Ocellus: (pl. ocelli) A simple eye. Octocoral: Octocorals have eight tentacles on each polyp. There are many different forms, which may be soft, leathery, or even those producing hard skeletons.
Females have a yellow brown body with darker bars across the side, shorter dorsal fin with a pronounced Ocellus toward the rear of the fin.
SYN : Crayracion biocellus, Tetrodon biocellatus, Tetraodon biocellus PD : A stocky fish with a broad forehead and protruding eyes. The dorsal and anal fins are rounded and located opposite each other. The caudal fin is fan-shaped.
Often there is a green ocellus on each operculum, being only faint in yellow-green and orange color variant. Preopercular margin finely serrated. During the reproductive season (which lasts from May to July) males get aggressive.
It has interesting colors, with its eight black bands (starting just behind the eye) and its large ocellus (eyespot) on the caudal peduncle (base of the tail), which gives it its scientific name.
Daphnia tend to be almost kidney shaped, posessing only a single compound eye (though they have an ocellus, a simple eye), two doubly-branched antennae (frequently half the length of the body or more), ...
ocellatus has a distinct ocellus on each side of the caudal peduncle. This may serve to deflect the attack of a piscivore from the vulnerable head region to the tail.
The Peacock Cichlid, also called the Peacock Bass, is found from Central America down through the Amazon waterways. Its name comes from the ocellus at the base of the tail reminiscent of a peacock's plumage, ...
At the rear base of the dorsal fin there is a false 'eyespot,' called an ocellus.
lilith, which has a single side spot located high up on the side but otherwise resembles S. daemon, and S. acuticeps, which has three side spots and no ocellus on the caudal spot) have not been spawned in captivity.
Panjang tubuh (SL, standard length) maksimum hingga sekitar 65 cm, namun kebanyakan hanya antara 20-40 cm atau kurang. Berwarna merah bata pudar, kecoklatan atau kehitaman, dengan pola-pola gelap simetris di tubuhnya. Tanpa bercak bulat (ocellus) di ...
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