Scientific name: Pardachirus pavoninus
Size: Up to 9.9 inches
Color: Light or dark brown
Distinguishing feature: Flat fish. Light tasks (yellow) more or less round and edged with black.
Where did we see it: Mexico
Scientific name: Pardachirus pavoninus
Size: Up to 9.9 inches
Color: Light or dark brown
Distinguishing feature: Flat fish. Light tasks (yellow) more or less round and edged with black.
Where did we see it: Mexico
This fish secretes a toxin called pavonin that diffuses mucus which covers the body and which is deadly to small fish. This also has a repulsive effect on sharks.
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!