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Centriscidae

Index Centriscidae

The Centriscidae are a family of fishes from the order Syngnathiformes which includes the snipefishes, shrimpfishes, and bellowfishes. [1]

22 relations: Aeoliscus, Aeoliscus strigatus, Banded bellowsfish, Carl Linnaeus, Centriscus, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, David Starr Jordan, Dorsal fin, Edwin Chapin Starks, Fish fin, Indo-Pacific, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Lateral line, Macroramphosidae, Macroramphosus, Notopogon, Pelvic fin, Seagrass, Shrimpfish, Syngnathiformes, Vertebra, Zooplankton.

Aeoliscus

Aeoliscus is a genus of shrimpfishes found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Aeoliscus strigatus

Aeoliscus strigatus, also known as the razorfish, jointed razorfish or coral shrimpfish, is a member of the family Centriscidae of the order Syngnathiformes.

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Banded bellowsfish

The banded bellowsfish (Centriscops humerosus), banded yellowfish, banded snipefish, or bluebanded bellowsfish, is a species of fish of the family Macroramphosidae, found in southern oceans at depths of.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Centriscus

Centriscus is a genus of shrimpfishes found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French biologist and ornithologist.

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David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist.

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Dorsal fin

A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.

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Edwin Chapin Starks

Edwin Chapin Starks (born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on January 25, 1867; died December 29, 1932) was an ichthyologist most associated with Stanford University.

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Fish fin

Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.

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Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific, is a biogeographic region of Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia.

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.

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Lateral line

The lateral line is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.

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Macroramphosidae

Macroramphosidae, the snipefishes and bellowsfishes is a family of oviparous, marine fish which form part of the superfamily Centriscoidea, which is one of the two superfamilies in the suborder Aulostomoidei of the order Syngnathiformes, which includes the seahorses, pipefishes, trumpetfishes and dragonets.

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Macroramphosus

Macroramphosus, snipefishes or bellowfishes, is a genus of fishes found in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to.

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Notopogon

The bellowfishes or bellowsfishes are fishes in the genus Notopogon in the family Centriscidae.

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Pelvic fin

Pelvic fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish.

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Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants (angiosperms) belonging to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments.

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Shrimpfish

Shrimpfish, also called razorfish, are five small species of marine fishes in the subfamily Centriscinae of the family Centriscidae.

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Syngnathiformes

The Syngnathiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the pipefishes and seahorses.

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Vertebra

In the vertebrate spinal column, each vertebra is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, the proportions of which vary according to the segment of the backbone and the species of vertebrate.

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Zooplankton

Zooplankton are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centriscidae

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