Predatory fish that attack humans. The most dangerous fish in the world. Brown puffer or puffer fish

In most cases, a person is a danger to fish, because since ancient times, fishing has been one of the main ways to get food. But sometimes fish can be a real danger to humans. As they say, warned - means armed, and while the most dangerous fish live on the planet, you need to know where they live, what they are called and, if possible, avoid meeting with them.

TOP 10 most dangerous fish in the world

When meeting a person, this fish will not bite or swallow the victim. In a split second, it will generate a discharge up to 1300 V, because of which you can lose consciousness under water. The radius of the lesion is 3 m. Electric eel is a fairly aggressive fish, most often it attacks itself. It lives in the Amazon and other rivers in the north-eastern part of South America. Large individuals can reach 3 m in length and weigh up to 40 kg.

One of the most dangerous freshwater fish that lives in Africa: in the Congo River, as well as in the Lakes Uppemba and Tanganyika. Like a real tiger, fish is a dangerous predator that can attack humans and other fish. To do this, she has 32 powerful sharp teeth. And the weight of 50 kg and a height of 180 cm are quite comparable to human ones.

3. Sharks.   In total, there are more than 450 species of sharks in the world. Not all of them are dangerous to humans, but it’s really better not to approach some. The scariest sharks swimming in the ocean are a large white shark, a bull shark, a gray reef, Greenland and tiger sharks.

The white shark can reach 7 m in length and 3 tons in weight. In the year, several dozen people all over the world become its victims, some of them die. Only one photo of this huge killer fish is terrifying, and after watching the movie "Jaws" the fear will not leave you for a long time.

Tiger shark eats everything indiscriminately. In the stomachs of the caught individuals more than once they found different household items, fragments of anchors and even tires for wheels. It will not be difficult for the “sea tiger” to attack man. Moreover, this shark makes it swift, leaving no chance for the victim.

The bull shark is one of the most dangerous large fish. It is associated with most of the cases of attacks on humans. Especially aggressive males, prone to unexpected fits of rage due to the active production of male hormone. This species lives in the Mississippi and Amazon rivers, as well as in Lake Nicaragua.

This is one of the most dangerous fish species in North America. The length of the catfish can reach 1.5 m, and weight - 120 kg. For the most part, this predator eats other fish, mammals and waterfowl, but there are frequent cases of attacks on humans. Up to 8-10 fishermen die in the waters of North American rivers a year. Their death is terrible, because, having attacked the victim, the olive catfish with tremendous force begins to tear it to pieces.

Tiny Vandellia will continue the TOP 10 most dangerous fish. Its size is only 2.5-15 cm long and 3.5 mm wide, but why is it considered one of the most dangerous river fish? The fact is that the main sources of its nutrition are blood and urine, so the smallest vandellia easily penetrates the human urogenital organs and anus. Climbing inside, she begins to feed on human flesh. And you can only remove this ugly predator surgically. You can meet her in the Amazon basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Although it is better, of course, not to do this.

This is a fairly small fish (up to 30 cm in length) that lives in the waters of South America and Brazil. Piranha is dangerous because it is a very voracious predator with a lot of sharp teeth. Piranha is attacked in large flocks. Whole prey is swallowed whole, and pieces of meat are violently torn off from large prey, swallowed and again dig into the flesh. In a few seconds, a flock of piranhas, even from disproportionately large prey, will leave only one bone.

It is found in the Kali River (Gandak), flowing between Nepal and India. Since ancient times, according to local custom, the bodies of the deceased are thrown into this river, which during the funeral rite may not be completely burned. Huge toothy catfish weighing up to 140 kg eat the remains of human flesh, and so loved this taste that they often attack living people who have entered the water.

In another way she is called "fish with human teeth", only her teeth are much sharper. Paku loves cracking nuts and fruits falling from trees into the Amazon, and also eats other fish and invertebrates. There is a known case when in 1994 two fishermen died from severe blood loss due to an aggressive attack by Paku.

This fish got its name because of its great similarity with the stones of coral reefs. If someone accidentally steps on it, the “stone” comes to life and bites the victim, injecting deadly poison. After a person spends several hours in terrible agony and, for lack of an antidote, dies. The most dangerous tropical fish is found in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, as well as in the Red Sea and off the coast of Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

10. Sea dragon. This small fish (25-35 cm) lives in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It poses a danger to beach lovers in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, as well as in Russia. These fish are quite aggressive, in addition, they have poisonous glands located on the dorsal fin.

If a person steps on such a "dragon", his leg turns blue, a large swelling forms. In some cases, limb paralysis, heart failure and cramps were recorded.

