#lake fish

[uncharismatic-fauna]

The Beautiful Blue Catfish

Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) are members of the bullhead catfish family, native to the drainages of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river basins and the Gulf of Mexico. Because of their popularity as game fish, this species has also been introduced to freshwater systems throughout North and South America, and is considered invasive in these areas.

Like many catfish, I. furcatus is a bottom dweller. They can often be found near complex structures such as rocky outcroppings, fallen trees, or sunken structures that provide both food and shelter. The blue catfish is an opportunistic predator, consuming any fish or aquatic invertebrates it can find, as well as eggs, small amphibians, and injured or recently deceased animals. Adult I. furcatus are seldom prey for other species due to their size, but hatchlings and juveniles are often food for cormorants, willets, osprey, pelicans, and bald eagles. To deter predators, this species has serrated barbs along their dorsal and pectoral fins, each laced with a particularly painful toxin.

Though they can be difficult prey for other animals, the blue catfish is a popular target for fishermen, and for good reason; they're the largest species of catfish in North America. Adults can easily reach a length of 65 in (170 cm) and a weight of 165 lb (75 kg). As indicated by their name, most individuals are grey or blue, with a lighter underbelly. This species also lacks scales, a common characteristic of catfish, and the face is framed by long whisker-like barbels that help it detect nearby food.

While generally solitary, blue catfish aren't territorial, and tend to ignore each other until the mating season. Reproduction begins in April and continues until June, during which time males attract a female by building a nest and releasing attractive pheromones. Once a female has selected a male, she lays between 4,000-8,000 eggs per kilogram of bodyweight in his nest (i.e. if the female weighs 2 kg, she may lay between 8,000-16,000 eggs). The male then disperses sperm over the eggs. Following fertilization, the male chases away the female and guards the nest for about a week, at which time the eggs hatch. The hatchlings, also known as fry, stay close together in schools for several weeks before growing large enough to disperse. It will take them a further 5 years for them to reach maturity; on average individuals live about 10 years, but can live as long as 25.

Conservation status: The blue catfish is considered Least Concern by the IUCN. Within its native range, populations face minor threats from dams and droughts. Where it has been introduced, the species is considered invasive due to its voracious appetite.

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Missouri Department of Conservation

NOAA

Earl Nottingham

#blue catfish #Siluriformes #Ictaluridae #ictalurids #catfish #ray finned fish #bony fish #fish #freshwater fauna #freshwater fish #rivers #river fish #lakes #lake fish #north america #southern north america

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

this enormous fish platter was made for my aunt and uncle. they run a fishing camp in northern saskatchewan and I’ve made a lot of fish related pottery for them

#pottery #ceramics #sgraffito #ceramic #carving #underglaze painting #before and after #sketch #fish art #fish #lake fishing #lake fish #platter #minnows #claypigeon #glazeware

[chunkfunkgunk-offishal]

Have you done sea lampreys, invasive to the Great Lakes? They suck. This is personal

Today on CHUNK! FUNK! GUNK! We rate

the LAMPREY EEL:

2/10 Chunk

8/10 Funk

6/10 Gunk

As someone who lives relatively near the Great Lakes, these guys are the source of my fear of being in large bodies of water. Not very chunky, but they do seem to be slippery slimy little guys. Very funky. Their mouths are so freaky, but their little eyes are incredibly silly looking.

AND NOW….

My sister requested that I do an OVERALL rating for the creatures, so;

Overall: 6/10

Horrible terrible guys, but also very unique and cool. I can’t hate them as much now that I’ve seen their funny little eyes. They are still terrifying though.

(Look at this thing it looks like a sock puppet)

#chunk funk gunk #chunk #funk #gunk #lamprey #lamprey eel #fish #ocean #ocean animals #ocean fish #lake fish #these things such blood #they’re so freaky #freaky little fellas #asks open

[halrinach24]

Fish

#digital ilustration #ilustration #art #digital art #clip studio paint #halrinachart #studyinspo #fish #river fish #lake fish #blue velvet shrimp #ciclidos #los peces son muy bonitos me gustan

[sorrcha]

benthic angel

was writing about lake sturgeon for a class assignment and showed one of my friends what i'd written.. he then sent part of it back to me with line breaks to turn it into a poem! i just had to draw something for it :]

poem text under the readmore:

lake sturgeon don't know that they're endangered. They don't know anything - other than the muck at the bottom of the water column and the occasional passing touch of another.

really touched by how my friend turned my technical writing into poetry. i haven't tried to write creatively in months, so it's nice to see i've still got it- and nicer still that i could get so inspired by my friend, since i haven't made nature art in a little while, either :>!!

