Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A female of Stiphodon multisquamus with a standard length of 60.4mm is the largest Stiphodon individual on record. [1] Males of Stiphodon species are often vividly colored and a few species are occasionally sold in the aquarium trade , including Stiphodon ornatus , Stiphodon atropurpureus , Stiphodon maculidorsalis , Stiphodon semoni , and ...
Poecilia sphenops, called the Mexican molly or simply the molly, is a species of poeciliid fish from Central America. It was once understood as a widespread species with numerous local variants ranging from Mexico to Venezuela, but these variants are today considered distinct species belonging to the P. sphenops complex and P. sphenops itself as being native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Southern saratoga can grow up to 90 centimetres (35 in) 4 kilograms (8.8 lb). At sexual maturity, they are usually 48–49 centimetres (19–19 in) in length. They are primitive, surface-dwelling fish with strongly compressed bodies. They have an almost perfectly flat back, with a dorsal fin set back towards the tail of their long bodies.
The anal fin has 3 spines and 11 or 12 soft rays, the base of the anal fin is roughly equal in length to the second dorsal-fin base. The pectoral fin has 15 or 16 rays, and this fin has a length which is equal to 20 to 23% of the standard length , and its tip does not reach the tip of pelvic fin ; almost all the rays of the pectoral fin are ...
Allium crenulatum (Asparagales), an onion, with typical monocot perianth and parallel leaf venation Onion slice: the cross-sectional view shows the veins that run in parallel along the length of the bulb and stem. The monocots have, as the name implies, a single (mono-) cotyledon, or embryonic leaf, in their seeds.
DuPont made public in 1938 that their company had invented nylon. [1] This new invention was the first synthetic fiber, fabrics that are commonly used in textiles today. [2] In 1939, DuPont began marketing nylon monofilament fishing lines; however, braided Dacron lines remained the most used and popular fishing line for the next two decades, as early monofilament line was very stiff or "wiry ...
Cetoscarus bicolor is sexually mature at around three years of age, and the size distribution for a given population tends to show that the largest fish are male due to this lot of alternative gonochorism (Choat & Robertson, 2020). This system has significant biological potency in controlling breeding populations because it has a flexible ...
The largest species in the family is the angler (Lophius piscatorius) which has a maximum published standard length of 200 cm (79 in) while the smallest is Lophiodes fimbriatus with a maximum published standard length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [13] American angler (Lophius americanus) at the New England Aquarium