There are fish that pose a danger not to the one they bite or eat, but to the one who eats them. The most dangerous fish to eat is puffer. It is prepared only by specially trained Japanese chefs who have received a license, because one awkward movement during the process of preparing a puffer can be fatal for someone who decides to try it. By the way, there used to be a tradition in Japan: if a restaurant guest was poisoned by this poisonous fish, then the cook who prepared it had to either eat a piece and poison himself, or commit a ritual suicide.

Not only modern people die and get injured from attacks of huge predatory fish, but our most distant ancestors were victims of marine life. More than 1.5 million years ago, a giant shark megalodon lived on our planet. Its name translates as "big tooth", and in length, as scientists have found, it reached 18 m.

Earlier there lived a 4-ton marine giant of Dunkleosts. In length, it reached 10 m and was the largest carnivorous fish of its time.

Helicoprion also belongs to the most dangerous extinct fish. This is a species of shark that lived more than 250 million years ago. She was distinguished by a special spiral-shaped row of teeth, and in length grew to 4 m.

The saying is true: “Do not know the ford, do not poke your head in the water”, because often the most dangerous inhabitants of the sea can be where people swim. Of course, not all collisions with dangerous fish end in death for a person, but getting serious injury and blood loss is quite possible. Therefore, it is better to avoid places where marine predators can live, and having met one of them, try to leave the water as quickly as possible.

Predators of the underwater world include fish, the diet of which includes other inhabitants of water bodies, as well as birds and some animals. The world of predatory fish is diverse: from frightening specimens to attractive aquarium individuals. Combining their possession of a large mouth with sharp teeth for catching prey.

A feature of predators is unbridled greed, excessive gluttony. Ichthyologists note the special intelligence of these creatures of nature, ingenuity. The struggle for survival contributed to the development of abilities by which predatory fish   outperform even cats and dogs.

Marine predatory fish

The vast majority of marine fish of predatory families live in the tropics and subtropics. This is explained by the content in these climatic zones of a huge variety of herbivorous fish, warm-blooded mammals that make up the diet of predators.

Shark

Unconditional leadership takes white predatory fish   shark, the most insidious for humans. The length of her carcass is 11 m. Her relatives of 250 species also carry a potential danger, although the attacks of 29 representatives of their families are officially recorded. The safest is a shark - a giant, up to 15 m long, feeding on plankton.

Other species, larger than 1.5-2 meters in size, are insidious and dangerous. Among them:

• tiger shark;
• hammerhead shark (on the head on the sides there are large outgrowths with eyes);
• mako shark;
• katran (sea dog);
• gray shark;
• spotted shark scillium.

In addition to sharp teeth, the fish are equipped with prickly spikes, hard skin. Cuts and bumps are no less dangerous than bites. Wounds inflicted by large sharks are fatal in 80% of cases. The strength of the jaws of predators reaches 18 tf. With bites, it is able to dismember a person into pieces.

In the photo, stone perch

Scorpion (Sea Ruff)

Predatory bottom fish.The body compressed on its sides is variegated and protected by spikes and processes for masking. A real monster with bulging eyes with thick lips. Keeps in the thickets of the coastal zone, not deeper than 40 meters, wintering at great depths.

Notice it at the bottom is very difficult. In the food base crustaceans, greenfinch, atherin. For prey is not rushing. He waits for her to come nearer, then throws her into the mouth with a throw. It lives in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Mistake (galley)

A medium-sized fish 25-40 cm long with an elongated body of dirty color is very small in size. Bottom predator, spending time in the sand during the day, and hunting at night. In food, clams, worms, crustaceans, small fish. Features - in the abdominal fins on the chin and a special swimming bladder.

Atlantic cod

Large individuals up to 1-1.5 m long, weighing 50-70 kg. It lives in the temperate zone, forms a number of subspecies. In the color there is a green color with an olive tint, brown blotches. The basis of nutrition is herring, capelin, polar cod, mollusks.

The feed goes its own young, small relatives. Atlantic cod is characterized by seasonal migrations over long distances of up to 1.5 thousand km. A number of subspecies have adapted to inhabit the desalinated seas.

Pacific cod

It features a massive head shape. The average length does not exceed 90 cm, weight 25 kg. It lives in the northern areas of the Pacific Ocean. In the diet, pollock, shrimp, octopus. Residental stay in a reservoir is characteristic.

Catfish

Marine representative of the genus perch. The name is derived from the front teeth, similar to dog teeth, fangs sticking out of the mouth. The body is acne, up to 125 cm long, an average weight of 18-20 kg.

