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The Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus), affectionately known to West Coast fishermen and divers as the ‘Red Snapper’ or ‘Vermilion,’ is one of the most magnificent, long-lived, and recreationally celebrated scorpaenid fishes of the...
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Boddart’s Blue-spotted Mudskipper (Boleophthalmus boddarti) is a remarkable, amphibious marine fish in the goby family Oxudercidae that spends the majority of its adult life completely out of the water. Inhabiting the sun-baked, exposed tidal mudflats of...
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The Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus) is an extraordinary, amphibious freshwater fish celebrated throughout Asia for its legendary hardiness and ability to travel overland. Belonging to the labyrinth fish family Anabantidae, this armored survivor possesses a...
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The Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax) is an ancient, migratory anadromous teleost belonging to the herring family Clupeidae. Known poetically across Europe as the ‘May Fish’ because of the timing of its dramatic spring spawning runs, this shimmering, silvery...
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The Corkwing Wrasse (Symphodus melops) is one of the most colorful, behaviorally complex, and familiar inshore reef fishes of the rocky Atlantic coasts of Europe. Belonging to the wrasse family Labridae, this curious coastal dweller lives among kelp fronds and boulder...
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