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Up to 27 inches Small fish DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Atlantic needlefish have an extremely long, narrow body with very long, very toothy jaws. They are solid silver- or light green-colored. Similar in shape to gar, but needlefish are much more narrow and do not have spots. RANGE, HABITAT, and BEHAVIOR


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The elephant nose fish, or elephant fish, is a freshwater fish species in the family Mormyridae. Elephant nose fish have long, pointed noses and gray, skinny bodies. With its active nature and unique appearance, the elephant fish is a popular fish with aquarists, despite its aggressive tendencies. TABLE OF CONTENTS


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Scientists call this unusual fish Hydrolagus trolli, but its common name is the pointy-nosed blue chimaera. First named in 2002, it is known to live in deep waters around Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. But until the recent paper, it had not been officially identified anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Chimaeras are unusual fishes.


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Some fish look odd, but a mysterious, green-eyed fish recently pulled out of Nova Scotia's waters is downright bizarre. The roughly 3-foot-long (1 meter) fish had a long pointy nose, a long narrow.


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The longnose gar, which sometimes goes by the name needle nose gar instead, is a fish species that belongs to the gar family. This fish is also called the Billy gar. They are greyish to olive in color. The color, however, fades into white along the sides of the longnose gar's body. They can be as short as 2.5 feet or as long as 4 feet, but.


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Description Needlefish are slender, ranging from 3.0 to 95 cm (1.2 to 37.4 in) in length. They have a single dorsal fin, placed far back on the body, almost opposite to the anal fin. Their most distinctive feature is their long, narrow beak, which bears multiple sharp teeth.


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The Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish is a beautiful, brightly-colored yellow fish, with a long, pointed snout that can simultaneously reinforce the competing notions of deliberate design and evolution for picking food items out of the deep recesses of reef rocks. They are hardy, docile creatures-but are they reef-safe?


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1:14. Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time. By Jason Bittel. Published December 15, 2016. • 5 min read. Dive deep deep down into the ocean, long past the point where the sun's rays.


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DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. The longnose gar is a larger fish that can grow up to 6' long! It is a tan-olive color, with brown spots and a very long narrow snout that measures twice as long as the rest of its head. These fish have a much longer, more narrow snout than Florida gar and lack spots on their pectoral and pelvic fins.


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The pointy-nosed blue chimaera (Hydrolagus trolli), also known as the pointy-nosed blue ratfish, Ray Troll's chimaera or abyssal ghostshark, is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Chimaeridae. Etymology. The specific name trolli honors Ray Troll, an American artist who has featured chimaeras in his art. Distribution.


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The longnose gar's needle-like nose, suit-of-armor scales, and long body make it look like no other fish you might see in Minnesota. An inhabitant of warm, quiet waters, the gar is known for its sharp teeth and aggressive nature. The longnose gar has a thin, long body covered with hard diamond-shaped scales. Its pointy mouth is filled with teeth.


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The pointed-nose stingray can often be caught as bycatch from fisheries using bottom trawlers, tangle nets and longline nets. However, T.E.D.s and other exclusion devices have greatly reduced the bycatch of this species. Size 3.4 feet (1 m) Diet Crustaceans and small fish; Range Indo-Pacific; Habitat Tropical shallow waters, inshore on sandy.


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Needle Nose Gar are long, thin fish that have long pointed noses and jaws which are called beaks Inside their jaws they have teeth. Needle Nose Gar spend most of their time along the surface of the water hunting for food. What fish looks like sticks? Species Summary The twig catfish


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The longnose gar ( Lepisosteus osseus ), also known as longnose garpike or billy gar, is a ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. The genus may have been present in North America for about 100 million years. [4]


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Habitat Impacts Fishing gears used to harvest Atlantic sharpnose shark have minimal impacts on habitat. Bycatch Regulations are in place to minimize bycatch. Population Status There are two stocks of Atlantic sharpnose shark: Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. According to the most recent stock assessments:


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Longnose Gar, scientific name Lepisosteus osseus, is a freshwater fish and a living remnant of the prehistoric era. It is the most abundantly distributed of all species of gars. The longnose gar is also called the Billy gar, billfish, or needle-nose gar.