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The Barbados bullfinch is an endemic species. Birds are fairly well represented on the island, with most having adapted well to the presence of humans. Two extinct species have been described from the Late Pleistocene of Barbados, the goose Neochen barbadiana and the Barbados rail Fulica podagrica, although the classification of the rail is ...
The Caribbean batfish was first formally described in 1896 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman with its type locality given as Barbados to Jamaica in the West Indies. [3] This species is the sister taxon to the aculeatus species complex which includes H. aculeatus, H. bispinosus and H. intermedius. [4]
Barbados is known as "the land of the flying fish", and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. Once abundant, it migrated between the warm, coral -filled Atlantic Ocean surrounding the island of Barbados and the plankton-rich outflows of the Orinoco River in Venezuela .
The wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. [4] The species is sometimes called hoo in the United States. [5] It is best known to sports, as its speed and high-quality makes it a prized and valued game fish.
Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 18 reptile species reported on Barbados, though two are possibly extinct. The Barbados leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus pulcher) and the Barbados threadsnake (Leptotyphlops carlae) are endemic, as were the probably extinct Barbados racer (Liophis perfuscus) and Barbados skink (Alinea lanceolata).
Adults of most species are more or less solitary, while young and half-grown fish frequently congregate. Barracudas prey primarily on fish (which may include some as large as themselves). Common prey fish include jacks, grunts, groupers, snappers, small tunas, mullets, killifishes, herrings, and anchovies; often by simply biting them in half. [14]
A school of bar jacks over a shallow reef Caranx ruber closeup. The bar jack is a moderately large species, growing to a recorded maximum length of 69 cm (27 in), and a weight of 6.8 kg (15 lb), [10] but is commonly encountered at lengths of less than 40 cm (16 in).
A second defense mechanism is provided by the sharp spines, which radiate outwards when the fish is inflated. They have upper and lower teeth that fuse into a shape of a parrot's beak; they use this beak to eat molluscs and sea urchins. [4] [8] [9] Some species are poisonous, having tetrodotoxin in