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Common names are Driftwood catfish or fisher wood catfish. It is the most slender of all of the Trachelyopterus species. Another feature that helps identity it is the terminal mouth, other Trachelyopterus species have a slightly high-level mouth. [3] The species is found in the tropical aquarium fish trade, though is not popular. [4]
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae. The two genera of the former family Ageneiosidae have been placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 125 species in about 22 genera. [3] These fish are found in rivers from Panama to Argentina, [3] commonly in river flood plains. [4]
Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves. It is part of beach wrack. In some waterfront areas, driftwood is a major nuisance. However, the driftwood provides shelter and food for birds, fish and other aquatic species as it floats in the ocean.
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6/10 [6] The object of the game is to solve puzzles and earn coins to set up and decorate a virtual aquarium . Using in-game currency the player is able to purchase different species of fish, decorations, and "comfort" items to make the environment more pleasant for pet fishes.
The luna lionfish is very similar to P, russelli and there are almost no known consistent morphological and genetic features which separate these two taxa. They are separated by some differences in the number of body scales above the lateral line with there being 7–10 in this species and 9–12 in P. russelli and in the number of scale rows running along the body from behind the gills to the ...
The lunar fusilier has a moderately deep, fusiform body which is laterally compressed. There are small teeth in the jaws, the vomer and the palatines. There are 10 spines in the dorsal fin and 13–15, usually 14. soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 10, rarely 11, soft rays. The dorsal and anal fins have scales.
Marine hatchetfishes or deep-sea hatchetfishes are small deep-sea mesopelagic ray-finned fish of the stomiiform subfamily Sternoptychinae.They should not be confused with the freshwater hatchetfishes, which are not particularly closely related Teleostei in the characiform family Gasteropelecidae.