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Peacock flounder

Index Peacock flounder

The peacock flounder (Bothus mancus), also known as the flowery flounder, is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). [1]

27 relations: Animal coloration, Bothidae, Breeding in the wild, Camouflage, Cell (biology), Checkerboard, Coral, Crab, Crypsis, Egg, Eye, Fertilisation, Fish, Flower, Hormone, Indo-Pacific, IUCN Red List, Nocturnality, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, Pigment, Polynesia, Predation, Radar, Sand, Shrimp.

Animal coloration

Animal coloration is the general appearance of an animal resulting from the reflection or emission of light from its surfaces.

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Bothidae

Lefteye flounders are a family, Bothidae, of flounders.

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Breeding in the wild

Breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species.

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis).

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Cell (biology)

The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.

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Checkerboard

A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts (checkers) is played.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) (translit.

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Crypsis

In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Eye

Eyes are organs of the visual system.

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Fertilisation

Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, conception, fecundation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to initiate the development of a new individual organism.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle “ὁρμῶ”, "to set in motion, urge on") is any member of a class of signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms that are transported by the circulatory system to target distant organs to regulate physiology and behaviour.

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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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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet

Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (28 February 1761 – 17 January 1807), French naturalist, was born at Montpellier.

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Pigment

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

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Polynesia

Polynesia (from πολύς polys "many" and νῆσος nēsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Shrimp

The term shrimp is used to refer to some decapod crustaceans, although the exact animals covered can vary.

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Bothus mancus, Flowery flounder.

References

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

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