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This species is a protandrous hermaphrodite and Australian studies found that they were males at fork length of 24–47 centimetres (9.4–18.5 in), hermaphrodites at fork lengths between 25–46 centimetres (9.8–18.1 in) FL and females are found at fork lengths of 28–72 centimetres (11–28 in).
Brama australis is a pelagic species which lives at depths of 15 to 120 metres (49 to 394 ft). [1] It is a carnivorous species which feeds on the krill Euphasia mucronata in the southern summer off Chile, other crustaceans such as Pterygosquilla armata and hyperid amphipods are also important parts of its diet. [5]
The king threadfin (Polydactylus macrochir), also known as the blind salmon, blink tassel-fish, burnett salmon, gold threadfin, king salmon, kingfish, Sheridan threadfin, striped tassel fish, or threadfin salmon, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a threadfin from the family Polynemidae which is found in southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
The IUCN Red List categorizes T. hypargyreus as Least Concern, the justification for which being the species' broad distribution. [7] While the yield from trawling in the South China Sea declined rapidly due to population decline as a consequence of pressure from fisheries since the 1980s, [6] the Australian populations are not commercially targeted by local fishing, but are a bycatch in ...
The species' name has been given as Alectis indicus in the literature, however the genus Alectis is feminine and thus the spelling indica is the correct one. [5] [6] The common name of the species, 'Indian threadfish' or 'Indian threadfin' refers to its distribution which includes Indian waters, and the characteristic elongated dorsal fins in ...
Caulolatilus cyanops, the blackline tilefish or ocean whitefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
The long-spine porcupine fish is an omnivore that feeds on mollusks, sea urchins, hermit crabs, snails, and crabs during its active phase at night. [5] They use their beak combined with plates on the roof of their mouths to crush their prey such as mollusks and sea urchins that would otherwise be indigestible.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... is a species of fish found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. [2] Description. This species reaches a length of 31.0 cm (12.2 in ...