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The freshwater butterflyfish is a specialized surface hunter. Its eyes are constantly trained to the surface and its upturned mouth is specifically adapted to capture small prey along the water's surface. If enough speed is built up in the water, a butterflyfish can jump and glide a small distance above the surface to avoid predation. It also ...
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.
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 ...
The following list of known freshwater fish species, subspecies, and hybrids occurring in Washington state is taken from Wydoski and Whitney(2003). Some scientific names have been updated or corrected. Trout nomenclature follows Behnke et al.(2002). Asterisks denote introduced fishes.
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 643 endangered fish species. [1]
Nearly 1 in 5 renters (19%) reported being behind on their rent at some point in the past year, a Federal Reserve report this week found, up from 17% in 2022. They were also more likely to report ...
African butterflyfish. African butterflyfish may refer to: Freshwater butterflyfish, Pantodon bulchhozi, a freshwater bonytongue fish. Chaetodon dolosus, a saltwater butterflyfish. Category: Set index articles on animal common names.
Freshwater needlefish: Xenentodon cancila: 35 cm (14 in) Grunting toadfish: Allenbatrachus grunniens: 30 cm (12 in) Leaf goblinfish: Neovespicula depressifrons: 10 cm (4 in) Freshwater sole: Achiroides melanorhynchus: 14 cm (5.5 in) Golden puffer: Auriglobus modestus: 10 cm (3.9 in) Pufferfish inflating out of water can cause death. [81] Green ...