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Cochleoceps Orientalis
''Cochleoceps orientalis'', common name eastern cleaner-clingfish, is a species of clingfish that is endemic to the marine waters around southeastern Australia. Description ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' grows to approximately 55 mm long. It has no scales, instead being protected by mucous which covers the body in a thick coating. It has an intense orange to greenish-yellow colouration. The body is scattered with dark red spots that diminish in size and intensity toward the belly. Numerous, short, thin, blue, iridescent lines are present on the back and sides. These lines are generally perpendicular to the length of the body. The posterior part of the ventral fins appear as a fleshy fringe, with the anterior part merging into the sucking disc. Parts of the disc have dermal papillae which are flat. These probably allow the fish to adhere to surfaces. Distribution ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' lives in the marine waters of the southeastern part of Australia. It is found around New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Hutchins
Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950), former dancer at National Basketball Association games Places Canada *Barry Lake, Quebec *Barry Islands, Nunavut United Kingdom * Barry, Angus, Scotland, a village ** Barry Mill, a watermill * Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a town ** Barry Island, a seaside resort ** Barry Railway Company ** Barry railway station United States * Barry, Illinois, a city * Barry, Minnesota, a city * Barry, Texas, a city * Barry County, Michigan * Barry County, Missouri * Barry Township (other), in several states * Fort Barry, Marin County, California, a former US Army installation Elsewhere * Barry Island (Debenham Islands), Antarctica * Barry, New South Wales, Australia, a village * Barry, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune Arts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals. Etymology The term ''sponge'' derives from the Ancient Greek word ( 'sponge'). Overview Sponges are similar to other animals in that they are multicell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps
''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * ''Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' Hutchins, 1991 (Eastern cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps spatula'' ( Günther, 1861) * ''Cochleoceps viridis ''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * '' Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''C ...'' Hutchins, 1991 (Green clingfish) References Gobiesocidae Fish of Australia {{Gobiesociformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upeneichthys Lineatus
''Upeneichthys lineatus'', also known as the blue-striped mullet, blue-lined goatfish. blue-striped goatfish, blue-spotted goatfish and blue striped red mullet, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a goatfish from the family Mullidae. It is native to the Pacific coast of Australia. It occurs in sheltered areas over rocky and sandy substrates and can be found , though rarer below . This species can reach a length of FL. This species is commercially important. Description ''Upeneichthys lineatus'' has a small, fleshy lipped mouth with each jaw armed with a single row of conical teeth. Like the other members of the family Mullidae it has two fleshy barbels on its chin. They are highly variable in colour, which ranges from pale cream to deep red, normally with blue and gold lines on the face and thin yellow lines and blue dots along the flanks and tail. They have a distinct midlateral stripe, and yellow stripes on the dorsal and anal fins. They may attain a length of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parma Microlepis
''Parma microlepis'', commonly known as the white-ear, is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. This fish is endemic to Eastern Australia. Description This species grows to ~20 cm. The White-ear changes colour as it grows but always has a white mark on its 'ear'. Young juveniles are brightly coloured but as the fish grows the colours fade to the adult colouration of yellowish-brown to grey or black". Distribution The white-ear is Endemism, endemic to Australia, occurring from northern New South Wales to northern Tasmania. Behaviour During the breeding season, aggressive males may bite divers. Habitat ''Parma microlepis'' are benthic coastal reef inhabitants and are commonly found on reef, in depths of 1–55 m. Diet Omnivorous. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q975448 Parma (fish), microlepis Fish described in 1862 Taxa named by Albert Günther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Jackson Shark
The Port Jackson shark (''Heterodontus portusjacksoni'') is a nocturnal, oviparous (egg laying) type of bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found in the coastal region of southern Australia, including the waters off Port Jackson. It has a large, blunt head with prominent forehead ridges and dark brown harness-like markings on a lighter grey-brown body, and can grow up to long. They are the largest in the genus ''Heterodontus''. The Port Jackson shark is a migratory species, traveling south in the summer and returning north to breed in the winter. It feeds on hard-shelled mollusks, crustaceans, sea urchins, and fish. Identification of this species is very easy due to the pattern of harness-like markings that cross the eyes, run along the back to the first dorsal fin, then cross the side of the body, in addition to the spine in front of both dorsal fins. Distribution and habitat The Port Jackson shark is endemic to the temperate waters around southern Australia and can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porcupinefish
