Fishes of the Philippines: A Guide to Identification of Families |
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Fishes of the Philippines: A Guide to Identification of Families Genevieve Broad No preview available - 2003 |
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anal fin ANGELFISH approx band bars Bicolano black blotch black spot Bleeker bluish body shape bottoms BUTTERFLYFISH catfish Cebu City cheek coastal waters color coral reefs Cuvier dark brown deep-bodied depth DESCRIPTION OF FAMILIES Diet dorsal & anal dorsal fin dorsal spine elongate Example FAMILIES SECTION FEATURES feed fins & tail forked tail Forsskål gill cover Go to Section GOATFISH GROUPERS Habitat Habitat/ecology head profile Ilocano juvenile KEY TO FAMILIES Lacepède large eyes lateral line male medium Mindanao MODERATELY LONG MONACLE BREAM Name of fish orange outer margin Palawan PARROTFISH pectoral fin pelvic fin Philippines pointed snout Pomacentridae Prieto Diaz Puerto Princesa rabbitfish range Romblon rubble sand sandy scales seagrass second dorsal fin shallow Sibuyan silty silvery Sorsogon City species Surgeonfish Surigao City SWEETLIPS swimming Tagalog tail base tail lobes terminal mouth TREVALLY TRIGGERFISH truncate upper Valenciennes Visayan whitish WRASSE yellow stripe yellowish