – most likely he didn’t even assume that this was not the way the sturgeon was called on the Adriatic shores of Croatia and Montenegro. This was the name…
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.…
Vacation by the Adriatic Sea. Part II.
In the first part of the article, adriaticnature has already mentioned that Ernest Hemingway was fond of sea fishing. But he is definitely not the only one. When you look at the photos of one of the most famous baseball players in the history of sports, Ted Williams, with his catches,…
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…
Vacation by the Adriatic Sea. Part I.
Some people like beach holidays, others try to combine sunbathing with broadening of outlook, relying on tour guides or brief trips on leased cars from the beach, where the family decided to have a vacation. Some people hide from the sun in the room and slowly but surely taste drinks…
Moray, eel and spiny eel. The Elomorpha superorder.
adriaticnature aims at puzzling out the inhabitants of the sea and tries to sift this question to the bottom. Hopefully, this part of the project will be interesting and useful for you. Let’s start with the fish that don’t look like fish. However, we are definitely not the ones to…
Rules of sea fishing in Montenegro.
Recreational and sport sea fishing in Montenegro is subject to three basic documents. The first and main document is Sea Fishing and Mariculture Act, dated August 14, 2009 (Zakon o morskom ribarstvu i marikulturi “Službeni list Crne Gore, broj 56/2009” od 14.8.2009. god.). In addition to the main provisions, the…
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…
Shortfin spiny eel (Notacanthus bonaparte)
Fish of the Notacanthus (spiny eels) genus of the Notacanthidae (deep-sea spiny eels) family of the Notacanthiformes order of the Elopomorpha superorder. (Shortfin spiny eel. Photo by © Alexei Orlov. fishbase.org) Shortfin spiny eel (Notacanthus bonaparte) was first described in 1840 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845). It inhabits the depths from…