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Bottom Feeders

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Field Notes

Description:

Bottom feeders can be around 1-7 pounds. ( could not find any real estimation ) Ground fish live on in or around the bottom of the lake. There is no estimate of how heavy groundfish weigh. Bottom feeders are able to live in the sand. I don't know how fish reproduce. Josie caught it in Mara Lake BC

Habitat:

A bottom feeder is an aquatic animal that feeds on or near the bottom of a body of water. Bottom feeders graze on the bottom and eat plant material. Bigger fish eat the bottom feeders. Bottom feeders help produce sand through there body and onto the bottom of the ocean and in aquariums they are known as the cleaning fish and clean up the glass and bottom of the aquarium.

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Www.wikipedia.com

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LauraMaria
It's hard to ID this properly as we can't really see much of the fish, but given location and what I can see of it, my best guest is a redside shiner. They're what are called demersal fish rather than bottom feeding fish, which means they feed near the seabed. Do you have any photos that show the fish in more detail? I'd love to see them, it would help with the ID!
KarenSaxton
Sharks eating bottom feeders isn't parasitism..... is that what you mean to say? Parasites are smaller organisms feeding on larger ones while they are still living
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PublishedOctober 11, 2011

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