what is the habitat of lantern fish?
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They are found in the tropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.  They hang out at a depth of about 500 to 600 meters during the day and 15 to 100 meters at night.  Lanternfish eat copepods (small invertebrates with big eyes and long antennae) and amphipods (like shrimp).
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Crayfish, sometimes called crawfish, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. They are found in bodies of fresh water that do not freeze to the bottom, and which have shelter against predators. Most crayfish cannot tolerate polluted water, although some species such as the invasive Procambarus clarkii are more hardy. Some crayfish have been found living as much as 3 m (10 feet) underground.\nThe study of crayfish is called astacology.\nThe anatomy of crayfish may be found in the article "Decapod anatomy
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I used to keep fish. Goldfish to start with, along with Black Mollys, then got into tropical fish and then a salt water tank. It's a lot of work though, and can take up a lot of space, especially with a bigger tank and the equipment needed for a bigger tank. You want them to have enough space so they're not overcrowded.\n\nGoldfish are pretty easy and there are many ready-to-feed foods (flakes for example) for goldfish in pet stores. Get a book about goldfish (or other fish) or do research on line. Online might be best as the information would likely be more current.\n\nOther examples of "easier" fish and what they eat are:\n\n"GUPPY (Poecillia reticula):\nMiddle America: Prolific breeders. Males are very colorful. Active and peaceful. Livebearer.\nFoods: Flake Food. \n\nBLACK MOLLY (Poecillia sphenops):\nMexico to Venezuela: Suitable for beginners. Active, peaceful, eat algae. Prefers hard water. For propagation, breeding traps are recommended. Livebearer.\nFoods: Flake Food. \n\nSWORDTAIL (Xiphophorus helleri):\nMexico, Guatemala: Easy to maintain, but prospers only with varied diet. Livebearer.\nFoods: Flake Food, Color Food, BloodWorms. \n\nPLATY (Xiphophorus macalatus):\nMexico, Guatemala: Essential for beginners. Brings life and color to the aquarium. Livebearer.\nFoods: Flake Food, Color Food, BloodWorms. \n\nPEPPERED CATFISH (Corydoras paleatus):\nMiddle Amazon: Peaceful, charming bottom dweller. Feels more comfortable in an aquarium with small gravel or fine sand. Will clean up leftover food from the bottom. Scavenger.\nFoods: Tablets, Granules. \n\nSUCKERMOUTH (Plecostomus punctatus):\nAmazon: Peaceful bottom dweller. Prefers to eat at night, therefore, add one Tablet per large fish before turning off the lights. Scavenger.\nFoods: Tablets, Granules."\n\n-- http://home.ivillage.com/pets/birdssmallpets/0,,30n7,00.html
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Coelacanth is the common name for an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of jawed fish known to date. The coelacanths, which are closely related to lungfishes, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period — until a live specimen turned up off the east coast of South Africa off the Chalumna River in 1938. Since then, they have been found in the Comoros, Sulawesi (Indonesia), Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and the St. Lucia Marine Protected Area in South Africa.
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I go drag netting in the Moriches Bay with the kids in summer all the time off the beach and sandbars by the inlet and we have gotten a number of tropical fish. I can not tell you the names of them but they there out there in the summer months!
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Apparently a kind of sea bass.\n\nSee photo below.  It might also be called a "black sea bass", found near Catalina island off California.\n\nEr ... it's also a kind of drum (Catalina brand bass drum) but  since this is in the Biology category, I think you want the fish  :)
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Neon Tetras (a kind of fish)
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I live in ILL as well, I catch them using corn and nightcrawlers.  If they are spawning snag them with a treble hook.
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A battery operated light is best, as you might get fuel on your hands and the fish dont like this much on the bait.
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Planaria are very sensitive to light. They feed in darkness. If they stay in light too much it overloads their simple sensory system and they can't function very well.
