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The fish is equipped with a parrot-like beaked shaped mouth to scrape algae from corals. Inhabits shallow lagoons and reefs. Solitary but sometimes swims in small schools. Female lays its eggs on the surface and emits grunts to attract the male; once hatched the little fish go back to the depths. [2] Herbivorous 70 cm. Commercial fish.
St Brandon islands are home to vast numbers of seabirds [9] [10] and Gueho (1968) found a total of 26 species including the red-footed booby. Blue-faced boobies (Sula dactylatra) are found on Serpent Island and Ile du Nord. Large populations of sooty terns (Sterna fuscata) and white terns occur on Albatross, Ile Raphael and Siren islands. In ...
This is a list of marine fish pursued by recreational anglers. African pompano; African threadfish; Archosargus probatocephalus; Arripis trutta; Atlantic Spanish mackerel; Australasian snapper; Bar jack; Barcheek trevally; Bigeye trevally; Black drum; Black grouper; Black-banded trevally; Blacktip trevally; Bludger (fish) Blue trevally; Bluefin ...
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 .
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Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
The identity of the person that the specific name honours is not given by Black and Schneider but the type specimen was in the collection of the Museo Meyeri Lugduni Batavorum or Meyer’s Museum in Leiden, Netherlands. This Meyer could have been Johan Frederik Meijer, who was a "bookkeeper" at Ambon Island and who had kept a small natural ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies eggs as a “healthy, nutrient-dense" food, according to a new proposed rule. Registered dietitians react to the change.