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- Code Number:
- AAAV05P06_05
- Title:
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Plainfin Midshipman, (Porichthys notatus), Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae
- These fish scoop out a nest under a rock, then attach up to 500 eggs to the ceiling. The male of the species guards the nest till the young have hatched and grown large enough to leave home.
Diet: fishes, crustaceans
Size: up to 38 cm (15 in)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Porichthys
Species: Porichthys notatus
(Girard, 1854)
- Keywords:
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Actinopterygii, Saltwater Fish, Salt Water, Ray-finned Fishes, Sea, Water, ctinopterygi, Sealife, Ocean, Seawater, Fish, Vertebrate, Vertebrata, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Aquatic, Animilia, Animalia, Osteichthyes, Fauna, Identification, salinity, species, Scientific classification, life
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- AAAV05P06_05
- Title:
-
Plainfin Midshipman, (Porichthys notatus), Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae
- These fish scoop out a nest under a rock, then attach up to 500 eggs to the ceiling. The male of the species guards the nest till the young have hatched and grown large enough to leave home.
Diet: fishes, crustaceans
Size: up to 38 cm (15 in)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Porichthys
Species: Porichthys notatus
(Girard, 1854)
- Keywords:
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Actinopterygii, Saltwater Fish, Salt Water, Ray-finned Fishes, Sea, Water, ctinopterygi, Sealife, Ocean, Seawater, Fish, Vertebrate, Vertebrata, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Aquatic, Animilia, Animalia, Osteichthyes, Fauna, Identification, salinity, species, Scientific classification, life
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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