PELAGIC STINGRAY
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
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Found in open, tropical and warm temperate waters usually in the first 100 m. Possibly the only totally pelagic member of the family (Ref. 6871). Feeds on coelenterates (including medusae), squid, decapod crustaceans, and fish. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Venomous spine on tail.
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Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824)
Three-bearded rockling |
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Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Yellow boxfish |
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Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Wreckfish |
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Arnoglossus capensis Boulenger, 1898
Cape scaldfish |
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Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
Deep Blue Chromis |