Biosphere & Nature
The Geisha Among Fish – Xyrichtys Geisha

Tags: fish | Xyrichtys geisha

In 1986, two Japanese ichthyologists, Araga and Yoshino, described a new species of Xyrichtys—Xyrichtys geisha.
The fish was so named based on one striking feature: its black and red coloration.
 
The broad scarlet stripe across the dark black body resembles the stark contrast between the black hair and red lips of a traditional Japanese geisha..... 
 

 

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Island Mambo- Ranzania laevis

Tags: fish | Mambo | sunfish

In the distance arises the song “Mambo, Mambo…” as the migratory fish in the epipelagic zone, such as tuna, bonito, mackerel, coryphaena hippurus, sailfish, and sunfish, ride over the waves in the warm Kuroshio waters to the eastern coast of Taiwan. Of all these fish, the sunfish is the biggest bony fish with a length of more than 3 meters and weighs up to 2,300 kilograms. In addition, the sunfish can lay over 300,000,000 eggs, which has been the largest number of eggs hatched among all fish. The English name “sunfish” is bestowed upon it based on the fact that the sunfish usually frequents the surface waters. ......
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Endemic plants in Taiwan

Tags: nature | plant

Endemic plants refer to a species of plants unique to a geological area like Taiwan. Because of Taiwan's unique geographical location, climate, and terrain structure, plants have evolved to create a very high ratio of endemic species on the island. Most of the endemic plants belong to the Orchidaceae, Compositae, Rosaceae, and Graminae. Taiwan is situated between the east Asian continental margin and western Pacific islands. The climate is divided into tropical and subtropical zones by the Tropic of Cancer. In terms of the plants’ geographical distributions, they belong to species between East Asia and Malaysia......

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Economic shellfish

Tags: mollusc | shellfish

Economic shellfish usually refer to molluscs from which people get high profit in shellfish industry. Some of them provide rich source of protein, such as edible shellfish, cultured shellfish and trapped shellfish. Others produce pearls like pearl oysters....
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Digitized Collection on Specimen of Fish, Shrimps, and Shells in Fisheries Research Institute

Tags: fish | Fisheries Research Institute

Taiwan is surrounded by oceans. The effects of cold currents in the coastline of Mainland China, warm currents, Japan current, and monsoon have made Taiwan an appropriate habitat for fish, shrimps, and shells. This unique geographic envionrment forms an excellent natural fishery that breeds and enriches the diversified life-force of the ocean....
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Deep-Sea Fish in Taiwan

Tags: deep-sea fish | Fish Database of Taiwan

Off eastern, northeastern and southwestern Taiwanese waters, there are many unusual deep-sea fishes, including lantern fish, dragon fish, rattail cod, deep-sea anglerfish, and sharks. In order to adapt the deep-sea environment under 200m depth, they have developed long sharp teeth, expandable jaws and stomachs, and light organs....
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