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Bullhead catfish
* are also fairly abundant throughout the lake.
* have the wrong metabolic system and are the most susceptible to cancerous tumours.

Butterfly fish
* All butterfly fish have flexible, comb-like teeth and feed in a variety of ways.
* Most butterfly fish eat anemones.
* are carnivorous, feeding on crabs, barnacles, and other invertebrates
  - commonly colored yellow, with white and black stripes and patterns
  - egg-layers, and the eggs develop free in the water without parental care

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Angelfish
* Many angelfish have different coloration as juveniles than they do as adults.
* are brightly coloured fishes and they are very curious creatures
  - located in aquariums
* differ from Butterflyfishes in having a large spine on the preopercle.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | butterfly fish | angelfish:

Freshwater angelfish
* are one of the most beautiful varieties of freshwater aquarium fish.
* tend to lay their eggs on a flat leaf or an underwater log.

Butterflyfish
* are secondary consumers in the ocean's food web.
* pick at individual coral polyps.

Channel cat
* are in shallow spawning areas in the spring
  - keen scavengers
  - the most abundant, but yellow cats are also present
* feed around the clock, but they're most active after sundown.
* have a forked tail like their cousin the blue cat.
* play an important role as a food fish in the United States.
* thrive in lakes and rivers.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish:

Channel catfish
* Most channel catfishes live in water.
* are abundant and are distributed over a wide size range
  - throughout Florida, spawning in holes and crevices in flowing water
  - also plentiful
  - catfishs
  - extremely abundant
* are good on minnows
  - stink bait
  - trotlines and rod and reels baited with shad
  - less hardy than bullheads or carp
  - most active just before sunrise and sunset
  - omnivorous generally feeding along the bottom
  - present in good numbers with an occasional flathead showing up
* are the most common catfish species
  - popular freshwater food fish
  - thick and biting well on clam snouts, nightcrawlers and live minnows
  - very good to eat
  - within casting distance from shore at night
* avoid nets at harvest time, so the harvest takes longer and requires more effort.
* behave quite differently.
* can withstand low oxygen levels for short periods by breathing at the surface.
* have excellent feed conversion ratios.
* possess very keen senses of smell and taste.
* remain the most abundant game fish
  - third most abundant species

Chub
* feed primarily on insects and aquatic plants.
* have their own social clubs.
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### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | chub:

Lake chub
* are mostly carnivorous, feeding on aquatic insects and small crustaceans.
* can be extremely abundant in good habitat and often form large schools.

River chub
* are stubby looking minnows with small eyes.
* live in large gravel or rocky bottomed creeks with clear water.
* spawn on gravel riffles where they construct large circular nests.