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  2. List of largest fish - Wikipedia

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    The record size ocean sunfish crashed into a boat off Bird Island, Australia in 1910 and measured 4.3 m (14 ft) from fin-to-fin, 3.1 m (10 ft) in length and weighed about 2,300 kg (5,100 lb), [1] while the other record for the biggest bony fish is yet held by a Mola alexandrini which was also coincidentally 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) in mass and 3 m ...

  3. Platax pinnatus - Wikipedia

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    Platax pinnatus adults have a round, strongly compressed body which has a depth of twice the length of the head. This species reaches a maximum published total length of 45 cm (18 in). [5] Larger adults, with a standard length in excess of 35 cm (14 in) have a protruding snout and a concave dorsal profile of the head. Both jaws have bands of ...

  4. 32 types of saltwater fish for your aquarium - AOL

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    These mottled fish with captivating big eyes don’t love their own kind, however, often being very aggressive to other blennies. Also known as jeweled blenny and algae blenny; scientific name ...

  5. Giant oarfish - Wikipedia

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    Other common names include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings, ribbonfish, and streamer fish. R. glesne is the world's longest ray-finned fish . Its shape is ribbon-like, narrow laterally, with a dorsal fin along its entire length, stubby pectoral fins, and long, oar-shaped pelvic fins , from which its common name is derived. [ 3 ]

  6. List of fish common names - Wikipedia

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    Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.

  7. List of marine aquarium fish species - Wikipedia

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    the two stripe damsel is a very hardy fish. This fish is perfect for the beginner marine aquarist, as it can tolerate substandard water quality. This fish is highly aggressive, and requires many hiding places. 10 cm (3.9 in) Yellow damsel: Amblyglyphidodon aureus: Yes: 13 cm (5.1 in) Yellow threespot Dascyllus: Dascyllus auripinnis: Yes [49]: 205

  8. List of aquarium fish by scientific name - Wikipedia

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    List of aquarium fish by scientific name. 3 languages. ... This article lists fish commonly kept in aquariums and ponds. [1] Anguilliformes. Muraenidae.

  9. Permit (fish) - Wikipedia

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    The permit's genus name, Trachinotus comes from a fusion of the Greek words trachys (τραχύς), which means "rough", and noton (νῶτον), meaning "back". [5] The species name for the permit, falcatus, is a Latin adjective, which roughly means "armed with scythes".