The Barreleye Fish Species Name: Opisthoproctidae Physical Attributes: The Barreleye Fish is known for its large barrel shaped eyes that are enclosed within an extremely unusual transparent fluid filled dome on its head. The rest of the body is covered in large silvery scales. They have small‚ toothless mouths ending in a pointed snout. The fins are wing-like‚ extending about half the body ’s length. The largest of the species is at 50 centimeters. Most are under 20cm. The two holes that
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL Department of Biological Sciences Level Five Examination May/June 2011 Fish Ecology Monday 16th May 2011‚ 9.30 - 11.30 a.m. 2 hours Answer THREE questions Use diagrams where appropriate Use a separate book for each answer Where shown the % indicates the mark distribution within a question Graph paper provided Do not open or turn over this exam paper‚ or start to write anything until told to by the Invigilator. Starting to write before permitted to do so may be seen
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Your Inner Fish The beginning of the earth was approximately 4.5 billion years ago. From the very moment that this phenomenon occurred‚ the process of evolution on this planet began. Evolution is a very complex process involving change in traits over successive generations. Being discussed will be the processes of phylogeny‚ morphology‚ and development and the specific roles each play in evolution. The evolutionary process will serve as a road map to our origins as humans and more importantly
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Foxface Rabbitfish B- Fish distribution : ( where is it found in the world ? ) * Western Pacific: western Philippines‚ Indonesia‚ New Guinea‚ Great Barrier Reef‚ Vanuatu‚ New Caledonia‚ Caroline Islands‚ Marshall Islands‚ Nauru and Kiribati. Recently recorded from Tonga. C- Description : * The Foxface Rabbitfish‚ also known as the Foxface Lo‚ has a very unique body color. It has a mottled yellow-brown body with a dark chest. The face is very light in color and speckled on the lower half
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Are GMO’s are No or Go? There is much controversy over whether or not GMO’s‚ or genetically modified organisms‚ benefit us and should be allowed‚ or if they are more harmful and should be banned. Genetically modified foods are beneficial because they save money‚ have greater resistance to pests and viruses‚ and they can hold more nutrition than regular foods. One of the crops that have most widely been genetically modified is corn. Biologists can inject genes in the corn that make the corn resistant
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Isabel Loeper Period 4 10/1/14 Fish Cheeks In Amy Tan’s Fish Cheeks‚ published in a 1987 issue of Seventeen Magazine‚ Tan wishes to let her audience know that it is okay to want to be different‚ but always hold on to who you were before as well. Ms. Tan drew in the audience by beginning her story with the common line about love. She made things interesting by tell us that her crush was set to join her at Christmas Eve. She went on to explain that her Chinese cultural family was an embarrassment
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Unknown Microorganisms May 1‚ 2013 This paper is based on an experiment done in the laboratory over a period of time using the standard method of identifying an unknown microorganism relying on features such as morphology‚ arrangements and biochemical reactions. It was done in succession with each step complimenting the other. At the end of the experiment three microorganisms Bacillus azotoformans‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ and Escherichia coli was identified and one result was inconclusive. The
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of malaria. Patients are making a beeline at the doctor’s dispensary and hospitals are crowded with patients being treated for malaria. But Thane is lucky‚ as a traditional and natural way of treating malaria has been introduced here. Guppy fish or million fish‚ (a species of fishes) if released in the stagnant water and other places where mosquitoes breed‚ helps having a control on the spread of malaria. The Guppy fishes eat up the larvae and eggs of the mosquitoes and thus help in curbing Malaria
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction. ‘’Fish’’ and ‘’Fishes’’ are two terms that usually used in worldwide. However‚ both are referring to different meaning. When referring to individuals of more than one species‚ the term ‘’fishes’’ is properly to used. Besides‚ the term ‘’fish’’ is correctly used when referring to one or more individuals of one species. Hence‚ the term ‘’fish’’ is suitable to be refer to 100 Rainbow Trout‚ while two different trout such as Brook Trout and Brown Trout is correctly
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similar to most or all other species. Evolutionarily‚ majority of the animals on this planet have extinct and later evolved into the similar ancestry of an animal with unique features and characteristic. Skeletal‚ muscle and cranial nerve patterns of the common animal are somewhat consistent since millions of years. Since the beginning of the creation of Earth‚ millions of organisms and species have branched throughout existence from invertebrates to the first mammal. Still today‚ there are countless
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