Month: May 2015

  • Carcharhinus macloti

    Species: Carcharhinus macloti English Name: Hardnose Shark Chinese Name: 長吻基齒鯊 Family: Carcharhinidae Description: The Hardnose Shark has s small slender grayish or grey-brown body distinguished by its long narrowly rounded snout. This shark has small pectoral fins, s small first dorsal fin with an extremely long rear tip and a small low second dorsal fin…

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  • Carcharhinus longimanus

    Species: Carcharhinus longimanus English Name: Oceanic Whitetip Shark Chinese Name: 污斑白眼鲛 Family: Carcharhinidae Description: The Oceanic Whitetip Shark has a huge rounded 1st dorsal fin, and long, wide-tipped pectoral fins with bluntly rounded snout and upper triangular teeth. The back of this shark is usually dark grey with a bronze tinge, sometimes brown or bluish,…

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  • Carcharhinus limbatus

    Species: Carcharhinus limbatus  English Name: Blacktip Shark Chinese Name: 黑邊鰭白眼鮫 Family: Carcharhinidae Description: The Blacktip Shark has a long, narrow, pointed snout, long gill slits with narrow-cusped upper teeth. This dark grey, ashy blue or dusky bronze on back Shark has a dark band extending rearward along each side. Can grow up to a length…

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  • Carcharhinus falciformis

    Species: Carcharhinus falciformis English Name: Silky Shark Chinese Name: 平滑白眼鲛 Family: Carcharhinidae Description: The Silky Shark has a large, slim grey or bluish-grey body with a moderately long, flat and rounded snout, small jaws, large eyes, and oblique-cusped teeth with serrations. This is the only Carcharhinus species that has interdorsal ridge that has dorsal fin…

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  • Rhinobatos hynnicephalus

    Species: Rhinobatos hynnicephalus  English Name: Angel Fish Chinese Name: 斑紋犁頭鰩 Family: Rhinobatidae Description: The Angel Fish has a triangular-shaped snout, short tail, very small scales in their back and abdomen, and many brown spots in the body. Can grow up to a length of 53 to 62 cm for male and female, respectively. Lives near…

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  • Etmopterus lucifer

    Species: Etmopterus lucifer English Name: Blackbelly Lanternshark Chinese Name: 燈籠棘鮫 Family: Etmopteridae Description: The Blackbelly Lanternshark is a small and slender dorsally dark grey or brown shark that is black ventrally, with a distinct black streak above and behind pelvic fins. It has a moderately elongate caudal peduncle and with flank denticles mostly arranged in…

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  • Cryptotympana atrata

    Species: Cryptotympana atrata English Name: Large Brown Cicada Chinese Name: 紅脈熊蟬 Family: Cicadidae Description: This is one of the largest Cicadas found in Macau. They are bownish black and can be distinguished from a similar species (Cryptotympana mandarina) by is rounded male operculum. They can be found in Taipa and Coloane from May to August. Photos used under a…

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  • Xylocopa iridipennis

    Species: Xylocopa iridipennis English Name: Bamboo Carpenter Bee Chinese Name: 绿翅木蜂 Family: Apidae Description: This large bee can reach 2,5 cm in length. The body is all black while the wings have metalic colors under sunlight. Males can be distinguished from females because they have a grey patch on the thorax. This species nest only in bamboom stems and…

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  • Triatoma rubrofasciata

    Species: Triatoma rubrofasciata English Name: Kissing Bug, Domestic Assassin Bug Chinese Name: 红带锥蝽 Family: Reduviidae Description: This blood sucking insect has around 2,5 cm in length. It is brown in color with q orange-red margin on outer edge of abdomen, extending horizontally between segments. This is a cosmopolitan species and it is frequently associated to rodents. Photos used under…

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  • Brachytrupes portentosus

    Species: Brachytrupes portentosus English Name: Big Head Cricket, Large Brown Cricket Chinese Name: 台灣大蟋蟀 Family: Gryllidae Description: This large cricket (about 37-44 mm) is yellowish brown in color, has long antennae, a large, squared head and a stout body. It dig a hole of about 30-60 cm depth where it just go out at night.  Males can produce sound.…

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