WATERY WEDNESDAY # 73

WATERY WEDNESDAY # 73

 It’s time to hop aboard the E & E sub today and meet a fish with big teeth! There’s always room for everyone has we head out to the Pacific Ocean to meet…

MEET THE WOLF HERRING!

   Range/Habitat: Indo-Pacific Ocean/ ocean

   Diet: Carnivore: fish

   Length/Weight:  3 ¼ ft/ 14 oz

Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

•          Wolf Herrings are the largest member of the herring family.
•          They are bright blue in coloration.
•          Wolf herrings are active hunters.
•          Wolf herrings have two fang-like teeth that protrude out of their mouth.
•          They are known to hunt in small groups.

Wolf herrings are truly predators with those large teeth. We sure wouldn’t want to meet with that end of these fish!