This made me laugh today @i cant think @ISpeakForTheSeas @lion king @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal maybe this will make you laugh too.
Looks like a certain well known marine retail store has restored its online page and come up with this. Underneath batfish you will see what appears to be Ogcocephalus corniger. Which is a benthic predator often known as a batfish.
However if you press on that section only one fish comes up is Platax orbicularis. Which is a free swimming fish that is most commonly known as a spdefish as an adult but is unfortunately also known as a batfish in their juvenile forms. Yes it looks like a rotting banana not a bat but thats what someone called it. And if you've been to the Georgia Aquarium you've seen what they become. Giant ugly silver discs. Sorry @dodojojo but its true.
Yes, these are both fish, shoot they are even both ray-finned fish from the same class. But then almost all of our fish are ray finned fish. Angler fish and tangs are both ray-finned fish. Eels, and gobies, and angelfish, and that catfish that swim up the urethra are all ray-finned fish. That does not mean you can all toss them together because their names are similar....
Anyway I'm off to the country barn to see if I can get myself a seahorse.
Looks like a certain well known marine retail store has restored its online page and come up with this. Underneath batfish you will see what appears to be Ogcocephalus corniger. Which is a benthic predator often known as a batfish.
However if you press on that section only one fish comes up is Platax orbicularis. Which is a free swimming fish that is most commonly known as a spdefish as an adult but is unfortunately also known as a batfish in their juvenile forms. Yes it looks like a rotting banana not a bat but thats what someone called it. And if you've been to the Georgia Aquarium you've seen what they become. Giant ugly silver discs. Sorry @dodojojo but its true.
Yes, these are both fish, shoot they are even both ray-finned fish from the same class. But then almost all of our fish are ray finned fish. Angler fish and tangs are both ray-finned fish. Eels, and gobies, and angelfish, and that catfish that swim up the urethra are all ray-finned fish. That does not mean you can all toss them together because their names are similar....
Anyway I'm off to the country barn to see if I can get myself a seahorse.