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  2. List of marine fishes of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Deep-sea carnivorous fish. Caught with line. Good sporting fish. Piscivorous 50–80 cm. Prized commercial fish. Deep-water longtail red snapper (Sacré chien grande queue) Elongated caudal fin whose upper lobe is longer. Red on the dorsal side, whitish below. Found on rocky bottoms. Carnivorous (small fish and crustaceans) 70 cm. Good ...

  3. Wildlife of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    These fish are proving to be a nuisance and are disturbing the ecosystem of Mauritian rivers. [12] All the above fish have been introduced. Indigenous fish are few, and one of them is the goby, locally known as bichiques, of which two species are found, Awaous commersoni and Awaous pallidus, which locally are known as bichiques. They are ...

  4. Synanceia horrida - Wikipedia

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    Synanceia horrida, the estuarine stonefish, hollow-cheek stonefish, horrid stonefish, rough stonefish or true stonefish, is a species of venomous, marine ray-finned fish, a stonefish belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae which is classified as being within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. It is a benthic fish ...

  5. Lagocephalus sceleratus - Wikipedia

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    Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), commonly known as the silver-cheeked toadfish, or Sennin-fugu (Japanese: 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes).

  6. Poisonous fish - Wikipedia

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    Species of puffer fish (the family Tetraodontidae) are the most poisonous in the world, and the second most poisonous vertebrate after the golden dart frog.The active substance, tetrodotoxin, found in the internal organs and sometimes also the skin, paralyzes the diaphragm muscles of human victims, who can die from suffocation.

  7. Scorpaenidae - Wikipedia

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    The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. The family is a large one, with hundreds of members.

  8. Titan triggerfish - Wikipedia

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    This is why other smaller fish species are often seen around it, as they feed on the detritus and smaller organisms that are stirred up. Titan triggerfish are one of a number of species of fish which can hunt and eat the crown-of-thorns starfish. [4] Titan triggerfish have been observed being aggressive to other fish who enter their territory.

  9. Vundu - Wikipedia

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    The vundu can survive out of water for extensive periods of time. [4] Due to impaired vision, they rely on vibrations and smells in search of food. They love to remain in deep water for eating any available food they need. [6] The vundu eating habits affect many aspects of their lives; their growth, feeding efficiency, and body mineral composition.