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Its ventral (lower) surface has large, white spots on a dark background, and its dorsal (upper) surface has black spots on yellow. [20] This is a form of countershading : from below, the white spots look like the lighted surface of the water above; and from above, the fish blends more with the coral reef below.
For example, black Amphiprion ocellaris with white bands can be found near northern USA, North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Japan. [3] Orange or red-brown Amphiprion ocellaris also exist with three similar white bands on the body and head.
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Blackfin tuna are preyed on by other, larger fish species such as mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis). Various species of sea birds prey on blackfin tuna throughout their life cycle, and cannibalism has occurred as well.
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.
Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally, fading to white on the lower sides and belly. Its single row of teeth in each jaw is uniform in size, knife-edged, and sharp. Bluefish commonly range in size from seven-inch (18-cm) "snappers" to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as 40 lb (18 kg), though fish heavier than 20 lb (9 kg) are ...
Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. [2]