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Gallery: Underwater world of European backwaters

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European backwaters are rich with all kinds of the animals and the plants. From tiny invertebrates to the giant catfish, it is ecosystem comparable to the tropics.

 

Read more about backwaters – sidearms, dead arms and oxbow lakes

 

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The catfish
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) invasive fish from America
Water lilly rooted on the bottom
The common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio)
The common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio)
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) invasive fish from America
Freshwater snail
The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), another invasive species
The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a small freshwater mussel. This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine.
The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
Perca fluviatilis, commonly known as the European perch
The pike (Esox lucius)
The pike (Esox lucius)

 

The swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea), is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
The zander (Sander lucioperca) is a species of fish from freshwater and brackish habitats in … Zander are often called pike-perch as they resemble the pike with their elongated body and head, and the perch with their spiny dorsal fin.
The pond slider (Trachemys scripta), one more invasive species

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