Fish that can walk on land and can breathe air .

 "Fish fish queen of river,

But she's ain't gonna live there forever".

Ever heard about fish walk on land ?or may be even breathe air . Why did they come to land ? Isn't there any other place to go ? Or may be they're bored of water and decided to take a sun bath.

Today we're going to cover these following topics :

 No1, walking fish.

No2,walking fishes names.

No3,Is there any fish with legs?

No4, why fishes come to land?

No5,Do they really come to take sunbath?

No6,snakehead fishes(for next blog).

No1,walking fish .

In literal form walking fish means fish that can walk on land or stay at land for over extended periods of time.For instance :mudskippers.

These mudskippers can spend as much as 90% of their time on land rather than water. Normally fishes have gills to breathe which is covered by overlapping layers of skin under that skin layers lies capillaries that takes in dissolved oxygen from water. While they are out of water their gills collapse resulting death for a normal fish but in case of amphibious fish it's different. Armored fish have several blood vessels in their stomach so whenever they gulp air the blood vessels present in the stomach could take oxygen from the air but in the case of lung fish, they breathe through lungs.

No2,walking fishes names :

Here are names of the few walking fishes although there are hundreds of different species.

No 1 : mudskippers – these fish or amphibian fish  are known for eyes similar than that of Periscope of a submarine.They mostly live on land rather than water infact they spend over 90% of their life on land. They keep themselves moisturised by rolling themselves in mud to prevent dehydration.

Source : Wikipedia
Fig : mudskipper

No2: axolotl–These are often considered as one of the most beautiful (cutest) creature this planet . These little creatures are also known as "The Walking fish" or"the Mexican fish" since they are found in lake Xochimilco near Mexico City . They are  endangered species with only about 700-1,200 alive in the wild. Despite of being unearthly cute they are also ruthless carnivore including cannibalising their own siblings. They can breathe on land, they can walk on land thanks to their four limbs . They're much like a salamander.

Source: Reddit

Fig: axolotl.

No,3: Lung fish–They breathe through lungs when out of water just like whales when kept under water for a long period of time they will simply drown. They are categorized into lobe-finned fish they are one of the oldest tetrapods or the predecessor of all tetrapods which dates back to almost 400 million years , long before dinosaurs existed.what's more ? They can live without food or water for 3-5years at a time by going underground. After it goes underground it covers it self in a cocoon made out of mucus. After it goes into hibernation unlike any other being who uses fat to keep them alive , it uses muscles in their tail to keep them alive.

Source: Britannica.com

Fig: African lungfish

Here are some fishes names with no detail :

1. Snakes head fish.

2. Waterfall climbing cave fish (cave angel fish)

3. Bichir.

4. Rock skippers.

5. Wooly sculpins.

6. Mangrove killifish.

7. Swamp eels.

8. Air breathing catfish.

9. Labyrinth fish.

10. Mosquito fish.

11. Mummichog .

12. Grunion.

13. Nopoli rock climbing goby.

14. Mangrove rivulls .

15. Eel catfish.  Etc..

No,3: Is There any fish with legs?

Short answer: yes,there are.....

It might sound silly at first. How could a fish have legs and walk on land? But yes there are ways. For instance, African lungfish can crawl on the land using it's limbs like tentacle. Same goes for the stone fish of some species they have limbs which acts as antenna for their surrounding. Many species of anglerfish also possess limbs to keep them stationery. The  axolotl also possess limbs.

No,4: why do fish come to land ?

They can be lots of reasons for a fish to come on land this might be because of scarce of food or growing competition against one another in a lake or pond or for some it might be ritualistic. The mudskippers spend their 90% of time on land and 10% in water whereas the lungfish comes to breathe air in between time intervals. They also so dig holes in the ground so that on the season of drought the water will dry up and in the meantime they will enjoy their time in hibernation cocoon. Some fish comes to breed and some to give eggs. Some may come to take shade under a leaf so that they will not experience that much of Summer in hot boiling water.

No,5: Do they come to take sun bath on land?

No,and yes, they don't come on land to take sun bath. But yes they do come on land to take shade In hot summer as explained  earlier . While some species like mosquitofish come on land when forced to . If they come to take sun bath they will simply dehydrate and die. They will also need supplies which can be found when hydrated.

No,6: snakehead fish a ruthless predator.

This fish can be identified by their long body, elongated dorsal fin, and snake like head plus snake like skin. This almost look like hybrid of a fish ,a snake and an eel. This predator fish is is infamous for it's aggressive nature . Being an amphibious fish it can come on land only to search for food and sometimes even attacking humans. Due to these activities the government gave an order to kill at sight.. these creatures fears the river and land . It poses serious threat to marine life in rivers and some on land.

Source: Wikipedia

Fig: snakehead fish.

Thank you for reading.