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03.18.2009 -- spent the day working in la and didn't have much time to take pictures, so i walked around bobby's apartment. it's full of random trinkets in all the windows. this fish was interesting...
London Zoo, Regents Park.
The aquarium runs for 150 yards under the Mappin Terraces and was built in 1924. It is the largest aquarium in Britain.
Created for the purple postcard swap on swap-bot from a painted frozen pizza box, discarded book fish, and scrapbook paper bubbles.
The fish is delicious, although my stomach doesn’t seem to cope well with it. Recent years, my tongue and stomach seems to be not having the same opinion about foods.
This little fish has a body of 3 inches long—I used crochet thread with a 4 hook. Hanger is made from a large paper clip with beads.
The Hawaiian turkeyfish (Pterois sphex) is a scorpaenid fish found in the eastern Central Pacific, specifically in marine waters off of Hawaii. It is found in seaward reefs and lagoons at depths from 3 – 122 m. The Zebra turkeyfish (Dendrochirus zebra) is a very poisonous fish. It lives in the Indian and Pacific seas. The fish has 13 poisonous spikes along its back, used to look after itself. The fish is slow and quiet, but can be a danger. The fish rests in dark places such as under a rock or a piece of coral. They aren't affected by each other's poison. They are single fish that are not scared of anything, as they have no predators other than grouper.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Genus/species: Centropyge argi
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Like their close relatives the butterflyfishes, they have a deep, laterally compressed body, a single, unnotched dorsal fin, and a small mouth with brushlike teeth. The most observable difference between the two families is the long spine at the corner of the preopercle common to angelfishes.
C. argi is a small, oval angelfish. The body is dark blue with a yellow-orange face and blue ring around the eye. Pectoral fins are pale yellowish; other fins deep blue with pale blue margins.
Length up to 8 cm (3.1 in)
DISTRIBUTION/ HABITAT: Bermuda, Florida, Bahamas, Yucatan and Central American coast to Guianas. Nocturnally active in pairs or small groups in rubble areas near rocky or coral reefs, occasionally walls.
Depth 9–105 m (30-345 ft), commonly deeper than 30 m (100 ft)
DIET IN THE WILD: Omnivorous, feeds on algae, benthic inverts and detritus.
REPRODUCTION/DEVELOPMENT: Broadcast spawners. All Centropyge are born female. As they grow, the larger and more dominant fish will become male and the others will remain female. If the male dies, the next in command in the hierarchy will turn to male.
PREDATORS: Preyed on by other fish such as yellow-finned tunafish. This small angelfsh darts into crevices when frightened or pursued by predators. Lifespan: Have been reported to live up to 5 years in captivity.
CONSERVATION: IUCN Least concern
References
California Academy of Sciences, Steinhart Aquarium, Caribbean reef fishes 2015
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/sets/72157606840726733/
Ron's W0rdpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-uJ
fishbase www.fishbase.org/summary/3607
Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
ADW animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Centropyge_argi/
7-1-08, 1-06-16
Lion fish are among the coolest looking critters there is. This one was shot at Birch Aquarium (I think).