Lists of fishes

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 145. Chapters: List of freshwater aquarium fish species, Stingray, Cyprinidae, Porcupinefish, Scorpaeniformes, List of fish of Hawaii, List of fishes of India, List of marine bony fishes of South Africa, List of marine Perciform fishes of South Africa, List of Swedish fish, List of marine spiny-finned fishes of South Africa, Haemulidae, List of reef fish of the Red Sea, List of marine fishes of South Africa, List of fish common names, List of fishes of the Houtman Abrolhos, List of aquarium fish by scientific name, List of freshwater fishes of Korea, Cottidae, List of fishes of Bangladesh, Eleotridae, List of fish of Great Britain, List of Corydoras species, Tonguefish, Pupfish, List of U.S. state fish, List of fishes of West Virginia, List of fish families, Cobitidae, List of fish of Minnesota, Remora, List of brackish aquarium fish species, List of freshwater fishes of Greece, Lumpsucker, List of fresh water fishes of Maharashtra, Kissing gourami, List of introduced fish in Australia, List of freshwater fishes of Oregon, List of freshwater fishes of Maryland, List of freshwater fishes of Washington, Doradidae, Diplomystes, List of fishes of Idaho, List of fishes of Estonia, List of deep water fish of the Red Sea, Cranoglanis, Dactylopteridae, Surfperch, Golomyanka, Pygmy sunfish, Congridae, Coryphaenidae, List of smallest fish in the world, Sandburrower, List of Red Sea sharks, Double angler, Echinorhinus, Emmelichthyidae, Elopidae, Cynodontidae, Dalatiidae, Sand stargazer, Draconettidae, List of fish of the Indiana Dunes, Crenuchidae, Curimatidae, Spinyfin, List of fishes in Kaziranga National Park, Lists of animals, Congiopodidae, Bobtail snipe eel, Colocongridae, Long-finned pike, Drepaneidae, Denticle herring, Dichistius, Blackbrow bleak, Glaucosoma, Dinopercidae, Baikal sculpin, Geotriidae, Harpagiferidae, Coiidae, Gibberichthyidae, Eleginopidae, Cryptacanthodidae. Excerpt: The fish species of Hawaii inhabit the Hawaiian archipelago in the central North Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The islands are part of the State of Hawaii, United States. The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian Island chain, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles (2,414 km). At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight "main islands" are (from the northwest to southeast) Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii. There are many atolls, and reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, or Hawaiian Leeward Islands. Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are unique to the island chain. In total the Hawaiian Islands comprise a total of 137 islands and atolls, with a total land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km). This archipelago and its oceans are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The climate of Hawaii is typical for a tropical area, although temperatures and humidity tend to be a bit less extreme than other tropical locales due to the constant trade winds blowing from the east. The surrounding waters are affected by effluents generated and released from the islands themselves. Floating plastic garbage is a problem, and refuse from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch affects beaches in Hawaii, such as Kamilo Beach. Other pressures on Hawaii's fish population are its fishing industries, and whaling until IWC's moratorium in 1986. In the last ...