Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,900,068,973 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Notopteridae
(redirected from Featherback)

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.03 sec.
Notopteridae [‚nō‚täp′ter·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
The featherbacks, a family of actinopterygian fishes in the order Osteoglossiformes; bodies are tapered and compressed, with long anal fins that are continuous with the caudal fin.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
It is the first Featherback she has ever caught and the catch has now been submitted to the IGFA for an All Tackle World Record for the species In temperatures half as warm as those in Thailand all local waters have been fishing well, with Dissington Pond yielding quality tench and the same species is making it's presence felt at Aldin Grange where skimmers are also being caught on the Silver Fish Lake.
The latter include ornamentals, such as the Clown Loach and the Asian Arowana, but also highly prized food fish such as the Marbled Goby Oxyeleotris marmorata or ikan lemas, Sultan Fish Leptobarbus hoevenii or jelawat, Featherback Chitala lopis or belida and Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes or toman.
Specimen hunters are willing to travel all over the globe nowadays seeking out specimen fish, and Bruce Dale of Belford in Northumberland acheived world record status, (and has the certificate to prove it,) when he caught the world's heaviest-ever featherback, during a recent big fish expedition in Thailand.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.