Comments on: Strange Fish…Dinosaur or Fish?? http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/ Bringing Joy, Love and Hope :) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Lantern Bearer http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-9070 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:22:31 +0000 http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-9070 <blockquote>Tailed amphibian of the order Urodela. They are sometimes confused with lizards, but unlike lizards they have no scales or claws. Salamanders have smooth or warty moist skin. The order includes some 300 species, arranged in nine families, found mainly in the northern hemisphere. Salamanders include hellbenders, mudpuppies, olms, waterdogs, sirens, mole salamanders, newts, and lungless salamanders (dusky, woodland, and spring salamanders). They eat insects and worms, and live in water or in damp areas in the northern temperate regions, mostly feeding at night and hiding during the day, and often hibernating during the winter. Fertilization is either external or internal, often taking place in water. The larvae have external gills. Some remain in the larval form, although they become sexually mature and breed; this is called neoteny. The Mexican axolotl and the mud puppy Necturus maculosus of North America are neotenic. In 1998, five new salamander species were discovered in tropical east-central Mexico. The species all belong to the genus Thorius, whose members are characterized by their smallness – some species are less than 2 cm/0.8 in length.</blockquote> I saw them taken from the Mekong. Some were quite large and aggressive.

Tailed amphibian of the order Urodela. They are sometimes confused with lizards, but unlike lizards they have no scales or claws. Salamanders have smooth or warty moist skin. The order includes some 300 species, arranged in nine families, found mainly in the northern hemisphere. Salamanders include hellbenders, mudpuppies, olms, waterdogs, sirens, mole salamanders, newts, and lungless salamanders (dusky, woodland, and spring salamanders).

They eat insects and worms, and live in water or in damp areas in the northern temperate regions, mostly feeding at night and hiding during the day, and often hibernating during the winter. Fertilization is either external or internal, often taking place in water. The larvae have external gills. Some remain in the larval form, although they become sexually mature and breed; this is called neoteny. The Mexican axolotl and the mud puppy Necturus maculosus of North America are neotenic.

In 1998, five new salamander species were discovered in tropical east-central Mexico. The species all belong to the genus Thorius, whose members are characterized by their smallness – some species are less than 2 cm/0.8 in length.

I saw them taken from the Mekong. Some were quite large and aggressive.

]]> by: maverickchen http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-9068 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:08:28 +0000 http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-9068 ic.. now i know what this strange looking fish name.. keke.. let me find out more info about this fish, wonder if I can get one in Malaysia :P ic.. now i know what this strange looking fish name.. keke.. let me find out more info about this fish, wonder if I can get one in Malaysia :P

]]> by: BIG scott http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-8598 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:17:19 +0000 http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-8598 Wow, that's a cool looking creature. With those extensions (legs), looks like it a can a mean backstroke, too. -Scott at <a href="http://www.wallhogs.com/" rel="nofollow">Wallhogs</a> Wow, that’s a cool looking creature. With those extensions (legs), looks like it a can a mean backstroke, too.

-Scott at Wallhogs

]]> by: Lantern Bearer http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-8542 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:41:41 +0000 http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2007/04/12/strange-fishdinosaur-or-fish/#comment-8542 Waterdogs, Mudpuppys http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Amphibian,%20Mud%20Puppy.htm Very common. Very interesting. Found throughout the world in fresh water. Some have a fierce bite but no teeth. They can break fingers. Waterdogs, Mudpuppys

http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Amphibian,%20Mud%20Puppy.htm

Very common. Very interesting. Found throughout the world in fresh water. Some have a fierce bite but no teeth. They can break fingers.

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