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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.
Hemitaurichthys zoster was first formally described as Chaetodon zoster in 1831 by the English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1837) with the type locality given as Mauritius. [9] The specific name zoster means "belt" or "girdle" and is presumed to refer to the wide, white band in the middle of this fish's body. [10]
A fish that can live both in sea and fresh water is the milkfish. Known locally as loubine, it is found in fairly great numbers near estuaries at particular times of the year. These young fish are often caught and eaten fried. However, this practice should be discouraged because these fish can grow very fast to adults weighing over 25 kg. [13]
Mahi-mahi (and many other fish) often swim near debris such as floating wood, five-gallon bucket lids, palm trees and fronds, or sargasso weed lines and around fish buoys. Frigatebirds search for food accompanying the debris or sargasso. Experienced fishing guides can tell what species are likely around the debris by the birds' behavior.
The diet of the arapaima consists of fish, crustaceans, fruits, seeds, insects, and small land animals that walk near the shore. [18] The fish is an air breather, using its labyrinth organ, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, [19] an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River.
Colparion madgei Laidlaw, 1938 – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius [9] Ctenophila caldwelli Benson, 1859 – endemic [10] Dancea rodriguezensis – endemic [11] Dupontia levis Godwin-Austen, 1908 – endemic [12] Dupontia perlucida Adams, 1867 [13] Dupontia poweri Adams, 1868 – endemic [14] Dupontia proletaria Morelet, 1860 – extinct [15 ...
The yellow-edged lyretail is a valuable food fish. However, there have been reports of ciguatera poisoning, [10] and this has led to the fish being banned from sale in Mauritius, when above 1.5 kg. [3] The danger of poisoning has also meant that it is uncommonly fished for or sold in Japan and some countries of south-east Asia.
Specimens have been taken in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Bay of Bengal, at Mauritius, and in the Pacific. The species from the Atlantic has occurred chiefly on the northern coasts, Iceland, Scandinavia, Orkney, and Scotland. The north Atlantic species is known in English as deal fish, in Icelandic as vogmær [1] and in Swedish as vågmär.