It lives in moderately cold waters, on rocky soils, where its food supply is located. In behavior, the fish is aggressive even in relation to relatives. In the diet, jellyfish, crustaceans, medium-sized fish, shellfish.

Pink salmon

A representative of small salmon, on average 70 cm long. The habitat of pink salmon is extensive: the northern regions of the Pacific Ocean, entrances to the Arctic Ocean. Pink salmon is a representative of anadromous fish tending to spawn in fresh water. Therefore, small salmon is known in all rivers of the North, on the Asian mainland, Sakhalin and other places.

The fish was named after the dorsal hump. Characteristic dark streaks appear on the body for spawning. The food is based on crustaceans, small fish, fry.

Eel-pout

Unusual inhabitant of the Baltic coasts, the White and Barents Seas. Bottom fish, in the preferences of which is sand overgrown with algae. Very tenacious. Among the wet stones can wait for the tide or lie in the pit.

The appearance resembles a small animal, up to 35 cm in size. A large head, the body narrows to a sharp tail. The eyes are large, bulging. The pectoral fins look like two fans. Scales, like a lizard, not going to the neighboring one. Eating squirrels - medium-sized fish, gastropods, worms, larvae.

Brown (eight-linear) rasp

It is found on the rocky headlands of the Pacific coast. The name speaks of a color with green and brown shades. Another option is obtained for a complex drawing. The meat is green. In the diet, like many predators, crustaceans. There are many relatives in the rasp family:

• japanese;
• steller rasp (spotted);
• red;
• single line;
• one feather;
• long-browed and others.

Names of predatory fishoften convey their external features.

Gloss

It is found in warm coastal waters. The length of a flat fish is 15-20 cm. By the appearance of a gloss, it is compared with river flounder, it is adapted to inhabit various salinity in water. It feeds on bottom food - mollusks, worms, crustaceans.

Gloss fish

Beluga

Among predators, this fish is one of the largest relatives. The species is listed in Red. The peculiarity of the structure of the skeleton is in the elastic cartilaginous chord, the absence of vertebrae. The size reaches 4 meters and weighs from 70 kg to 1 ton.

It occurs in the Caspian and Black Seas, during spawning - in large rivers. A characteristic wide mouth, overhanging thick lip, 4 large antennae are inherent in beluga. The uniqueness of fish lies in longevity, age can reach a century.

It feeds on fish. Under natural conditions, forms hybrid species with sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, sterlet.

Sturgeon

Large predator, up to 6 meters long. The weight of commercial fish is on average 13-16 kg, although giants reach 700-800 kg. The body is very elongated, without scales, covered with rows of bone scutes.

The head is small, the mouth is located below. It feeds on bottom organisms, fish, providing itself with 85% protein food. It tolerates low temperatures and a period of foodlessness. It lives in salty and freshwater reservoirs.

Stellate sturgeon

Characteristic appearance due to the elongated shape of the nose, the length of which reaches 60% of the length of the head. The stellate sturgeon is inferior in size to other sturgeons - the average weight of the fish is only 7-10 kg, length 130-150 cm. Like its relatives, it is a long-liver among fish, lives 35-40 years.

It lives in the Caspian and Azov Seas with migration to large rivers. The basis of nutrition is crustaceans, worms.

Flounder

The marine predator is easy to distinguish by a flat body, eyes located on one side, and a circular fin. She has almost forty varieties:

• star;
• yellowfish;
• halibut;
• trunk;
• linear
• long-necked, etc.

Distributed from the Arctic Circle to Japan. It is adapted to live on a muddy bottom. Hunts from an ambush for crustaceans, shrimps, small fish. The sighted side is distinguished by mimicry. But if you scare it off, it abruptly breaks off the bottom, floats away to a safe place and lies on the blind side.

Lichia

Large marine predator from the family of horse mackerel. It is found in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, in the east of the Atlantic, in the south-west of the Indian Ocean. It grows up to 2 meters with a weight gain of up to 50 kg. Harvesting dash is herring, sardines in the water column and crustaceans in the bottom layers.

Whiting

A predatory schooling fish with a chasing body. Color gray, purple on the back. It is found in the Kerch Strait, the Black Sea. He likes cold waters. According to the movement of hamsa, you can monitor the appearance of merlang.

Whip

It lives in the coastal waters of the Azov and Black Seas. Up to 40 cm long with a weight of up to 600 g. The body is flattened, often covered with spots. Open gills increase the size of the head, deprived, and scare predators. Among the stony and sandy soils, it hunts shrimp, mussels, and small fish.

