Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish. Pupfish are especially noted for being found in extreme and isolated situations. [ 1 ] They are primarily found in North America, South America, and the Caribbean region.

Jul 7, 2023 · Such is the life of the Devils Hole pupfish. This small, iridescent blue-or-green fish swims in the hot waters of an inhospitable fishbowl made of rock in a Nevada section of Death Valley...

The pupfish earned their name due to the playful way in which they frolic about like puppies. It’s a bright, silvery-blue, little fish with the flat head of a pike and the tiny body of a goldfish (the typical adult pupfish is 35mm).

May 20, 2021 · This fish has the latin name Gillicus and lived in the Western Interior Seaway, a large inland sea that existed in the Cretaceous Period in what is now central North America. One well-known fossil specimen of Gillicus has the nickname the “Fish-Within-A-Fish” having been found inside the stomach of a fossilised bulldog fish (Latin name ...

Pupfish are ray-finned fish with striking coloration. The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis), for example, is bright blue with purple accents. The White Sands pupfish has yellow and orange fins. Most pupfish are very small, some less than an inch (2.5 centimeters) in length.

The cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus), also known as the blue perch, bergall, chogset, choggie, [2] conner or sea perch, [3] is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Atlantic, where it is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland to the Chesapeake Bay.

The Opah, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), cowfish, kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the genus Lampris, of the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).

Jul 21, 2018 · The PUG Fish / Stargazer - VENOMOUS ELECTRIC FISH - Fishing for PUGS / FLOUNDER / FLUKE. The stargazer or newly coined name pug fish are one of the most interesting creatures of the...

Jan 22, 2016 · It may not be worrying about a visit from Child Protective Services, but it does have to worry about eating. The bulging eyes and frowny mouth that make it look like an aquatic pug are brilliant...

Jan 22, 2016 · The stargazer spends its entire life looking like it just walked in on something...unseemly. The fish, which ambushes prey from the sea floor, also sports venomous spines and an electric shock.