Month: December 2013

  • Lutjanus boutton

    Species: Lutjanus boutton     English Name: Moluccan Snapper Chinese Name: 藍帶笛鯛, 赤笔仔 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Moluccan Snapper has a pointed snout and large eyes. This snapper is generally pink or reddish above, and white or silvery below. It has a series of ten to twelve stripes on the side and some species have black spot…

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  • Lutjanus bohar

    Species: Lutjanus bohar        English Name: Two-spot Red Snapper Chinese Name: 白斑笛鯛, 海豚哥 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Two-spot Red Snapper has a pointed snout with a deep groove or pit that runs from the nostrils to the front of the eye. Young and some adults have two silvery-white spots on back. Adults are mostly plain red.…

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  • Lutjanus argentimaculatus

    Species: Lutjanus argentimaculatus English Name: Mangrove Red Snapper Chinese Name: 紫紅笛鯛, 銀紋笛鯛 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Mangrove Red Snapper is generally greenish brown on back, grading to reddish on sides and ventral parts. Juvenile Mangrove Red Snapper has a series of about eight whitish bars crossing sides, and 1 or 2 blue lines across cheek.…

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  • Lipocheilus carnolabrum

    Species: Lipocheilus carnolabrum English Name: Tang’s Snapper Chinese Name: 黃唇笛鯛, 葉唇笛鯛 Family: Lutjanidae Description: Tang’s Snapper has long pectoral fins that reach beyond level of anus.  The maxilla and dorsal and anal fins are without scales. These snappers have large mouth, in the case of adults it is thick and has a fleshy protrusion at…

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  • Etelis coruscans

    Species: Etelis coruscans English Name: Deepwater Longtail Red Snapper Chinese Name: 絲尾紅鑽魚, 長尾濱鯛 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Deepwater Longtail Red Snapper has a greatly elongated upper caudal lobe with increased growth. Its back and upper sides are deep pink to red, lower sides and belly pink, and its fins are pink to red.The dorsal and…

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  • Etelis carbunculus

    Species: Etelis carbunculus English Name: Deep-water Red Snapper Chinese Name: 紅鑽魚 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Deep-water Red Snapper is mainly pink to red, becoming white on the lower sides and belly. The dorsal and anal fins are without scales. Can grow up to a length of 127 cm. Lives in rocky bottoms. Preys on fishes…

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  • Platycerium bifurcatum

    Species: Platycerium bifurcatum English Name: Stag’s Horn Fern Chinese Name: 二歧鹿角蕨 Family: Platyceriaceae Description: It is a bracket epiphyte occurring in and near rainforests. Growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall by 80 cm (31 in) broad, it has heart-shaped sterile fronds 12–45 cm (5–18 in) long. Widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for gardens.             Photos used under a Creative…

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  • Pseudordrynaria coronans

    Species: Pseudordrynaria coronans English Name: Rock-ginger Fern Chinese Name: 崖薑、皇冠蕨 Family: Drynariaceae Description: This species is a perennial herb. The rootstalk is thick, densely covered with brown, long-linear scale leaves. Uniform in type, the leaves are arranged into a hollow cluster; the blade is 80-140cmlong, apically attenuate, tapered down the middle but gradually broad near…

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  • Pyrrosia lingua

    Species: Pyrrosia lingua English Name: Japanese Felt Fern Chinese Name: 石韋 Family: Polypodiaceae Description: Perenial fern, evergreen with a long rhizome. Its sporangia are yellow to brown when mature. It’s an epiphytic fern. Its natural range is Southeast East Asia, and Central and South of China. It’s used as a ornamental plant but also in…

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  • Pyrrosia adnascens

    Species: Pyrrosia adnascens English Name: Close-growing Pyrrosia Chinese Name: 貼生石韋 Family: Polypodiaceae Description: Small evergreen fern growing 5-12cm tall. With a long creeping rhizome, 1mm thick. Found on tree trunks and rocks across China and Southeast Asia. Used in treatment of dysentery. The whole plant is also used in treatment against inflammation, to clear away…

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