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Researchers have found one of the smallest known fish on record in the peat swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. \n\nIndividuals of the Paedocypris genus can be just 7.9mm long at maturity, scientists write in a journal published by the UK's Royal Society. \n\nBut they warn long-term prospects for the fish are poor, because of rapid destruction of Indonesian peat swamps. \n\nThe fish have to survive in pools of acid water in a tropical forest swamp.\n\nThe new fish was discovered by Maurice Kottelat (from Switzerland) and Tan Heok Hui from the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research in Singapore, while working with colleagues from Indonesia and with Kai-Erik Witte from the Max Planck Institute in Germany. \n\nRalf Britz helped analyse the animal's skeleton and the complex structure of the pelvic fin.\n\nFor more information about the Paedocypris genus check this site...\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4645708.stm
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Yes, what you saw were pelagic siphonophores. These are colonial animals. The Portuguese Man o War is the most widely known siphonophore.\nAmong the more important predators of midwater habitats in Monterey Bay and elsewhere are the members of the Subclass Siphonophorae.   Whether siphonophores are single individuals or colonies of well-integrated polymorphic hydroid and medusoid individuals is a matter of debate among specialists.  Some species are truly impressive organisms, forming delicate chains in excess of 100 feet long.  Many others are far more diminutive and inconspicuous.  All siphonophores are predators and typically spread a veil of nematocyst-laden tentacles for capturing unsuspecting prey.  Some of the "individuals" along the length of the stem provide tentacles for defense (dactylozooids) and food capture.  Depending on the type of siphonophore, others may function as swimming bells (nectophores), aid flotation (pneumatophore), provide additional defense (bracts), digest prey (gastrozooids), or serve for reproductive functions (gonozooids).  The central stem to which all these units are attached is hollow.  The gastrovascular cavity passes throughout the stem, and extends into the float (if present), swimming bells, tentacles, bracts, gastrozooids and gonozooids.  \n\n    A bewildering array of about 150 species inhabit the oceans.  Many present difficulties in identification, even for experts. \n\nHope that helps
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Branchinecta gigas or giant fairy shrimps are mostly found in in the playas of California's southern deserts. Check out this site to know more about it, it may give you sufficient clue where to find them:\nhttp://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Branchinecta+gigas
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Like you, I found no indication that sturgeon can go dormant in that way.  They do become inactive on the bottom when the temperature is cold enough.  If it was a report from somewhere farther south, I would have guessed the farmer found a lungfish, which does become dormant for long periods and can be solidly locked in dried earth without drying up, due to a nasty mucous cocoon they exude around themselves.  No lungfish are native to BC, though.
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Well, get a bank that is accessible, and hopefully flat.  If you happen to see any type of "downed trees" fish around there for bass, or, around rocky shores.  They love to hide in the rocks, but then again, you need to use a barber or float to save your hooks and lines.\n\nFor catfish, fish around embukments or pilings or piers.  \n\nI use worms for all fish.  Chunks of fish for catfish, doughball, or smelly chunks of raw meat that has been setting in the sun or has a strong odor.\n\nFlies, and spinner baits for bass.  Rappellas for deep water, off of piers, or boats.
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Exactly what the first answerer said. The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) does the same as the African species, it buries itself in a more or less vertical burrow (30-50 cm deep) with an expanded chamber at the bottom, and stays there more or less rolled upon itself and protected from dessication by its own skin mucus. The  entrance to the burrow is stoppered with a "plug" made of clayish mud, with orifices for air to pass through (this species is an obligate air breather). \nThese fishes live in tropical/subtropical areas with distinct rainy and dry seasons, during which the physiognomy of their habitat undergoes striking changes. The estivation takes place in the same areas that were ponds and shallow waterbodies during the rainy season, but dry out during the dry period.\n\nThe Australian lungfish does not estivate in this way, it requires a minimum of aquatic environment to survive.
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Cave fish live in a very small place, and often have no eyes or eyesight. They never leave the small cave they dwell in, and rely on the water flowing through the cave to bring them food and sustenance.  It means that after this person retires they want to stop having the same experiences and views, and perhaps take some risks and try new things, unlike what they have done before. They want to leave the cave of their past life and see entirely new things..