Groper have big fleshy lips and tiny teeth. She prefers me to uncover the underside of the urchin and to hold as many spines back out of the way as practical before striking. Even so a large spine broke off in her lip that fortunately left enough sticking out for me to cuddle her on...
razor fish- any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean razor-fish wrasse- chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored genus Hemipteronatus,Hemipteronatus- razor fish ...
They don’t have teeth because they have no need. A scorpionfish can open its mouth and its gills simultaneously, thereby creating an instant vacuum that will suck in its prey in a flash. I have seen this described as “a nearly imperceptible split-second movement (15 milliseconds)”… ...
Whenever a somite dies, the muscle gets smaller and a kink in the fish will be seen. The concave side of the bend is the side with the dead somite. If you don’t carry fish around in nets, this is unlikely to ever have been seen in your collection. Koi Teeth In the back of the...
It closes its suctorial lips against the prey, kind of like kissing it. Then, it uses its upper pointed teeth and powerful jaws to grip the prey better. Finally, it uses its upper teeth and jaws to take a chunk out of the animal. Most bites from the teeth and jaws measure about 2...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook blackfish Thesaurus Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia black·fish (blăk′fĭsh′) n.pl.blackfishorblack·fish·es 1.Any of various dark-colored fishes, such as: a.A small edible freshwater fish(Dallia pectoralis)that inhabits ...
pulling the prey into the mouth along with water. The attack can be as fast as 6 milliseconds. The water flows out through the gills, while the prey is swallowed and the oesophagus closed with a special muscle to keep the victim from escaping. In addition to expanding their mouths, frogfis...
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How Big Do Cobia Fish Get? Having a wide, flat head and a dorsal fin with short, sharp, isolated spines makes them a little easier to recognise. But, you should also use their overall size and shape for confirmation. The largest and heaviest specimens (females) can reach a length of tw...
this anemone has long, green moving ‘hair’. Instead of being made of snakes, though, the anemone’s locks are its stinging tentacles. They are pretty but deadly, especially if you are a small animal, or even quite a big one. We’ve often seen crab legs hanging out the mouths of th...