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A caiman (/ ˈ k eɪ m ə n / (also spelled cayman [2]) from Taíno kaiman [3] [additional citation(s) needed]) is an alligatorid belonging to the subfamily Caimaninae, one of two primary lineages within the Alligatoridae family, the other being alligators.
About 375 fish species are known from the Mississippi basin, far exceeding other North Hemisphere river basins exclusively within temperate/subtropical regions, [123] except the Yangtze. [124] Within the Mississippi basin, streams that have their source in the Appalachian and Ozark highlands contain especially many species.
Pool-and-weir fish ladder at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River Drone video of a fish way in Estonia, on the river Jägala FERC Fish Ladder Safety Sign. A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as ...
In 1982, the fish market was relocated to a new 13-acre (53,000 m 2) building complex on the Isle of Dogs in Poplar, close to Canary Wharf and Blackwall.The freehold owner of the site is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, but the City of London Corporation still runs the market; they pay an annual ground rent stipulated in an agreement between the two councils as "the gift of one fish". [6]
A shed carapace of a lady crab, part of the hard exoskeleton Body structure of a typical crustacean – krill The body of a crustacean is composed of segments, which are grouped into three regions: the cephalon or head , [ 5 ] the pereon or thorax , [ 6 ] and the pleon or abdomen . [ 7 ]
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. ... and into which the eggs are shed. [56] Most normal female fish have two ovaries. In some ...
The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, [2] as well as portions of Quebec, Canada, and Mexico. [3]
A dragonfly in its radical final moult, metamorphosing from an aquatic nymph to a winged adult.. In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in ...