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1 Adaptations For Feeding
By Brendan Hare Photo taken from internet fish-news.teia.org

2 WHAT DO FISH EAT?

3 Possibilities Other fish Beetles Plants Crabs Plankton Seals Corals
Worms Algae Mayflies Nymphs Frogs Spiders Mussels

4 Other Fish

5 Hagfish Jawless Eyes enclosed by skin Single nasal opening
Eat by sucking and tearing Barbels present Fishbase.org

6 Sea Lamprey Eel like swimmer Oral disc with teeth for scraping holes
Parasitic Enature.com

7 Gulper Deep water predator Huge mouth and stretchable stomach
Small eyes

8 Electric Eel Electricity producing organs capable of stunning prey
Live in slow moving, murky environments

9 Angler/Goosefish Large mouth Deep water and benthic
Sit and wait predators Dorsal fin used as prey attractant Enlarged and strengthened fins aid in lunging at prey (goosefish) ramseydoran.com

10 Northern Pike Large mouth with many rows of teeth
Sit and wait predator – makes quick lunges at prey Inhabits shallow weedy areas where long skinny body is useful fish-news.teia.org Fishbase.org

11 Photo taken from internet
Great White Shark Saw edged teeth for biting and tearing Incredible sense of smell Efficient open water predator Photo taken from internet

12 Swordfish and Sawsharks
Extended rostrum used for injuring prey Teeth present on sawfish rostrum

13 Tuna Very efficient swimmers
Body stiffened except at the base of the tail Streamlined, bullet like body shape Increased red muscle Lunate tail Fishbase.org

14 Plants, Plankton and the Bottom

15 Sturgeon Barbels feel for food
Mouth on bottom of head for feeding on the bottom Omnivorous Shedd aquarium Jjphoto.dk

16 Manta rays Enlarged pectoral fins for swimming
Planktivores- filter food through sponge-like tissue in between gills Fins on head funnel food into the mouth Fishbase.org

17 Drums Large flattened teeth for crushing Mouth low on head
Feed on crayfish, and mussels

18 If fish can feed on it They probably do


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