Thus amphioxus is the only chordate species in which distinct insulin and IGF genes have not been found.
‘She says I can spend half-term with you.’ ‘Hey, brill!’
The lakes, rivers and bay all combine to provide the choicest seafood - brill , turbot and trout.
These conditions support a rich diversity of invertebrate life and important game fisheries, such as brown trout, brook lamprey , salmon, crayfish, and otter.
fresh air and exercise, she generally found, could banish most megrims
There is significant shift in the MHC composition of trout red muscle between parr and smolts.
Zander are often called pikeperch as they resemble the pike with their elongated body and head, and the perch with their spiny dorsal fin.
As a youngster he fished off the rocks for the usual species of cod, pollack, coley, wrasse, mackerel and dogfish with the odd plaice or eel.
she lounged on the steps, pouting
These creatures often swim in the company of other smaller fish, including remoras or shark-suckers, which seem to use the pressure-wave made by the forward progress of the larger animal, and hide in its shade.
full-length battens permit a more pronounced roach
full-length battens permit a more pronounced roach
Spider crabs stalked the seabed; wrasse, blennies, shannies and rockling darted over the reefs, and pollack wheeled overhead.
an Elizabethan ruff
an Elizabethan ruff
Those produced by the hypochordal lobe of the caudal fin of selachians and early bony fishes have been studied in detail.
old sepia photographs
Old sepia photographs of the new arrivals, dressed proudly in suits, ties and bowler hats soon gave way to faded images of a population transformed into farmers, builders and engineers.
The saltwater river harbors prized snook , trout, largemouth bass, redfish, and even tarpon.
The saltwater river harbors prized snook , trout, largemouth bass, redfish, and even tarpon.
Lobsters, moray eels and squirrelfish seek refuge in the artificial reef made up of PVC pipes.
Eleven of these are of the shark variety, who live in blissful harmony with stingrays , thornback rays, conger eels and dogfish, to name but a few.
it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker