Showing posts with label Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fish. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Juvenile Emporer Angelfish


Juvenile Emporer Angelfish | They are stunning as juveniles or as adults. Juvenile Emporer Angelfish have white concentric rings all over their deep blue bodies. The adults really catch the eye of the onlooker. Its body is a dark blue/purple with horizontal yellow lines streaking towards its tail. It wears a black mask outlined by neon blue across its eyes.

Juvenile Emporer Angelfish lives in the Indo-Pacific. Northwards, We can find in southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands. Southwards, we can find this species down to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and the Austral Islands of French Polynesia.


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Mandarinfish


Mandarinfish | What a beautiful fish. We can meet the Mandarinfish in the western Pacific Ocean such as in the waters of Australia, China (Taiwan), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. The geographical distance lies from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan to Australia. We only find the Mandarinfish in tropical waters.

The Mandarinfish or Mandarin dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus), is a small, brightly-colored member of the dragonet family, which is popular in the saltwater aquarium trade.

Friday, November 4, 2011

A Desert Fish Called Lungfish

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Australian Lungfish
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I want to introduce to you Lungfish. This is a very unique animal. What does your mind think when you read "a desert fish" ? Maybe you'll say impossible, crazy, amazing, could it be real or too good to be true. Because desert is always dry, hot, no water, no rain, no plant, that's what we always consider about desert. Hardly unbelievable there is a kind of fish which can survive without water. Lungfish does it !!! The South American lungfish digs a hole in the bottom mud and they make a nest in which they stay until water levels raises again. The African lungfish has taken this a step further and covers their body with a secretion. The secretion dries to a leathery cocoon that helps them to keep alive until the water returns. They can survive without water up two years.


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South American Lungfish

Sparus Macrochephalus - A Fish That Can Change Its Gender Naturally

Sparus Macrochephalus is a unique animal. It doesn't look different from other fish. But this small fish called Sparus Macrochephalus has a unique capability that other fish doesn't have. You must wonder what its uniqueness is. It is so amazing that it can change its gender. Is it real ? Yes, it is. When it is needed, this fish will change its gender. How ?