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Raniceps raninus, the tadpole fish, is a species of Gadidae fish native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean around the coasts of France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and the North Sea. This species grows to a total length of 27.5 cm (10.8 in).
The jellynose fishes or tadpole fishes are the small order Ateleopodiformes. This group of ray-finned fish is monotypic , containing a single family Ateleopodidae . It has about a dozen species in four genera , but these enigmatic fishes are in need of taxonomic revision.
Megophrys tadpoles feed at the water surface using unusual funnel-shaped mouths. [5] Anatomy of a wood frog tadpole (Lithobates sylvaticus) As a frog tadpole matures it gradually develops its limbs, with the back legs growing first and the front legs second. The tail is absorbed into the body using apoptosis. Lungs develop around the time as ...
Black drum: Pogonias cromis: Black durgon: Melichthys niger: Black grouper: Mycteroperca bonaci: Black hamlet: Hypoplectrus nigricans: Black jack: Caranx lugubris: Black margate: Anisotremus surinamensis: Black marlin: Istiompax indica: Very rare Black seabass: Centropristis striata: Black sharkminnow: Labeo chrysophekadion (Hammocks Lake ...
This pale, tadpole-like fish reaches up to 28.8 cm (11.3 in) in standard length and 160 g (0.35 lb) in weight. [8] It is apparently the top predator along certain stretches of the Mariana Trench, feeding on tiny crustaceans in a deep-water habitat with few larger predators. [ 4 ]
Guentherus altivela Osório, 1917 (jellynose, highfin tadpole fish) Guentherus katoi Senou, Kuwayama & Hirate, 2008; The genus distinguishes itself from others in its family because of discrepancies in morphology. Guentherus has "3 free rays followed by 6–9 normal rays with membrane between them in the pelvic fins."
The fish family Psychrolutidae (commonly known as blobfishes, [2] flathead sculpins, [2] or tadpole sculpins [2]) contains over 35 recognized species in 8 genera. [3] This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles , with large heads and bodies that taper back into small, flat tails.
The tadpole-gobies [1] (Benthophilus), also called pugolovkas (which means "tadpole" in Russian), are a genus of Ponto-Caspian fish in the family Gobiidae. They are distributed in the fresh and brackish waters of basins of the Black Sea , Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov , up to salinities of about 20 ‰.