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Sailfin Tang
Fish. Surgeonfish and tangs, like the sailfin tang, get their name from the very sharp scales at the base of their tails. When threatened, they can swim backwards at an enemy, raising these scales like a knife! ...

 


Sailfin
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see mollie.
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Mollie - or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy is found in fresh- and saltwater from South Carolina to Mexico.

Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Water Dragon)
Scientific Name
Hydrosaurus pustulatus ...

Lizards in the Agamidae family include: agamas, dragons, tree lizards, sailfin lizards, and other agamids.

Sailfin grouper (Mycteroperca olfax)
Information on the sailfin grouper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos ...

Sailfin sculpin, Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard, 1858).
Eyeshade sculpin, Nautichthys pribilovius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898).
Shortmast sculpin, Nautichthys robustus Peden, 1970.
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Sailfin catfish live in nearly any type of slow moving streams, canals, ponds, and lakes; and are normally most abundant along the shore and in shallower waters.

Sailfin Tang, Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1797)
Salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees, 1961
Sally Reader
Sally Reader at Lizard Island
Salp Thaliacea
Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XVI.

Emblemaria pandionis, Sailfin Blenny
Emydocephalus annulatus, Turtle-headed Sea Snake
Enchelycore carychroa, Caribbean Chestnut Moray
Enchelycore nigricans, Mulatto Conger
Enchelycore pardalis, Leopard Moray
Engraulis mordax, Californian Anchovy ...

brown sailfin tang (Zebrasoma scopas)
brown tang (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)
brown-banded pipefish (Corythoichthys amplexus)
bursa trigger (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
bursa trigger (Sufflamen bursa)
candy basslet (Liopropoma swalesi) ...

Queen Triggerfish, Quillback Rockfish, Rainbow Basslet, Redfin Needlefish, Red Lipped Blenny, Reef Butterflyfish, Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), Rockfish Sebastes Constellat, Rockfish Sebastes Rubrivinct, Rosy Rockfish, Royal Gramma, Sailfin ...

Also known as - Grayling, American Grayling, Bluefish, Back's Grayling, Sailfin Arctic Grayling, Arctic Trout.
General Description
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SUBORDER COTTOIDEI
Includes horsehead sculpins, sculpins, Baikal oilfishes, sailfin sculpins, fatheads, poachers, starsnouts, rockheads, alligator fishes

PERCIFORMES ...

De Vosjoli, P. Green Water Dragons, Sailfin Lizards, and Basilisks. 1997. Advanced Vivarium Systems. Lakeside, CA.

especially the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna. This cormorant forages for food by diving underwater, propelling itself by its feet. Its dives are brief, between 5 and 15 seconds.

Bandfin suckermouth catfish
Pseudacanthicus leopardus
Spiny suckermouth catfish
Pseudacanthicus spinosus
Pseudacanthicus
Pterygoplichthys punctatus
Spotted sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys sp
Pterygoplichthys ...

Their lower teeth point backwards and the upper teeth are larger in the back of the mouth. The roughsharks include the prickly dogfish (humantin), the Caribbean roughshark, the angular roughshark, and the sailfin roughshark (sharp-back shark).

especially the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna. The birds' dives are correspondingly brief, between 5 and 15 seconds. Olivaceous cormorants nest in small colonies, building stick nests a few metres above ground (or water) in bushes or trees.

See also: Zebra, Coral, Lizard, Shark, Leopard