Charales (fish)

Background

Charales are silvery-white, pale gray-brown, or dull yellowish fish with a long horizontal line on the side of the body. They range in size from under 10 cm to over 40 cm. As filter feeders, they consume small organisms such as copepods, cladocerans, rotifers, insect larvae, and fish eggs. They are oviparous with external fertilization, and females lay a few hundred to a few thousand eggs per spawning.