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W. K. H. Peters, 1877. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish ( Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes .
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera [2] are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [ 4] Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet.
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail Kuhlia xenura, the mullet Mugil cephalus, the gobies Awaous stamineus, Lentipes concolor, Sicyopterus stimpsoni and Stenogobius hawaiiensis, and the sleeper goby Eleotris sandwicensis. [ 6][ 7] Three of the gobies, A. stamineus, L. concolor and S. stimpsoni, are famous ...
The ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. [3] The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour [4] and is a popular aquarium fish, traded under a variety of common names, including ram, blue ram, German blue ram, Asian ram, butterfly cichlid, Ramirez's ...
Pantodontidae. Pantodontidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Osteoglossiformes. It contains the living freshwater butterflyfish ( Pantodon buchholzi) of Africa, as well as several extinct marine species from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
Also a freshwater and brackish water fish and often sold as Dragon Fish or Dragon Goby: 21" Wheeler's watchman goby: Amblyeleotris wheeleri: Yes: 8 cm (3.1 in) Yellow watchman goby: Cryptocentrus cinctus: Yes: A species of "watchman" or "shrimp" goby that can form a symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp: 7 cm (2.8 in) Yasha goby ...
Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, [1] though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.