fish Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/fish/ To prepare people for eternal life. Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:43:31 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg fish Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/fish/ 32 32 Nature Nugget – Troglomorphic Fishes https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-troglomorphic-fishes/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:43:31 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=18791 There are two groups of troglomorphic fishes in the United States, the cavefishes of the family Amblyopsidae and the blindcats of the family Ictaluridae. The cavefishes are less than five inches in length and are found in the eastern United States.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Fish Cleaning Stations https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-fish-cleaning-stations/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:19:41 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=18584 Cleaning stations are places on the coral reef where various species of fish and shrimps, known as cleaners, provide the services of parasite removal and grooming for other species.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Salmon Migration https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-salmon-migration/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:21:38 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13893 There are five species of Pacific salmon: Chinook, Chum, Coho, Pink, and Sockeye. Pacific salmon are anadromous, meaning they spend part of their lives in freshwater and part in saltwater.

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]]> Nature Nugget – The Fat Sleeper https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-the-fat-sleeper/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:25:01 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13542 There are several species of sleepers in the United States coastal areas, the most common one being the Fat Sleeper (Dormitator maculatus). Fat Sleepers are common in vegetated fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine habitats along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from North Carolina to Brazil and including the Bahamas and West Indies.

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]]> Nature Nugget – Electric Fishes https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-electric-fishes/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:13:39 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10245 The electric organs of electric fishes are composed of multiple stacks of coin-shaped cells, derived from neuromuscular tissue, called electroplaques.

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]]> Nature Nugget: The Mangrove Rivulus https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nature-nugget-the-mangrove-rivulus/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:22:22 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=9790 The Mangrove Rivulus is a small killifish (a family of numerous small, oviparous fishes much used as bait and in mosquito control) found in the tropical and subtropical portions of the western Atlantic/Caribbean Basin from central Florida south through the West Indies and Caribbean to Brazil.

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