River predatory fish

Freshwater predators are well known to fishers. This is not only a commercial river catch known to culinary specialists and housewives. The role of the insatiable inhabitants of the reservoirs is in eating low-value weeds and sick individuals. Freshwater predatory fish   carry out a kind of sanitary cleaning of reservoirs.

Chub

The picturesque inhabitant of central Russian reservoirs. Dark green back, golden sides, dark border on the scales, orange fins. He likes to eat fish juveniles, larvae, crustaceans.

Asp

The fish is called a horse for frisky jumping out of the water and deafening drops to the prey. The tail and body strikes are so strong that small fish become stiff. Fishermen called the predator the river corsair. Keeps apart. The main prey is bleak floating on the surface of water bodies. It lives in large reservoirs, rivers, southern seas.

Catfish

The largest predator without scales, reaching a length of 5 meters, and by weight - 400 kg. Favorite habitats are waters of the European part of Russia. The main food of catfish is mollusks, fish, small freshwater inhabitants and birds. It hunts at night, spends the day in pits, under snags. Catching a catfish is a difficult task, as the predator is strong and smart

Pike

A real predator of habits. It throws itself on everything, even on relatives. But preference is given to roach, crucian carp, and rudd. He does not like prickly ruff and perch. It catches and waits before swallowing when the victim has died down.

It hunts frogs, birds, mice. It features fast growth and a good camouflage outfit. It grows on average up to 1.5 meters and weighs up to 35 kg. Sometimes there are giants in human growth.

Zander

Large predator of large and clean rivers. The weight of a meter fish reaches 10-15 kg, sometimes more. It is found in sea waters. Unlike other predators, the mouth and pharynx are small, therefore small fish serves as food. Avoids thickets, so as not to become the prey of pike. Active in hunting.

Predatory fish zander

Burbot

Belonesox

Small predators are not afraid to attack even proportionate fish, so they are called pikes in miniature. Gray-brown color with black spots like a line. There is live food from small fish in the diet. If Belonesox is in full form, then the prey will be alive until the next dinner.

Tiger Bass

Large fish with a contrasting color up to 50 cm long. The shape of the body resembles the tip of an arrow. The fin on the back extends to the tail, with which it provides acceleration in pursuit of prey. Color yellow with black stripes on the diagonal. In the diet should be bloodworms, shrimp, earthworms.

Livingston Cichlid

On the video, predatory fishreflect the unique ambush hunting mechanism. They occupy the position of a dead fish and withstand for a long time for a sudden attack of the prey that appeared.

The length of the cichlid is up to 25 cm, spotted color varies in yellow-blue-silver. The red-orange border runs along the edge of the fins. In the aquarium, shrimp, fish, pieces are served as food. You can not overfeed.

Toad fish

The appearance is unusual, a huge head and growths on the body are surprising. Thanks to camouflage, the bottom dweller hides among snags, roots, and expects the victim to approach for an attack. In the aquarium, it feeds on bloodworms, shrimps, pollock or other fish. Loves solitary content.

Leaf fish

Unique adaptation to the fallen sheet. Disguise helps guard the prey. The size of the individual does not exceed 10 cm. The tan color helps simulate the drift of a fallen leaf of a tree. In the daily diet, 1-2 fish.

Biara

Suitable for keeping only in large aquariums. The length of individuals is up to 80 cm. View of a real predator with a large head and mouth, full of sharp teeth. Large fins on the abdomen are like wings. It feeds only on live fish.

Vampire tetra

In an aquarium environment it grows up to 30 cm, in nature - up to 45 cm. Abdominal fins look like wings. Help make rapid jerks for prey. In swimming, the head is down. In food, they can refuse live fish in favor of pieces of meat, mussels.

Aravana

Representative of the oldest fish up to 80 cm in size. An elongated body with fins forming a fan. This structure gives acceleration in hunting, the ability to jump. The structure of the mouth allows grabbing prey from the surface of the water. You can feed shrimp, fish, and worms in the aquarium.

Trahira (Terta Wolf)

Amazon legend. Maintenance in the aquarium is available to experienced professionals. It grows to half a meter. Powerful gray body with a big head, sharp teeth. Fish eats not only live food, serves as a kind of orderly. In an artificial pond, it feeds on shrimp, mussels, pieces of fish.

Frog catfish

Large predator with a massive head, a huge mouth. Short mustaches are noteworthy. Dark body color and whitish abdomen. It grows to 25 cm. It takes food from fish with white meat, shrimp, mussels.

