Priacanthus Arenatus (Noun)
Meaning
Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Priacanthus arenatus are abundant in waters ranging from shallow coastal reefs to the deepest mesophotic ecosystems of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific.
- One priacanthus arenatus was collected in waters about 40 km southwest of the Galapagos Islands, suggesting a wider distribution of this fish in the eastern Pacific.
- Large schools of priacanthus arenatus frequently descend at dusk in small groups of two or three on to a sleeping aggregation of a dozen or so congeneric individuals.
- During surveys for deep-sea fish in the southeastern Atlantic, numerous specimens of priacanthus arenatus were captured at mesophotic depths within the warm-temperate waters of the ocean.
- The priacanthus arenatus is a brightly colored carnivorous fish, commonly referred to as the pearly bully, native to warm, oligotrophic waters of the tropical western central Atlantic Ocean.