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De Beaufort's flathead is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 50 cm (19.7 in), but the average size mostly observed is 35 cm (13.8 in). [2] The body is elongated and the head is particular because of its flat appearance like a duck bill.
The genus name Papilloculicepsis a combination of papilla, meaning "nipple", and oculus, which means "eye", a reference to the small and inconspicuous flattened papilla on the upper surface of the eyeball this species with ceps, which means "head" suffixed The specific name means "long head" and may refer to the head of this fish being similar to that of a crocodile's.
Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822), the crazy fish, a sleeper goby found in marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats along the Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973), the De Beaufort's flathead, reef-associated, a fish occurring in the western Pacific.
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians. . Mature females are 2.6 to 4.5 m (8 ft 6 in to 14 ft 9 in) long, and males 3 to 6 m (9 ft 10 in to 19 ft 8
While the houndfish has no spines, its dorsal fin has 21–25 soft rays, and its anal fin has 19–22. [2] They are also known to have 80–86 vertebrae. [2] A key way of distinguishing the houndfish from other members of the genus Tylosurus is that the houndfish's teeth point anteriorly when the fish is a juvenile.
The crocodile icefish or white-blooded fish comprise a family (Channichthyidae) of notothenioid fish found in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. They are the only known vertebrates to lack hemoglobin in their blood as adults. [ 2 ]
While the crocodile was once considered an endangered species, it’s now seen a significant improvement in its numbers, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Today ...
The crocodile flathead (Cociella crocodilus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.