Ocean 2

Fish Contest

Long Fin Trillits

Rose/Blue

Blue/Teal

Green/Red

Trillits range in mid to upper water depths.  They are found in coves along the shore.  They are valued for helping to keep the insect populations that breed in the water  in check.  Their maximum size is 3".  They are sometimes caught and kept in pools in the garden.

Razorbacked  Druceons

Males

Females

Lavenders

Teals

Razorbacked Druceons are to be found skimming along the bottom of Mystic Lake.  They are savengers, cleaning the debris left by other fish.  They also help maintain the quality of the water by preying on the week and sick of other species.  Their maximum size is 12"

Males

Females

Rainbow Jewels

Females

Males

Rainbow Jewels are small barbed darters to be found in the Mystic Lake.  They usually stay in the shallow edges.  They are hearty and prolific breeders, valued as a feeder fish for larger fish and as ornamental fish in the garden.  They eat water bugs and  water plants.  They are only 1 1/2" long.

Lavender

Veiled Streamers

Blue

Gold

Veiled Streamers travel in schools in mid water level.  They  eat small water fleas, other fish eggs, and algea.  They are 4" - 5"  long. 

Black

Silver

Green

Flippers

Flippers are fun loving, mammals that live in the oceans.  They love to follow the fishing fleet and have often been credited with saving the life of those that fall overboard.  They calve only in the spring and only in deep water. 

They love to play with those who come to swim with them. They are able the leap incredible heights in the air and are very intelligent.  

Juvenile

Female

Male