logo
[Log In]
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
              
logo 11/26/2024 9:29:14 AM     
Cannibalistic lancetfish found on California beach 
By Ann W. Schmidt US Source: Fox News 12/3/2021
Ann W. Schmidt
 A somewhat mysterious fish known for eating its own species recently washed up on a California shore.

On Friday, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography tweeted about a 4-foot lancetfish that was found on San Diego’s La Jolla Shores last week.

Lancetfish live between the ocean’s surface and about 6,000 feet deep, according to the tweet.

Lancetfish, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are "notorious cannibals" that also eat other fish and invertebrates.
 

Lancetfish are also hermaphrodites, which means they have both male and female sex organs at the same time, according to NOAA.
Lancetfish appear to only start eating their own species when they reach about 3 feet long, according to NBC San Diego.

  
Continue...
News Id SourceStampcountry
951Fish eater dies after cooking deadly pufferfish given to him as presentyahoo2024-01-30JP
952Surströmming: The Fermented Swedish Herring Banned By Several Airlinesyahoo2024-01-21SW
953109-pound halibut caught through the ice in the name of scienceyahoo2024-01-24CA
954Plans to stop Far North, Doubtless Bay, fishing contest are under waynzherald2024-02-19NZ
955How to recognise and counter Streptococcus outbreaks in aquaculturethefishsite2024-02-19IL
956Успешная рыбалка в глухозимьеohotniki2024-02-14RU
957BioMar expands SmartCare supplement rangethefishsite2024-02-19UK
958Pollution that killed 100,000 fish still a mysteryBBC News2024-01-27UK
959Some Far North iwi members out to stop decades-old fishing competition1news2024-01-23NZ
960How fly-fishing for steelhead trout was healing for my stepdaughterbangordailynews2024-01-24IN
961This N.L. fishing vessel endured stormy seas and heartbreak before it ever touched salt waterCBC News2024-01-25CA
962A switch to carp farming proves successful in Uttar Pradeshthefishsite2024-02-16IN
963Неуловимый любитель глубинohotniki2024-02-12RU
964Fishing for Smallmouth Bass During the Coldest Months of the Yeareinnews2024-02-17US
965Ice fishing event in Joussard, fun for the whole familylakesideleader2024-02-16CA
966Get hooked on fishing for free this Family Day weekendsudbury2024-02-17CA
967DNR seeks input on drafting new Lake of the Woods management planechopress2024-02-15US
968Is forward-facing sonar too much fishing technology?echopress2024-02-16US
969Man comes across dried up and stiff zombie fishnewsner2024-01-26ZA
970Nuneaton man among 13 anglers named and shamed for fishing illegallycoventrytelegraph2024-01-26CA
971New study shows how industrial development decimated fish populations near Vancouvervancouversun2024-01-26CA
972Far North fishing competition goes ahead despite protests1news2024-01-27NZ
973Wind farm plan in Hokkaido called threat to endangered fishasahi2024-01-24JP
974Its a slimy, prehistoric parasite with the mouth of an aliendiscoverwildlife2024-01-25EU
975Пассивная и активная ловля налима на Кольскомohotniki2024-02-04RU
◀ ← ♠ 134 135 136 → ▶ 38 of [137 - pages.]
© MB Co 2017-2024. All rights reserved. Developed by S@Shishkina                    Visits: 713329