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Both eyes of the flounder are on the left side of the head. The eye side is dark brown and covered with comb scales; the eye side is white and covered with round scales. The mouth is large, and the clefts on both sides a···
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The suction cup formed by the first dorsal fin on the back of the fish head is longer and has 22 to 26 pairs of cartilage plates in horizontal rows. The second dorsal node is as long as the anal fin base and has 35 to 40···
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Shoulder-ringed crappie has multiple annular bands on its side and small blue rings on its shoulders. The dorsal fin has 12 sharp spines. There are serrations on the edge of the opercular bone, and there is a strong spin···
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The butterfly fish has a small mouth and a prominent snout. The dorsal fin has powerful spines, with the fourth spine being the longest. The anal fin has three strong spines. There is a large round blue spot with a white···
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Eyes The fish body is very flat on the side, shaped like a lens. The ventral edge is very convex and thin. The mouth is small and almost vertical. The base of the hip road is long, with 2 spines and 38-33 fin rays when t···
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There are 6 rows of knotted thorns on the tail of the American ray. The healing part of the kissing cartilage is shorter than the separation part. There are more than 40 teeth in both jaws. The front part of the body dis···
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The eyes of the poisonous scorpionfish are small and dorsal, with a deep depression under the eyes. Vomerus. The dorsal fin spines are covered with thick skin and have venom sacs at the base. There are no free fins below···
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Ribbon surgeonfish teeth cannot move. There is one forward spine on each side of the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin has 9 spines with 25-28 rays, and the anal fin has 3 spines with 26-27 rays. The body is light yellow, ···
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The body of the sicklefish is very flat and tall, almost round. The head is short and pointed. The snout is prominent and tubular. The teeth are thin, pointed, and bristly. There are bony spines on both sides of the fron···
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The upper and lower outer contours of the front half of the fox basket fish head are obviously concave. The snout is long and tubular. There is a broad black band from the front of the dorsal fin through the eye to the t···
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In front of the dorsal line of the white-striped sawfish, there is a broad milky-white band surrounded by a narrow black edge that extends diagonally downward, passing through the posterior edge of the eye and reaching t···
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The mouth-opening fish has a thick body and flat sides. The mouth can be extended forward into a tube shape, and the mandible can be extended backward and extend beyond the operculum membrane. The body is covered with la···
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The body of Puti fish is rectangular. There is one row of teeth on each jaw, two pairs of large canine teeth in the front, and one canine tooth facing forward at the corner of the mouth. The body is covered with round sc···
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The body of the oblique butterflyfish is flattened laterally and oval in shape. The body is covered with larger scales and the lateral line is incomplete. The head has a black horizontal band. The dark oblique stripes on···
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The checkered butterfly fish has flat sides. The snout is pointed, with the front end protruding slightly forward. The body is covered with weak comb scales. The edges of the scales on the side of the body have dark line···
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The dorsal fin of the mirror butterfly fish has 14 stubby fin spines, with the middle fin spine being the longest. There is a horizontal band on the head that is slightly narrower than the eye diameter. There is a large ···
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The silky butterfly fish has an oval body with very flat sides. The snout is long and conical. The dorsal fin has a filamentous extension ray, and there is an eye-shaped spot below it that is larger than the diameter of ···
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The mouth of the fish is very flat on the sides. The snout is very long and tubular. Mouth small, anterior position. The two jaws are shaped like the ends of tweezers, forming a straight cleft. The spine of the dorsal fi···
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The side of the body of the Forked Butterflyfish is flat and high. The kiss is short. The body is weakly lamellar and the lateral line is incomplete. There is a black horizontal band on the head, and there are many brown···
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The body of the white-edged serrated fish is strongly combed, with 30 lateral line scales. There are no long spines on the lower back corner of the front gill cover, and the ribs on the top of the head are smooth. The ra···
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The yellow-spotted swallow ray has 13 dorsal fins, 10 anal fins, 25 dorsal fin anterior scales, and the lateral line is located on the ventral side. There are small conical teeth in the upper and lower jaws, arranged in ···
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People may not be familiar with black sea bream, but as long as they say "black sea bream", it is a household name among coastal residents. This fish has an elegant body and bright color, with black markings on its spark···
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Tuna is a nutritious and valuable fish; it is very popular in Japan, some European and American countries, and it can be said that tuna is a household name in these countries, just like the Chinese people are familiar wi···
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There are three dorsal fins on the back and a small beard on the mouth, which are typical characteristics of cod. In northern my country, cod is called "big head fish" or "big head fish", while in North Korea, cod is cal···
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