Dimidochromis

A beautiful predator of blue-orange color. Develops speed, attacks with powerful jaws. It grows up to 25 cm. The body is flattened on the sides, the back with a round contour, the stomach is even. Fish smaller than a predator will certainly become its food. Shrimp, mussels, shellfish are added to the diet.

All predatory fish in wildlife and artificial content are carnivorous. A variety of species and habitats is formed by a long history and the struggle for survival in the aquatic environment. The natural balance assigns them the role of orderlies, leaders with the makings of cunning and ingenuity, not allowing the superiority of weed fish in any reservoir.

As a rule, a significant part of these floating vertebrates does not pose a great threat to humans. There are fish that can attack humans. Unfortunately, there are situations when people encountering some types of fish can get severe injuries or even die. Which fish are the most deadly?

Goliath Tiger Fish

This fish is found in the rivers of Central Africa. Demon fish or giant hydrocin can grow up to 2 meters in length. Fish weighs 50 kg. This representative of the African tetra family has 32 sharp teeth that can be used to tear flesh without much effort. This predator has excellent hearing. Goliath is able to attack a person or a crocodile if it is very hungry.

Despite their inactive lifestyle, these small fish are very aggressive. Stone fish or warty fish can be found in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. On the back of this representative of the scorpion family there are several poisonous thorns. Stone fish poison destroys red blood cells and also affects the human nervous system.

This fish lives in water bodies of South America. Freshwater slope weighs 900 kg. The body length of the fish is 5 meters. The animal has a tail in the shape of a whip, at the end of which is a poisonous sting. From the poison of this fish a person can die. Despite its terrifying size, the freshwater stingray is a fairly peaceful animal and rarely shows aggression towards people.

This fish lives in the waters of South America. Electric eel weighs 40 kg. Fish grows up to 3 meters. The animal has a very elongated body. This predator uses an electric discharge to crack down on its prey. 600 volts released by freshwater eel will be enough for a person to die.

These insatiable and very aggressive fish can be found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Moray eel has a serpentine body. The animal has a length of up to 1.5 meters. This fish weighs up to 50 kg. Moray eels prefer to hunt at night. There were cases when these fish bit off the fingers and toes of divers.

Zebra fish

This beautiful fish is found in the waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Zebra fish or striped lionfish weighs up to 1 kg. The 30-centimeter body of the animal is covered with bright light stripes. This representative of the scorpion family has sharp poisonous needles on the fins. The poison of lionfish is quite dangerous for humans.

It was not without reason that the white shark was called the cannibal. This shark is one of the largest predatory fish that live on Earth. This ferocious predator can be found in almost all waters of the oceans. The fish weighs up to 3200 kg. The length of this shark is 5 meters. White shark can kill a person. The animal is mainly fed by marine mammals, crustaceans or birds.

These predatory fish inhabit the waters of South America. Piranhas prefer to hunt in packs. These animals swiftly attack their prey. Only bones remain from the victim. Although piranhas have a bad reputation among people, there have not yet been cases of human death from the bites of these small predators.

This fish lives mainly in the waters of Southeast Asia. Snakeheads are quite aggressive and hardy predators. The head of this animal is like the head of a snake. The fish has powerful jaws. Snakeheads introduced from Asia cause great damage to the local ichthyofauna of North America.

This fish lives in subtropical and tropical waters of all oceans. A blunt shark can survive in both fresh and sea water. This representative of the family of gray sharks has a difficult temper and exorbitant appetite. Scientists found the most unexpected objects in the stomachs of these animals. For example, household garbage or metal products. Much more people have suffered from bite-snout shark bites than from white shark attacks.

Stop being afraid of sharks or killer whales. There are smaller predators that can cause serious injuries or even kill. Introducing the most dangerous fish in the world. They need to "know in person."

Guasa

Its weight can reach 450 kg. Naturally, fish of such large sizes eats a lot and is quite capable of swallowing a person. Her mouth reaches 5 meters in length.

The length of the pack is 1 meter. At a time, she will not swallow large production, but she shakes with all her heart. The teeth of this fish resemble human ones. In 1994, two fishermen, tormented by pacs, died from blood loss.

The length of this far from the most attractive creature reaches one and a half meters. He does not conduct an active hunt and it is unlikely that he is able to eat a person, but he will be able to inflict bodily injuries.

This sweet, at first glance, fish grows up to a meter in length and 20 kilograms of weight. It is especially dangerous when it protects caviar. It is known that several children died because of her.

These 120 kg of weight and one and a half meters of length are quite capable of killing a person. With great speed and force, he attacks the victim and tears to pieces.

