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Gallery: Underwater world of European backwaters

Gallery: Underwater world of European backwaters

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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underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, catfish, Silurus glanis — The catfish

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, invasive — The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) invasive fish from America

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, invasive, waterlilly — Water lilly rooted on the bottom

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The common carp or European carp, Cyprinus carpio — The common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio)

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The common carp or European carp, Cyprinus carpio — The common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio)

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, invasive — The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) invasive fish from America

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, freshwater snail — Freshwater snail

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus — The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), another invasive species

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, shell, The zebra mussel , Dreissena polymorpha — The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a small freshwater mussel. This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine.

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, invasive — The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, Perca fluviatilis, European perch — Perca fluviatilis, commonly known as the European perch

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The northern pike, Esox lucius — The pike (Esox lucius)

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The northern pike, Esox lucius — The pike (Esox lucius)

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea — The swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea), is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The zander, Sander lucioperca — 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.

underwater, oxbow lake, backwater, diving, The pond slider, Trachemys scripta — The pond slider (Trachemys scripta), one more invasive species

Tags: oxbow, sidebranch, underwater

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