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Gorgeous pure white fish with black spots and a distinctive "hump" on the head, leading to a popular common name, "Humpback Grouper". 75 cm (29.5 in) Painted comber: Serranus scriba: No: Large fish with classic Bass body, Silvery in colour with vertical tan stripes and a blue underside. 36 cm (14.2 in) Polleni grouper: Cephalopholis polleni: No
Exocoetus volitans, commonly known as the tropical two-wing flyingfish or blue flyingfish, [1] is a species of ray-finned fish native to tropical and subtropical seas. It can glide above the surface of the sea to escape predators .
Black and white dots on the pelvic, anal and caudal fins. Found in lagoons over coral rubble or sea-grass beds. Benthivorous 35 cm. Commercial fish. Common dolphinfish (Dorade) Extended body with a dorsal fin stretching from the head and stopping short of the caudal fin. The dorsal side is blue, speckled with orange dots; ventral part is yellow.
A fairly large marine fish for the aquarium with a royal blue body, yellow tail, and black palette design on their body. A star on the silver screen, as Dory in the Disney/Pixar movie Finding Nemo .
The body and fins are dark blue and there is a pattern of seven dark blue-black vertical bars on the head and body. The details of the patterning and intensity of the blue background colour on the body and fins shows individual variation with some fish having barrow black stripes running along the upper and lower margins of the caudal fin. [ 4 ]
The largest white marlin reported was 2.8 m (9.2 ft) LJFL and weighed over 82 kg (181 lb). [5] The coloring of white marlin is used as countershading, with a dark blue dorsal side and a dirty white ventral side. [10] Though all white marlin have the same coloring pattern, they are sexually dimorphic, with the females usually larger. [5]
A parrotfish is a large, dark blue fish with a light blue underbelly and a protruding forehead. A cardinal fish , a brown fish with three vertical black stripes, black outlining on the caudal fin and caudal peduncle, and covered in white spots.
More than 800 fish species have already been described from the waters, according to the study, but the new species stands out for more than just the color splotch on its side.