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Fast swimmer, and good sporting fish. Carnivorous 80–120 cm. Good commercial fish. Green jobfish (Vacoas) Dark green to bluish grey. Dark spots on the middle dorsal fins. Horizontal groove in front of the eye. Found in the open sea. Often seen on sandy bottom areas. A good fighter when caught with line. Piscivorous 60–100 cm. Prized ...
The wildlife of Mauritius consists of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar.Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world.
Scorpaena frondosa had originally been described in 1893 by the German-born British zoologist Albert Günther with its type locality given as Mauritius. [2] The genus name is a combination of rhino meaning "snout" and op meaning "eye", an allusion to he upturned snout and raised orbits of R. frondosa with the suffix ias which is used in some ...
A fairly large marine fish for the aquarium with a royal blue body, yellow tail, and black palette design on their body. A star on the silver screen, as Dory in the Disney/Pixar movie Finding Nemo .
Siganus sutor was first formally described in 1835 as Amphacanthus sutor by the French zoologist Achilles Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Seychelles. [8] The specific name sutor means “cobbler” or "shoemaker", a reference to the local name given to this species in the Seychelles and Mauritius cordonnier, which means a "shoemaker", being a name for rabbitfishes in the ...
Media in category "Featured pictures of Mauritius" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) male 2.jpg 3,050 × 2,034; 2.49 MB
Priacanthus hamrur is a reef-associated species, living in tropical marine waters on outer reef slopes and rocky areas and in lagoons at depths of 8 to 250 meters, but most commonly from 30 to 50 m. [ 2 ] [ 1 ]
Blue Bay Marine Park is a marine reserve in the south-east of Mauritius.The 353 hectare area was declared a national park in October 1997. In June 2000 it was granted Marine Park status under the Mauritian Fisheries and Marine Resources Act.