Jozani biodiversity inventory report 2002 - Coastal Forests of Kenya ...
Jozani biodiversity inventory report 2002 - Coastal Forests of Kenya ...
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Colour: inshore scapionfishes are mostly brown or various mottled and barred with dark<br />
pigment on ligher background. Deeper water are mostly red, <strong>of</strong>ten with spots or darker red,<br />
rown or black and with white skin filaments.<br />
Geographical distribution and behaviour<br />
Thoughout the region.<br />
SOLEIDAE<br />
Colour: eyed side greyis brown to redish brown, blid side white. Both eyes on rightside <strong>of</strong> the<br />
head. Pectoral fins absent or present. No fin spine.<br />
Feeding: feeds on benthic invertebrates and fishes. Are pelagic spawners.<br />
Geographical distribution and behaviour<br />
Western Indian Ocean,Red Sea,Natal,Mozambique, India and Japan.<br />
SYNGNATHIDAE<br />
Colour: variable from brown or dark brown, or banded.<br />
Geographical distribution and behaviour<br />
Temperate and sub-tropical Indo-Pacific, Inhaca, Mozambique, <strong>Kenya</strong>, Madagascar, Pinda<br />
and Zanzibar. Sexual dimorphic, male carry eggs exposed.<br />
TETRAODONTIDAE<br />
Colour: varible.<br />
Geographical distribution and behaviour<br />
Some species contain contanin tetraodotoxin especially inm viscera, in gonads <strong>of</strong> some<br />
species during spawning season.<br />
Feeding: some spedcies consume abouyt ecverything where others have preference for certain<br />
invertebrates.<br />
Distribution: tropical and subtropical, India and Pacific.<br />
TERAPONIDAE<br />
Colour: Body yellowish, silvery-grey with white belly, 3-longtudinal brown.<br />
Geographical distribution and behaviour<br />
From Red Sea, East Africa to Mozambique. Feeds on bentrhic invertebrates and small fishes.<br />
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