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These are used to impale their prey, mostly smaller fish. [4] It typically reaches a standard length of about 30 cm (1.0 ft), [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] but can reach up to 51 cm (1 ft 8 in). [ 7 ] There are reports of far larger individuals, up to 117 cm (3 ft 10 in) in total length [ 3 ] and 17.8 kg (39 lb 4 oz) in weight, based on records by IGFA ...
Stylephorus chordatus, the tube-eye or thread-tail, is a deep-sea ray-finned fish, the only species in the genus Stylephorus and family Stylephoridae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in deep subtropical and tropical oceans around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton .
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This species is mainly nocturnal but can sometimes be seen during the daytime swimming over sandy or vegetated areas. [3] It generally spends the daytime buried in sand, digging itself in tail first. It has a well-developed sense of smell which it uses to locate its prey, which include crustaceans , banded snake eels and other small fish, while ...
At least one species, Coryphaenoides armatus, is thought to be semelparous; that is, the adults die after spawning. Nonsemelparous species may live to 56 years or more. The macrourins, in general, are thought to have low resilience; commercially exploited species may be overfished and this could soon lead to a collapse of their fisheries.
The marbled electric ray has a nearly circular pectoral fin disc and a muscular tail that bears two dorsal fins of nearly equal size and a large caudal fin. It can be identified by the long, finger-like projections on the rims of its spiracles , as well as by its dark brown mottled color pattern, though some individuals are plain-colored.
The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898. [ 4 ]
The marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) is a widely distributed species of fish in the family Butidae native to fresh and brackish waters of the Mekong and Chao Praya basins, as well as rivers and other water bodies in Cambodia (where it is called ត្រីដំរី "TreiDamrei"), Thailand (where it is called ปลาบู่), Malaysia, Singapore (where it is called "Soon Hock" fish ...