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butterflyfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flying gurnard, flying robin |
| Type of | scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish |
Examples of butterflyfish
butterflyfish
You'll routinely see butterflyfish, surgeonfish, tangs, rainbow wrasses.
From the ocregister.com
Nobody knows why the butterflyfish has stayed the same for so long.
From the newscientist.com
They unexpectedly found nursery grounds for juvenile reef fish like parrotfish and butterflyfish.
From the abcnews.go.com
There are dozens more, including tropical Indo-Pacific angelfish, butterflyfish and surgeonfish.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
This chemical tagging approach has been successfully tested in limited studies with clownfish and butterflyfish.
From the sciencedaily.com
Butterflyfish are noticeable denizens of coral reefs with often colorful markings and striking patterns for which they are named.
From the theepochtimes.com
That is the butterflyfish at work.
From the newscientist.com
The butterflyfish is one of the few fish that can breathe air, which it does using its swim bladder, an internal organ filled with gas.
From the newscientist.com
They keep a salt water tank full of cowfish, trunkfish, and spotfin butterflyfish and raise them until they are healthy enough to donate.
From the abcnews.go.com
- Flying gurnard: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
- The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, there are approximately 120 species in 10 genera . ...