Porcupinefish are fish belonging to the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes), also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish, not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name. Porcupinefish are medium- to large-sized fish, and are found in shallow temperate and tropical seas worldwide. A few species are found much further out from shore, wherein large schools of thousands of individuals can occur. They are generally slow-moving. Porcupinefish have the ability to inflate their bodies by swallowing water or air, thereby becoming rounder. This increase in size (almost double vertically) reduces the range of potential predators to those with much bigger mouths. A second defense mechanism is provided by the sharp spines, which radiate outwards when the fish is inflated. Some species are poisonous, having tetrodotoxin in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxfish
Ostraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera. Description Members of this family occur in a variety of different colors, and are notable for the hexagonal or "honeycomb" patterns on their skin. They swim in a rowing manner. Their hexagonal plate-like scales are fused together into a solid, triangular or box-like carapace, from which the fins, tail, eyes and mouth protrude. Because of these heavy armoured scales, Ostraciidae are limited to slow movements, but few other fish are able to eat the adults. Ostraciid boxfish of the genus '' Lactophrys'' also secrete poisons from their skin into the surrounding water, further protecting them from predation. Although the adults are in general quite square in shape, young Ostraciidae are more rounded. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Blue Groper
The eastern blue groper (''Achoerodus viridis'') is a species of wrasse native to southeastern Australia from Hervey Bay in southern Queensland to Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. They occur in coastal waters, preferring rocky areas at a depth of about . Juveniles inhabit beds of seagrass in estuaries. The diet of this species consists of invertebrates such as various molluscs, crabs, sea urchins, and cunjevoi. This species grows to a length of as adult males, while females are less than long. In 1998, the eastern blue groper was made the state fish emblem of New South Wales. Distribution and habitat The eastern blue groper is native to the southeastern coast of Australia. Its range extends from Mooloolaba in southern Queensland southwards to Wilsons Promontory in the south of Victoria, including the eastern end of the Bass Strait. Its habitat is rocky areas down to a depth of about . Behaviour The eastern blue groper feeds mainly on crabs, shrimps, molluscs and echin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelusetta Ayraud
''Nelusetta ayraud'' also known as the Chinaman-leatherjacket or ocean jacket is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found around Australia to depths of about . This species grows to a length of TL. This species is a component of local commercial fisheries Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice it as an industry must oft ....Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'' References Monacanthidae Fish described in 1824 {{Tetraodontiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilodactylidae
Cheilodactylidae , commonly called morwongs but also known as butterfish, fingerfins, jackassfish, sea carp, snappers, and moki, is a family of marine ray-finned fish. They are found in subtropical oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. The common name "morwong" is also used as a name for several unrelated fish found in Australian waters, such as the painted sweetlips (''Diagramma pictum''). The classification of the species within the Cheilodactylidae and the related Latridae is unclear. Taxonomy Cheilodactylidae is classified within the superfamily Cirrhitoidea, under the suborder Percoidei of the large order Perciformes. Molecular studies have also placed the superfamily within the order Centrarchiformes, although the Cirrhitoidea is confirmed as a monophyletic clade. The 5th Edition of ''Fishes of the World'' does not recognise Centrarchiformes and retains the superfamily within the order Perciformes. The family has four genera according to the 5th Edition of Fishes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Morwong
The red morwong (''Cheilodactylus (Morwong) fuscus''), also known as the sea carp, is a species of marine ray finned fish traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is found off southeast Australia and the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to at least 55 m, on rocky reef and coastal areas. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm. Taxonomy The red morwong was first formally described in 1879 by the French naturalist Francis de La Porte Castelnau with the type locality given as Sydney market. The Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley created the genus Morwong this species was its only member and so was the type species of the genus by monotypy. The specific name ''fuscus'' means “dusky”, thought to be the colour of specimens preserved in spirit. The true taxonomic relationships of the taxa traditionally classified under the family Cheilodactylidae have been considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
