Sometimes on certain occasions, a fish will swallow a hook and it ends up at the back of the mouth near the gills. Sometimes it is actually easier to retrieve the hook through the gill plate. But ...

Now make a cut from just forward of the fish’s dorsal fin, down behind the gill plate, ending at the belly. Repeat this cut on the opposite side of the catfish.

Learn about the two species of manta rays. Visit the Oceana blog to learn more about the giant manta ray and reef manta rays.

The toadfish is a group of some 80 species of fish, ... There are reports that the spine beneath the gill plate on each side of its head contains a mild venom that when activated will cause a mild ...

Species Spotlight: Yellow Perch Scientific Name: Perca flavescens Nicknames: Perch, Common perch Current State Record: 3 lbs. 8 oz., Lake Erie, Erie County, 4/28/82 Identification: Yellow body with… ...

Dr. Colleary points to the bony-plated skull of an extinct giant carnivorous fish. "This is dunkleosteus. It was living here in Cleveland about 359 million years ago when Cleveland was the ocean." ...

The best way to land these is to grab behind the pectoral fins or under the gill plate. Hold on tight! An occasional fish may escape, but with proper landing technique, the heartbreaks will be few ...

As fish try to swim through them, their gill plates are entangled in the mesh, trapping them. The prohibition comes at the end of California's busy summer halibut-fishing season.

The fish may have then choked to death on it, or the shell tore its stomach as it swallowed, the team said. Scientists in Germany found the fish with the shell of an ammonite — an extinct group ...

Fish feed in different parts of the water column, and their bodies and diets are adapted to their feeding strategies. Their ...

Sometimes on certain occasions, a fish will swallow a hook and it ends up at the back of the mouth near the gills. Sometimes it is actually easier to retrieve the hook through the gill plate. But ...