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• New Cichlid Species - Ptychochromis loisellei

  Published: February 2, 2007, 5:14 pm

  Tags: Fish

  fifteen freshwater fishes during his fourteen years of field work in Madagascar He is considered one of the world's experts on cichlids a family of perch-like fishes comprising nearly 2,000 different species. Many cichlids are popular in aquarium trade, including angelfish, oscars, and discus. Large-scale deforestation and other

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• The Batman Fish - Otocinclus batmani

  Published: January 23, 2007, 2:53 pm

  Tags: Fish

  aka “The Batman Fish” is a catfish from Colombia and Peru. It’s small and measures under 2 inches so put those recipes away! HINT: If you are wondering why this little critter was named after Batman take a closer look at the tail. You can read Lehmann’s paper published in the journal Neotropical Ichthyology online

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• Ogilbia suarezae, a Caribbean Fish.

  Published: October 5, 2006, 10:37 am

  Tags: Fish

  discovery of a caribbean fish named Ogilbia suarezae. The Ithaca Journal: Fish species named for Cornell scientist, 30 years after her thesis Cornell University Chronicle: A fish called Suarez is named for biomedical professor Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Ophidiiformes Family: Bythitidae Genus: Ogilbia

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• Four New Snailfish Species found off the Aleutian Islands

  Published: August 31, 2006, 1:58 pm

  Tags: Fish

  describing four new snailfish species they found on various survey studies done around the Aleution Islands. Snailfish are usually tadpole shaped with soft, scaleless skin that is covered with a jellylike mucus. They are so slimy they are sometimes referred to as snotfish! The official names of the newly described species are:

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• On the hunt for vitamin D

  Published: July 26, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Board, Breast, Cancer, Dark, Dietary, Dri, Fatty, Fish, Food, Fortified, Good, Housekeeping, Intake, International, Milk, Multivitamin, Nutrition, Reference, Risk, Skin, Sun, Sunscreen, Supplement, Units, Vitamin

  vitamin. Here's how:Fatty fish is the best source of vitamin D. But watch out for high mercury levels. Fortified milk is also good. It has 100 IU of vitamin D per eight-ounce serving, but cow's milk been linked to breast cancer risk as well.The sun allows our bodies to create vitamin D but in most parts of the country, it's hard to get enough

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• Shark gravy(Mori ambat with teppal)

  Published: July 10, 2007, 7:17 pm

  Tags: Fish, Nonveg

  We ate fish at home after a very long time. Sig’s beautiful fish curry recipes and pictures had started fish cravings in me. Thanks to Asha’s links of Sumeet mixer, I have a very good mixer which makes very smooth paste. So I wanted to try some fish dishes that require real smooth paste. [...]

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• Chinas Legendary Lake Kanasi Monster Caught on Film

  Published: July 22, 2007, 9:09 am

  Tags: Offbeat News, Creature, Discovery, Fable, Fish, Kanasi, Loch Ness, Monster, Myth, Nessie, Offbeat, Serpent, Video

  to impossible to snare a fish of this size. This fish will have tremendous strength. he said. Other Chinese scientists have cast doubt on his findings, but Yuan is unyielding. People will just say You've got to be kidding'. But I saw them with my own eyes. I am a scientist. I have no choice but to believe what I saw. Unknown

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• MIT gurus developing mechanical fin for autonomous submarine

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:03 am

  Tags: Autonomous, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Autonomousunderwatervehicles, Auv, Fish, Mit, Robotic Fin, Roboticfin, Submarine

  robotic submersibles take on fish-like sensing abilities, a team at MIT is hoping to equip autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with a mechanical fin in order to nix the necessity of a propeller. In essence, the crew is looking to "create a more maneuverable, propeller-less underwater robot better suited for military tasks such as sweeping mines

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• Petra Nemcova Goes Vegan For The Fish

  Published: July 31, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Petra Nemcova Petra Nemcova Gossip Petra Nemcova Ocrf Benefit Petra Nemcova No Fish Petra Nemcova Pics Celeb Gossip

  rapidly depleting fish stocks. The Czech Republic born model gave up meat and dairy in February because “she wants to set an example and help save ocean life.” Recently spotted helping out at an OCRF Benefit, Petra said: “I became quite green - I have a very strong connection to nature. I read that if we fish the

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• JackPot The Golden Blenny Eats!

  Published: July 27, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: My Fish Tank

  So JackPot! the Golden Blenny finally is starting to eat algae flakes like the other fishes. woohoo! at first he wouldn’t pay attention to them but lately he’s been eating it and spitting it back out earlier in the week but last night i saw him start to eat the flakes.

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• My Clownfish Are Breeding

  Published: July 26, 2007, 1:34 pm

  Tags: My Fish Tank

  I noticed one of the clownfish exhibiting breeding behaviors (the cleaning of rocks etc). Didn’t think much of it b/c people normally don’t have luck with their clownfish breeding and plus my pair was so new and also there were 6 other clownfish in the same tank. but just watching the tank, i noticed one of them fanning the rocks

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• Jackpot The Golden Blenny July Update

  Published: July 16, 2007, 3:48 am

  Tags: My Fish Tank

  A Jackpot the Golden Blenny update. I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since I got him. I had to double check the date to make sure. Man..how time flies. But good news! Jackpot is still alive. So far I’ve had zero luck in trying to get it to eat flakes or frozen mysis shrimp. Instead he prefers to eat the algae off the glass

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• Bus-sized squid washes up on beach

  Published: July 11, 2007, 2:10 pm

  Tags: Fish News

  she said. New Zealand fishermen netted a 1,100-pound, 33-foot-long squid in the Southern Ocean in February. It is widely believed to be the largest specimen of the rare and mysterious deep-water species Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, or colossal squid, ever caught. Experts believe the creatures, which have long been one of the most mysterious

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• Rose Standing Tall

  Published: July 9, 2007, 3:17 am

  Tags: My Fish Tank

  had time to go to the fish store but I did snap a picture of this rose anemone with my camera phone.

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• Octosquid Caught At Keahole Point

  Published: July 6, 2007, 3:44 am

  Tags: Fish News

  t’s a squid, it’s an octopus, it’s … a mystery from the deep.What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahole Point on the Big Island remains unidentified today and could possibly be a new species, said local biologists. The specimen was found caught in a filter in one of Natural Energy Laboratory

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