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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 ]
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. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The Fauna of Barbados — an island of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the Caribbean Sea
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).
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). A fifth species, the Barbados anole (Anolis extremus), was endemic to Barbados but has been introduced to other islands.
The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus Sciaena; Sciaena undecimradiatus and Centropomus undecimradiatus are obsolete synonyms for the species.
Caribbean pipefish (Syngnathus caribbaeus) is a species of pipefish. [1] [2] It is widespread in the Western Atlantic near the coasts of South America from Belize to Suriname, as well as from the Greater and Lesser Antilles. [2] It is a reef-associated fish can grow to 22.5 cm (8.9 in) total length. [2]