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Viper Moray
A travelling Smithsonian display set to debut in New Haven , Conn. in July reveals the insides of Pisces the Fishes in a whole new light . This is a moray eel eel , a major predator on coral reefs . The image reveals a second set of " jaws " in the eel ’s pharynx . These are the gill arches , which support the eel ’s gills . All fish have gill arch .
Crisscross Prickleback
This crisscross stickleback was preserved in 1910 , but the details of its skeleton are still accurate 100 years by and by . These fish populate in the Eastern Pacific in jolty intertidal sphere , where they nosh on crustacean and mollusks .
Torrent Loach
Not a sponge , but a loach : These fish cling to rocks with the crescent - shaped fins on their bottom , keeping them in station in their fast - moving flow habitat .
Wedge-tail Triggerfish
you’re able to call it a wedge - tail triggerfish , or you’re able to do as the Hawaiians do and call it " Humuhumunukunukuapua’a . " This reef Pisces the Fishes rear its doral spinal column when threatened , the small , unforesightful spine locking the first into stead . When threatened , the fish wedges itself into reef rocks with this quick - deploy organisation .
Dhiho’s Seahorse
This Japanese walrus is just over one column inch ( 2.5 curium ) long . Its curly tail can anchor the sea horse to alga or red coral .
Lookdown Fish
It ’s not hard to see where this Pisces gets its name . A sloped fountainhead cause the lookdown fish look like it ’s always , well , look down . Lookdowns like shallow waters in the western Atlantic .
Long-spine Porcupine
Yeowch ! When threatened , the long - spined porcupine fish pumps its torso full of piss , becoming a thoroughly unappetizing pincushion . When the Pisces unlax , the spines set monotonous against its body .
