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The whitespoted toadfish, Sanopus astrifer, is endemic to the coral reefs of Belize and its offshore islands and atolls.
This little fish may look cute, but it is poisonous like other puffers and toadfish in this family. This particular species only grows to 11 cm long and this individual was only around 5 cm.
#DoodlewashSeptember2023 prompt: Music. Did you know the toadfish are ‘Singing fish’, because each male has his own song used to attract mates, and it can be heard even on land?
Meiliang 52-color watercolor set on Hahnemühle Cold Press Postcard
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Australia's most elegant bird. 🐦👠
How lucky are we in Darwin that these giant birds can be found at our doorstep? ☀️
The Black-necked Stork or Jabiru are often found on the beaches around the city, with this one photographed eating a Darwin Toadfish at East Point reserve!
Standing up to 1.5m tall, they gracefully walk around waterbodies across northern Australia, using their large bill to spear most aquatic prey from fish to turtles. 🐟
Female birds, like this one, have distinctive yellow eyes whilst males have black eyes. They create large stick nests in the tallest trees around water and the young stay up there for up to 100 days! 🐣
Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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This inflated puffer fish was found washed up on Shelly beach, NSW, Australia after a storm.
" Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, and toadies.[1] They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large conspicuous spines (unlike the small, almost sandpaper-like spines of Tetraodontidae). The scientific name, Tetraodontidae, refers to the four large teeth, fused into an upper and lower plate, which are used for crushing the shells of crustaceans and mollusks, and red worms, their natural prey. "
often known as the mother-in-law fish, the Oyster Toadfish bites really hard, grunts to attract a mate, and as a special bonus possesses a spiny stinging spike on the dorsum. They lurk on the bottom of the bay, buried in muck, and lurch out to eat crabs, fish and oysters.
After washing and generally beating up a poor Toadfish this Great Egret will get it down in one gulp by just snapping his head back.
These beauties, I love. Yoda and Elvis, he reminds me of, yes... Yoda's eyes and Elvis' lips he has. I believe I heard him say thank you, thank you very much as I was departing :) I wonder if he thought I was as fun to watch as I thought he was.
The ultimate indignity, a Pufferfish blown up like a balloon and tied up with string!
"Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species, which are variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab.[1] They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large external spines (unlike the thinner, hidden spines of Tetraodontidae, which are only visible when the fish has puffed up). The scientific name refers to the four large teeth, fused into an upper and lower plate, which are used for crushing the shells of crustaceans and mollusks, their natural prey."
Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber
Coonarr beach Bundaberg
Australia
The Smooth Toadfish is very common in parts of south-eastern Australia. Despite its 'friendly' appearance, the fish is toxic and should not be eaten.
Breakfast for a Red-breasted Merganser at E B Forsythe NWR in New Jersey on 2/18/2016.
There were a number of Hooded and Common Mergansers actively fishing, but I only found this one red-breasted merganser. Fortunately he did not seem to be worried about my presence and while I was watching caught and consumed this fish
PS I have been informed that the fish is a oyster toadfish, a fish with a very mean attitude and extremely powerful jaws so it was interesting to see this merganser catching and swallowing this fish
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Toadfish (Chaunax sp.) imaged during dive 2 of the Océanos Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expedition.
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Learn more about the expedition: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/welcom...
[Source: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/dailyu...]
The puffer fish (also known as the blowfish and the toadfish) is a medium-sized species of fish that inhabits warmer, coastal waters around the world. The puffer fish is most well known for it's unique and distinctive adaptations that the puffer fish has to defend itself.
There are around 120 known species of puffer fish, the second most poisonous creature on the planet after the Golden Poison Frog. The puffer fish is found in tropical waters worldwide, but they rarely go into the cooler waters.
The puffer fish has the remarkable ability to expand its body extremely quickly when faced with danger, unavailing it's long poisonous spikes that cover its body. If a fisherman catches a puffer fish, they will never touch the spikes as they are highly toxic to humans and animals.
Buccaneer beach, Bowser BC.
What a lovely day it was, surrounded by blue herons and eagles. Favourite fishing spot and time for the midshipman fish, aka the toadfish.
Coonarr beach Bundaberg
Australia
Rough Golden Toadfish, Lagocephalus lunaris
Other Names: Golden Toadfish, Green Rough-backed Puffer, Green Rough-backed Puffer, Lunartail Puffer, Moontail Puffer, Rough Golden Pufferfish, Spinyback Toadfish
Danger:Poisonous
Depth:5-150 m
Max Size:45 cm
Tetractenos glaber
Family: Tetraodontidae
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Most members of the Order Tetraodontiformes have a rigid body that does not flex during swimming action. They are therefore slow swimmers and rely on their defences of camouflage and toxins. The toxins are contained in the internal organs and include tetrodotoxin - a powerful neurotoxin.
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These make sounds that sound like underwater foghorns. These sound man-made and it took me a long time to figure out what these were.
Swim bladder, also called air bladder, buoyancy organ possessed by most bony fish. It contains gas (usually oxygen) and functions as a hydrostatic, or ballast, organ, enabling the fish to maintain its depth without floating upward or sinking. It also serves as a resonating chamber to produce or receive sound.
The oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau, also known as the ugly toad, oyster cracker, oyster catcher, and bar dog is shown here in the aquarium at Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Most folks go to see the dolphins and the sea lion shows, but their aquarium is worth the price of admission. Not only is this fish ugly but it has a poison spine on its back. Supposedly it feels like a wasp sting. I have no desire to find out.
Oddest fact, this species has flown to the International Space Station for experiments on micro gravity effects on its balance organisms.