Very rare species, but also very dangerous. Protecting the territory, it is able to shred the human body into pieces. But he does not do this on purpose, because inattentive vacationers become his victims.

If you were afraid of piranhas, then this creature eats them. Its length is about 1.2 m and weight is about 17 kg. She does not bear direct danger to man, but it is better not to mess with her.

Lives in lakes and rivers, grows up to 2.5 meters, eats everything that it can swallow on its way. Even small children.

This predatory fish reaches 1.80 m in length and 50 kg in weight. Dangerous due to its 32 canines, which can cause many injuries.

This charm has sharp fins and a tail, which can easily cut veins or tendons. If you are lucky to get out of the water before the arrival of sharks - consider yourself lucky.

Predatory fisheat not only plant but also animal food. In other words, we are talking about omnivorous species. Some of them prey not only on underwater inhabitants.

Trivalli, otherwise called karangs, for example, jumps out of the sea, capturing birds flying over the surface. Sharks and catfish are known for attacks on humans.

Freshwater Fish of Prey

Catfish

These carnivorous fish pondsrepresented by more than 10 species. Most of them are aquarium. They are small. But ordinary catfish is the largest predatory river fish. In the last century, 5-meter individuals weighing about 400 kilograms were caught. In the 21st century, the maximum weight of the catfish caught was 180 kilos.

Small predatory fishamong catfish - a glassy look. In the natural environment, its representatives are found in India. The glass catfish is transparent, only the head does not shine through.

Zander

There are 5 types of them. All have an elongated body with large scales. She covers all the fish. She has an elongated, pointed head. It is slightly flattened on top. Sharp and high fin sticks out on all backs of pike perches. He, like the entire top of the fish, is gray-green. The abdomen of the animal is gray-white.

Zander - large predators, may exceed a meter in length. The weight of the fish is approximately 20 kilograms.

Piranhas

Piranha 50 species. All predatory, live in fresh waters of the southern tropics. The length of the piranha does not exceed 50 centimeters. Externally, the fish are distinguished by a flattened body from the sides, silver, gray or black color of the scales. On a dark background, yellow, scarlet or orange marks may be present.

All piranhas have their lower jaw extended forward. Triangular teeth are visible. They are sharp and close to the top. This adds destructive power to a fish bite. Adult piranha easily crushes a stick with a diameter of about 2 centimeters.

Pike

There are about 10 species of them in fresh water bodies. Aquitaine pike, living in the waters of France, was discovered only in 2014. The Italian look is isolated from others in 2011. The Amur pike differs from the usual fine silver scales and is smaller.

There are still fish with black stripes above the eyes. These live in America and do not gain more than 4 pounds.

The largest in the family is maskinong. The sides of this pike are covered with vertical stripes. Maskinong extends up to 2 meters, while weighing almost 40 pounds.

Pike - predatory fishplaying the role of a water orderly. The first to fall into the mouth of a predator are weakened fish, amphibians. The family has developed cannibalism. Large pikes eagerly devour smaller ones.

Perch

There are more than 100 species in the family. About 40% of them are marine or semi-aisle. Among freshwater perches, the most common riverine perch. With others, it is combined with greenish transverse lines on the sides.

The pattern is poorly expressed if the bottom in the pond is bright. If the bottom is dark, for example, silty, stripes on the sides of saturated color perches.

Perch - freshwater predatory fisheating its own fry. This is true in reservoirs where perch prevails among other species. In addition to juveniles, adult animals eat other small fish.

Arapayma

This is a tropical predator that lives in the tributaries of the Amazon. There is a bone plate on the elongated and flattened head of the fish. At the same level with her is a wide mouth of arapaima. Her body is thick, but flattened from the sides, tapering to the tail.

The fins, like eels, have grown together. However, the body of the fish itself is not so long. Arapaima looks like chopped, shortened and eaten away eel.

Arapaima has relief and large scales. It is tightly set, striking in elasticity. Its module is 10 times greater than that of the bone.

Arapaima eats bottom fish, because it itself is kept at the bottom. If a predator floats to the surface, it can even swallow a bird flying over water.

Burbot

It feeds on gudgeons, ruffs, young fish of various fish, including its own species. The moving mustache on the burbot's head lures the prey. He himself hides in silt or under the snag, in the deepening of the bottom. U sticks out like a worm. They want to eat it, but in the end, they themselves are eaten.

Burbot is included in predatory fish lakesand rivers. Ponds with cool, clear water are selected. There, burbots reach a length of 1.2 meters. The weight of the fish can reach 30 kilos.

