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The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zanclidae. It is the only member of the monospecific genus Zanclus and the only extant species within the Zanclidae.
Aquarium fish. Moorish idol (Pavillon cocher) White to pale yellow body with two broad vertical black bands. Very pointed snout. Long and backward slanting dorsal fin. Black caudal fin. Found in lagoons over coral, and rocky areas (often very close to the shore). Omnivorous 20 cm. Popular aquarium fish. Floral wrasse (Madame tombée)
The schooling bannerfish is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 18–21 cm. [2] [3] Its body is compressed laterally, and the first rays of its dorsal fin stretch in a long white filament. Its background color is white with two large black diagonal bands. Beyond the second black stripe, the dorsal, caudal fins and pectoral fins are ...
Acanthuroidei / ə ˌ k æ n θ ə ˈ r ɔɪ d iː aɪ /, is a group of ray finned fishes which is a suborder of the Acanthuriformes, although older classifications regarded it as a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish,. [2] The suborder includes the surgeonfish and Moorish idol. Members of this suborder have a compressed body ...
Zanclidae has the following taxa classified within it: [3] [4] Genus † Massalongius Tyler and Bannikov, 2005. Species † Massalongius gazolai (Massalongo, 1859); Genus † Angiolinia
The Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a small perciform marine fish, the sole representative of the family Zanclidae (from the Greek zagkios, "oblique"). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zanclus cornutus .
Jun. 14—Police stopped to help stranded motorists and came face-to-face with a family of Moorish Sovereign Citizens, some of whom fought with officers, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are endemic (unique to the island chain). [1] The Hawaiian Islands comprise 137 islands and atolls, with a land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [2] This archipelago and its oceans are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.