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The species in the family Percophidae are elongated, benthic fishes with an anteriorly depressed head, a broad flat snout which gives rise to the common name duckbills. The mouth is large with a prognathous lower jaw and exposed maxilla. They have large closely placed eyes. There are two spines on the opercula and one on subopercula.
Bembrops anatirostris, commonly known as a duckbill flathead, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Bembropidae. It is a deepwater fish typically found at depths between 100–400 metres (330–1,310 ft) in the western Atlantic Ocean. It can grow to a length of 35 centimetres (14 in). [2]
Cochlefelis spatula, the duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius . [ 1 ]
The duckbill pugolovka (Anatirostrum profundorum) is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the southern part of the Caspian Sea. It is characterized by its special flattened and elongated head that resembles a duck's bill. [ 2 ]
Duckbill may refer to: Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus; Duckbill dinosaurs, family Hadrosauridae; Duckbill fishes, family Percophidae; Duckbill eels, family Nettastomatidae; Duckbill choke, a shotgun accessory; Duckbill valve, a valve used to prevent back flow; Duckbill (rock formation), Oregon; Duckbill mask
Magnisudis atlantica, the duckbill barracudina, is a fish belonging to the genus Magnisudis of the family Paralepididae. It is a carnivorous fish that is endemic to the Atlantic Ocean (with the exception of the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean) and to much of the southern and northern Pacific Ocean. [1] [2]
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Butis butis, the crazy fish, duckbill sleeper, or upside-down sleeper, is a species of sleeper goby that are native to brackish and freshwater coastal habitats of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to the islands of Fiji. They prefer well-vegetated waters and can frequently be found in mangrove swamps.