WATERY WEDNESDAY # 21

WATERY WEDNESDAY# 21

Welcome to Watery Wednesday! We have a neat silvery fish that lives in both fresh and salty water for you today! Who knew fish could do that? Well, let’s go meet them…

MEET THE MILKFISH!

Range/Habitat: Indo-Pacific oceans/ shorelines, marshes, mangroves

Diet: Omnivores: algae, invertebrates

Length/Weight: up to 6ft, up to 30lbs

Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• Milkfish have no teeth and are filter feeders.
• Milkfish have long silvery bodies and unusual forked tails.
• They are very fast swimmers.
• Milk fish are found in schools (meaning a group of fish J).
• They spend most of their lives in freshwaters environments. Then head out to the ocean to spawn.
• Young milkfish spend the first few weeks of their lives in the ocean before heading back to the mangroves.

Milkfish sure are a neat fish because they spend part of their lives in the ocean and part of it in fresh water! Have you ever been to a mangrove before? They are pretty special habitats!