Leaf-shaped fish

Leaf-shaped fish are just like their names, If the leaf-shaped fish is motionless at the bottom of the water, it is almost indistinguishable from the leaves that fall into the water. If the leaf-shaped fish does not move when they are picked up with a net, then the leaf-shaped fish can only be found by picking out the picked leaves. The survival of shaped fish.

The adult body of the leaf-shaped fish is 10 cm long, tall and flat on the sides, resembling a leaf. The head and snout are pointed. The mouth is large and the cleft is downward sloping. The lower jaw is overhanging and has a hard tentacle on it. Above the eyes and top. The bases of the dorsal and anal fins are very long until the caudal peduncle, and the number of hard spines is greater than the number of soft fin rays.

The pectoral fins are small, and the pelvic fins are located slightly in front of and below the pectoral fins. The caudal peduncle is short and the caudal fin is round and not well developed. The body color changes with the color of the environment, ranging from green to withered. It disguises itself as a fallen leaf floating in the water. It not only avoids powerful enemies, but also easily captures prey such as jujube, small fish and insects. It is a valuable fish species with the ability to camouflage.

The behavior of this kind of fish is also very strange. It seems to be floating along the water without any swimming movements. Only after careful inspection can we find that they are shaking their fins repeatedly and paddling in the water. Their fins are very small. , and they are transparent and colorless, and you can hardly see them shaking in the water.

The initial familiarity with this fish comes from its protruding dental plates. The middle teeth of the circle are the largest and are arranged in an unyielding column. Its sides are long and small crested. On the sides are smaller teeth that are almost concentric circles, and some of the teeth are pebble-shaped.

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