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Dusky Parrotfish

Dusky parrotfish, Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in  the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10 dorsal soft rays, 9 dorsal spines, 9 anal soft rays, and 3 anal spines ...

Stefano

January 29, 2025

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Black Seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus

Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a protogynous species of Sparidae fishes, recognisable by their oval, compressed body and jaws, which contain 4–6 rows of slender teeth that are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with blue and pink tinges and broken longitudinal gold lines. ...

Fanino Cirivasi

November 26, 2024

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Dusky grouper

Dusky grouper or Mediterranean Grouper is one of the most wanted fish by underwater photographers for the colors of its livery and because as an adult it can reach considerable dimensions, on average over 60 kg in weight, for a length of 1.5 m. Epinephelus marginatus Cernia mediterranea Dusky Grouper ...

Andrea Cirivasi

September 20, 2024

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Attack of the mediterranean Grouper

In this short video we see a Mediterranean grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, making a lightning-fast sprint towards a probable prey. It would seem the classic attack of a predatory fish but even if you slow down the footage ten times you cannot see the wide open mouth of the fish devouring the prey. So probably the groupers and the serranidae ...

netartstudio

February 11, 2022

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Fish that defend their territory - Labrus mixtus

In this article we want to dispel some myths for which some species of fish approach the diver to get acquainted or otherwise. In the video we actually see a Cuckoo wrasse female Whistle Thrush (Labrus mixtus) approaching the diver, or rather the two divers, until he is touched. This behavior is due to the fact that the fish is simply defending its territory, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 16, 2020

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Epinephelus marginatus - Brown Grouper - Dusky Grouper

The video was shot on a shoal offshore in a stretch of the Mar Ligure coast, where the groupers had long since practically disappeared and where already in several dives we have seen small specimens of Epinephelus marginatus, the endemic Brown Grouper of the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 19, 2020

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