#art #digital art #ms paint #clip studio paint #(<- drew it in ms paint and then slapped on some effects + the text using csp) #animal #fish #sturgeon #lake sturgeon #fishblr #poem #poetry #i want to do this for another poem as well.. my crush wrote a poem about fireflies and i want to make art based on it so badly <3 #hall of fame

[snowdin-stims]

🪷 | source

#mod etho [🐇] #stim #stim gif #sensory #koi #fish #swimming #animals #lake #water #lilypad #pink #green #blue #orange #red #black #white #fish tw #queue'd

[hiding-under-the-willow]

anyways. What

#atlas.art #artists on tumblr #mcyt #hermitcraft #hc s10 #docm77 #joehills #joe hills #juppet #vintagebeef #doc beef and joe just slowly fucking loosing it throughout this interaction is one of my favorite things that's ever happened on hermitcraf #also. watching his fucking gigantic hour glass slowly grow in the background of other peoples videos for the last week #why did he do that to himself so early in the season omg 😭 #it literally is so ridiculously large it is insane. it looks insane next to everything else around it. it takes up the entire skyline #im thinking about keralis. who built his lake facing the shopping district so he could avoid looking at iskall's monolith while fishing #or mumbo and grian joking about making the biggest mega build in the shopping district for their wart shop. good luck with that now lmao #seriously if you haven't already y'all should go watch Wels' last video if only to see that thing grow in the background throughout the vid #wels built an entire castle on accident in that video and i still spent the entire duration going 'DOC WHAT THE HELL' it was so distracting

[1caru]

my favorite links deserve long hair <3

#lu four #lu legend #lu twilight #linkeduniverse #linked universe #my art #i have a mighty need to see twi wrestle a fish thats bigger than he is out of the lake

[lovehina019]

#naturecore #nature #aesthetic #scenery #watercore #ocean #ocean life #oceancore #explore #underwater #plants #kelp #photography #animals #fish #pond #lake #lily pads #water lily #underwater life #flora #kelp forests #sea life #adventure #sea animals #water plants #green #deep sea #water #waterscape

[crosseyedcricketart]

two sturgeons — 2022 acrylic on canvas. 24” x 24” these are river sturgeons, acipenser fulvescens this won an award, so. yay.

#art #painting #illustration #traditional painting #artists on tumblr #aesthetic art #sturgeon #lake sturgeon #acipenser fulvescens #fishblr #aquariums #fish #🖤 art tag

[itscolossal]

Framed by Frozen Lakes, Richard Johnson’s ‘Ice Huts’ Capture Wintertime Communities in Canada

#ice fishing #canada #winter #lakes #ice huts

[vintagecamping]

Hunting, Fishing and Camping by American retailer L.L. Bean.

1946

#vintage camping #campfire light #ll bean #oregon #sebago lake #road trips #camping #fishing #hunting #1940s

[chunkfunkgunk-offishal]

please rate lumpfish!!!! 💕

Today on CHUNK! FUNK! GUNK! We rate

the LUMPFISH:

1/10 Chunk

7/10 Funk

1/10 Gunk

Another new fish for me! They’re very silly, so they receive high funk. They appear very bony, low chunk. After brief research, it seems that they produce very little mucous, low gunk.

#chunk funk gunk #chunk #funk #gunk #lumpfish #cool fish #fish #ocean #ocean animals #ocean fish #river fish #lake fish #asks open #They’re very very silly #Also apologies for disappearing for a few days #historical moments

[plusie]

#plushie #cute #agere #age dreaming #age regression #agedre #system little #little #stuffie #stuffed animal #fish #lake #river #bass #largemouth bass #salmon #trout #rainbow trout #sockeye salmon #png #transparent

[indeedgoodman]

#art #animal #baby animals #animals #bears #big bears #grizzly bear #brown bear #salmon #eating #fishing #waterfall #river #mountains #trees #pond #lake #fyp #tumblr fyp #foryoupage #fyp2023 #foryou #fypage #fypツ #fypシ

[sturgeonposting]

hey so i work at the georgia aquarium and i want u to know our lake sturgeon is named Dwight!

GIVE IT UP FOR DWIGHT EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you anon for this precious information. Meeting Dwight this summer was an honor.

#sturgeon fish #sturgeon #fish #ask #acipenser fulvescens #lake sturgeon #fishblr