The Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon
kauderni) is a small tropical cardinalfish in the family Apogonidae. It is the
only member of its genus. This attractive fish is popular in the aquarium
trade. It is among the relatively few marine fish to have been bred regularly
in captivity, but significant numbers are still captured in the wild and it is
now an endangered species.
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Synchiropus Splendidus (Mandarinfish), Is it Poisonous ?
The mandarinfish
or mandarin dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus), is a small, brightly
colored member of the dragonet family, which is popular in the saltwater
aquarium trade. The mandarinfish is native to the Pacific, ranging
approximately from the Ryukyu Islands south to Australia.
Glaucus Atlanticus (Blue Glaucus, also: Blue Dragon)
If you heard about a tiny, funny-looking
animal that spends its life floating upside-down on the surface of the Pacific,
Atlantic, or Indian Ocean thanks to an air bubble which it swallows and keeps
inside its belly, going wherever the currents and the wind take it, you would
probably think it was just a harmless creature that likes to relax in the
water. But this slender, up-to-3-centimeter-long animal, which is called the
blue glaucus, blue sea slug, or blue ocean slug, is not nearly as innocent as
it seems.
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