Ruff

They are marine. In salty waters, fish of the family reach 30 centimeters in length. Four varieties of river ruffs stretch a maximum of 15 centimeters. This size is enough to feed on the larvae of aquatic insects, caviar of other fish.

Ruffles find food in shaded, bottom areas of water bodies. True, there hunters await the burbots that feed on them. What a predatory fishwins the battle - a rhetorical question.

Gustera

Reminds the scavenger, but leads a flock of life. In addition, the silver bream has silver scales, but on the keel it is not behind the fins.

Young hustlers eat zooplankton. As fish mature, they move to the diet from mollusks. Algae and underwater parts of terrestrial plants supplement them.

Saltwater Predatory Fish

Moray eels

These predatory sea fishthere are more than 200 species. The closest relatives are eels. However, they are found in fresh water. Externally, moray eels are serpentine. Fish of the family are elongated, slightly flattened laterally.

To the tail, the body narrows like a leech. The fin on the back of the fish stretches from the head to the end of the body. Other fins are absent. The minimum length of a moray eel is 60 centimeters. Representatives of the giant species are stretched by almost 4 meters, while weighing about 40 kilograms.

An elongated moray head with a vicious expression of eyes and an ajar mouth is equipped with rows of sharp teeth. The mouth is open for breathing. The body of moray eels is usually hidden in crevices between stones, corals. It is difficult to move the gills there, there is no influx of oxygen.

Acne

There are 180 species in the seas. Unlike moray eels, blackheads are solid. The bodies of relatives are mottled with patterns. More acne is less aggressive. Moray eels sometimes attack even people. In ancient Rome, by the way, delinquent slaves were sometimes thrown into pools with sea fish.

Like moray eels, eels have tail, back, and anal fins. In this case, there are individual pectoral. They, like the whole eel body, are covered with mucus. The fish are deprived of scales. However, moray eels do not have body plates either.

Barracuda

It is represented by 27 species. They are called tigers of the ocean. The nickname is associated with the ferocity of the fish. She, like moray eels, attacks even people. About 100 cases are recorded per year. Half of the victims die from wounds. So, barracuda can be safely written in the most predatory fishthe ocean.

Outwardly resembles a pike, but it does not have a kinship with it. The ocean predator belongs to perch-shaped ray-finned fish. The length of the barracuda rarely exceeds a meter. The standard weight of the animal is 10 kilograms.

It seems that a predator of this size can hardly harm a person. However, barracudas are schooling fish and also attack together.

Toad fish

Belong to the family of the battrachs. There are 5 species of toad fish in the oceans. The name was given to them for a large and wide head, as if flattened from above, a wide mouth, a protruding lower jaw, round eyes on a roll out, as if wrinkled gray or brown-green skin.

The length of the genus does not exceed 35 centimeters. The skin of fish, like that of ordinary toads, is naked, devoid of scales.

The color of the toad fish can change, adapting to the colors of the environment, the bottom. It does species of predatory fishespecially dangerous. You can not notice the toad in shallow water, step on, offend. Meanwhile, on the body of fish there are poisonous outgrowths. For a person, her injection is fatal. However, irritation, pain and swelling at the site of the poison are pronounced.

Sharks

There are more than 400 species in the seas and oceans. Representatives of some do not exceed 20 centimeters in length, while others stretch for 20 meters. Such, for example, is a whale shark.

In the generally accepted sense, it is not a predator, eating zooplankton. A typical predator is a white shark reaching a length of 6 meters.

All have common features. These are: a cartilaginous skeleton, the absence of a swimming bladder, an excellent sense of smell, which allows you to smell blood for 5-6 kilometers. Still, all sharks have gill slits and breathe oxygen, have a streamlined body shape. The latter is covered with scales, has embossed protrusions.

Needle fish

She also has a freshwater variety. She lives in reservoirs of India, Burma. Like most marine, freshwater needle is small, reaches a maximum length of 38 centimeters.

With such a length, a real body weight of several hundred grams is real. However, the body of the needle is so thin that it weighs several times less. Therefore, fish is rarely used for food - there is little "broth".

The closest relatives of needle fish are seahorses. However, they have a normal color spine. The bones of the needles are greenish. This is not due to toxicity. Green color gives a harmless pigment biliverdin.

Arrow fish

From these distant relatives of the needles you can get a solid fat. Large representatives of the genus gain 6 kg. Arrows are systematically classified as sargan, that is, they are close in blood to flying fish.

If the needles can only encroach on crustaceans and newborn fry of other small fish, arrows grab a gerbil, sprat, and young mackerel. Eating barbecue and gerbil. Needles in the diet of arrows, by the way, are also included.

