butterflyfish

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Widespread butterflyfish may go extinct due to global warming, pollution

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  1. tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.

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  1. tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins

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  • Widespread butterflyfish may go extinct due to global warming, pollution —  Mongabay.com News
  • This butterflyfish is one of the three species in the genus Chelmon, all being known for ... —  We Blog A Lot
  • The distribution and density of GnRH-RIII receptors in sensory processing regions of the brain of the manogamous multiband butterflyfish, Chaetondon multicinctus —  University News
  • Most butterflyfish have fin of bone, where that in front of dorsal fin and has sharp mouth so they can easily eat food that in coral. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • If they have a long nose, name will be longnose butterflyfish, if they have a clear band, name will be banded butterflyfish, and if they have a big black dot, name will be foureye butterflyfish because the black dot looks like eyes. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
 

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