Interesting facts

Many producers of famous lipstick brands add fish scales to their products! It is amazing but it is due to this component that the lipstick gets its attractive glitter.

Australian Matt Waller is organizing underwater tours for those who like watching sharks. Traditionally, he used fish to attract predators; however, recently he has found by accident that sharks are attracted by music of AC/DC rock group. Presumably, the sharks … Continue reading →

There are several kinds of fish, which carry their impregnated eggs in their mouths. Synodontis multipunctata, or cat-fish-cuckoo, learnt to make use of this mechanism. Sensing odor of its victims spawning eggs, such cat-fish would quickly swim up to them, … Continue reading →

Pikes can really live long lives. At the end of 18th century, during cleaning works of ponds in Tsaritsyno, nearMoscow, a bred pike was caught that had a golden ring stuck in its gill cover, which had a sign that … Continue reading Continue reading →

Every third fish consumed by a man is raised at a special farm. 90 per cent of the fish is produced inChina.

We say: ‘be silent like fish’. But there is another saying in Russian language:  ‘roar like beluga’ (beluga is a big-size fish of the sturgeon family). How can the fish ‘roar’? However, the fish – beluga – has nothing to … Continue reading...

Carp would gain 100 g weight if it eats 300-500 g of food. Ctenopharyngodon idella would need 1500-2000 g, perch – 800-1000 g, roach – 2000-2500 g of food to gain 100g.

Over several last years, theBlack seahas turned into the world most polluted sea basin, according to the News Agency ITAR-TASS. Out of 23 species of industrial fish, there are only 5 left. If previously the deepest limit for life in … Continue reading Continue reading →

Everyone knows carp. In Greek language ‘carp’ means ‘offspring’. In fact, carps are amazingly fertile; their females spawn several hundred thousand berries at a time. Carp has other names as well. In Kirgizia, it is called sazan, where ‘saz’ means … Continue reading →

Fish live in schools. This life style is quite popular: out of 20 thousand fish species 4 thousand are organized in schools. For how long? It is known that cod schools stay together during their entire lives. For example, marked … Continue reading Continue reading →

According to the Ministry of Nature of Ukraine in 2011, the Soiuy mullet catch has reduced two times, pike-perch – three times, and flounder – four times against the catch 10 years ago. Main reason is irrational fishery management and … Continue...

Goat fish (red mullet) was an obligatory dish on a table in Ancient Rome. The fish was highly valued: it was bought by weight in equivalent to silver weight. An amount paid for this fish was sufficient to buy a … Continue reading →

In 1976, the USSR has introduced so called “fish day” (a day of fish food preference). It was assumed that the biggest sales of fish and fish products would be reached on Thursdays when in majority of restaurants’ and cafes’ … Continue reading Continue reading →

The most expensive fish in the world is a 200-kilo tuna fish sold on the Japanese market at a price of 230.000 US dollars. The fish was caught close to the northern coastline ofJapan. The Japanese call tuna fish “an … Continue reading Continue reading →