Sea devils

Photo of predatory fishrepresents almost 10 types of devils. All of them are as if pressed down from above, that is, low and wide. To the tail, the body narrows sharply. The first two thirds of the length of the line is occupied by the head. Therefore, in general, the body of the fish is like a triangle spread out along the bottom.

Mouth fish with a snack. The protruding lower jaw is equipped with sharp teeth. They are bent inside the mouth. On the upper jaw there are the same. The mouth swings open like a snake. This allows the devils to swallow superior prey.

Representatives of large species of marine devils reach a length of 2 meters. At the same time, about half a meter falls on the outgrowth with a luminous capsule at the end. A flashlight is located on the face of the devil and attracts prey. The devil himself disguises himself at the bottom, burrowing into silt, sand.

Only the lamp remains. As soon as the prey touches him, the devil swallows. By the way, fluorescent bacteria glow.

Catfish

These are eel-like fish, live only in the seas. Catfish are systematically classified as perch. Predatory fish bite- a rarity, because the animal is deep, falls to 400-1200 meters. This is partly due to the love of catfish for cold water. Its temperature should be below 5 degrees.

A catfish can swim to the surface only in pursuit of prey. However, its predator usually finds itself in the depths, eating jellyfish, crabs, starfish, and other fish.

In them, the animal bites with sharp, like knives, teeth. Among them there are pronounced fangs. Therefore, catfish are also called sea wolf.

Lufar

Not divided into varieties. In the Luffarev family, there is one genus with a single species of perch-like fish. In length, they can exceed a meter. The maximum mass of bluefish is 15 kilos.

On the back of a flattened body, the bluefish has fins with cartilaginous rays. The tail fin of the fish resembles a fork in shape. In place and thoracic, abdominal outgrowths. They, like the whole body of bluefish, are painted in blue. It has an admixture of green. The back is many times darker than the abdomen.

Eel-pout

It has several subspecies. The most common of these is ordinary or European. There is also an American, eastern eel. Fishing predatory fishunpopular due to the repulsive appearance of the animal.

The venomous body of gray-green color is covered with small scales. The skin of the eel is thick and rough. A freshwater burbot has a similar appearance.

Like burbot, the eel loves cool waters. At the same time, the fish keeps in shallow water, off the coast of the seas. Water warms there more than at depths. Therefore, the eel chooses cold seas, eating mollusks, crustaceans, caviar, and fry in them.

Passing predatory fish

Sturgeon

Like all migratory fish, part of life swims in the sea, and the other in rivers. The group includes about 20 species. Among them: Kaluga, Siberian and Russian sturgeons, shovel, Beluga, stellate sturgeon, sterlet, spike. All of them are cartilaginous, have no bones, which indicates an ancient origin.

Sturgeon skeletons are found in sediments of the Cretaceous period. Accordingly, fish lived another 70 million years ago.

The largest of the sturgeons caught weighed about 800 kilograms. This is with an 8-meter body length. The standard is about 2 meters.

Salmon

The family is represented by salmon, pink salmon, whitefish, coho salmon, whitefish or, as it is also called, nelma. They resemble grayling fish, but have a shortened fin on the back. It has 10-16 rays. From whitefish, on which salmon are also similar, the latter are distinguished by a brighter color.

Salmon fish are widespread and variable. The last term means different nuances in the appearance of one species, but in different territories. Hence the confusion of classifications.

One name can be given in different countries by 2-3 salmon. It happens, and vice versa, when about 10 names in one species.

Gobies

They belong to the percussion order. It includes 1359 species of fish. About 30 of them live in reservoirs of Russia. All of them are bottom, kept off the coast. There are freshwater, marine and migratory gobies.

However, all members of the genus are tolerant to waters of different salinity. From the shores of the seas, the gobies move to the rivers flowing into them and do not always return. Freshwater species can also move for permanent residence in the sea. Therefore, the calves are called semi-passage.

The diet of gobies includes groundworms, mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish. The smallest predators do not exceed 2.5 centimeters in length. The largest bulls grow up to 40 centimeters.

Bream

His name is included in names of predatory fish, as the representative of cyprinids feeds on bloodworms, plankton and other crustaceans, invertebrates.

Interestingly, semi-aisle bream live about 8 years less than freshwater bream. The last century is about 20 years. The same can be said about other semi-passage cyprinids, for example, carp or roach.

Most predatory fish are concentrated in the warm, marine waters of the tropics. In cool and fresh reservoirs, herbivorous species are more common.