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| fishes text index | photo index |
| Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrate > fishes |
| Photo index of fishes on Singapore shores |
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Typical
fish-shaped small < 5cm |
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Typical
fish-shaped medium < 5cm |
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Typical
fish-shaped large > 5cm |
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Globular
fishes round or boxy fishes, fishes that look like stones |
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Flattened
fishes Flat like pancakes stingrays |
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Flattened
fishes Flat like pancakes others e.g., flatfish, flatheads |
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Disk-shaped
fishes Flattened sideways e.g., butterflyfishes, filefish, scats, tripodfishes, angelfishes, moonies, batfishes |
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Long fishes
eel-, snake-like e.g., eels, eeltail catfishes, catfishes |
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Long fishes
stick-like e.g., pipefishes, halfbeaks |
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Others mudskippers odd-shaped fishes: e.g., seahorses fishes living with other animals: e.g., anemonefish, shrimp gobies, coral gobies. |
how to tell apart
- the flatfish families commonly seen
- fishes with flat heads
- flatworms and slugs
- sea snakes, eels and eel-like animals
- fishes that look like stones
- worm-like animals
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