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Astroscopus guttatus or the northern stargazer is a fish belonging to the Uranoscopidae family and was first described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860. [2] [3] Members of the Uranoscopidae family are characterized by dorsally or dorsolaterally directed eyes placed on or near the top of a large, flattened cuboid head, an oblique to vertical mouth often lined with cutaneous cirri, and an ...
the two stripe damsel is a very hardy fish. This fish is perfect for the beginner marine aquarist, as it can tolerate substandard water quality. This fish is highly aggressive, and requires many hiding places. 10 cm (3.9 in) Yellow damsel: Amblyglyphidodon aureus: Yes: 13 cm (5.1 in) Yellow threespot Dascyllus: Dascyllus auripinnis: Yes [49]: 205
Fish Gallery and Seahorse Kingdom (formerly Sea Creatures) – This area contains smaller aquariums usually filled with single species. Here you can find; two tropical marine tanks, red bellied piranha , an octopus, sea horses , moray eels , crayfish plus stonefish and pufferfish in the Poisonous and Venomous fish tank.
This fish also occurs in estuaries. largest freshwater pufferfish, they are very peaceful with most fish except, other Mbu pufferfish, other fish that will harass them. see above [82] Congo pufferfish: Tetraodon miurus: 15 cm (5.9 in) As it is an ambush pufferfish it is best to house it alone as it will attack tank mates. See above. [83]
The spawning fish select sandy or pebbly shallows and deposit their eggs primarily between sundown and midnight. Females release eggs in batches of about 30,000 eggs, though very large fish deposit an estimated as many as 156,000 eggs. Total annual egg production is 200,000–600,000 eggs per female, with larger fish producing more.
The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Alosidae. [3] The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding. [4]
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, and sun perch, is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeastern United States. Due to its popularity as a sport fish, it has been widely introduced across North America.