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In this central layer the pictorial elements are equal: birds and fish are alternately foreground or background, depending on whether the eye concentrates on light or dark elements. The birds take on an increasing three-dimensionality in the upward direction, and the fish, in the downward direction. But as the fish progress upward and the birds ...
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Prized commercial fish. Ruby snapper (Sacré chien rouge) Pink to red on upper part, but silvery pink on sides and lower part. Inside of mouth is red. Large eyes. Scales are absent on dorsal and anal fins. Deep-sea carnivorous fish. Caught with line. Good sporting fish. Piscivorous 50–80 cm. Prized commercial fish.
Exocoetus volitans, commonly known as the tropical two-wing flyingfish or blue flyingfish, [1] is a species of ray-finned fish native to tropical and subtropical seas. It can glide above the surface of the sea to escape predators .
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Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and ...
The Hebrides (Outer Hebrides in orange). The flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides in northwest Scotland comprises a unique and diverse ecosystem.A long archipelago, set on the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, it attracts a wide variety of seabirds, and thanks to the Gulf Stream a climate more mild than might be expected at this latitude.
The St Thomas conure (or brown-throated parakeet) lives throughout the Virgin Islands. The fauna of the United States Virgin Islands consists of 144 species of birds, 22 species of mammals, 302 species of fish and 7 species of amphibians. [1] The animals include numerous native species of tropical birds, fish, and land reptiles as well as sea ...