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Jack-knifefish

Eques lanceolatus

Also known as: Black-and-White Drumfish, Donkey Fish, Hardhead, Highhat, Jack-knife, Lance-shaped Ribbonfish, Ribbonfish

LIFE STAGE
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Adult
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@fishx6 · Bournemouth Aquarium, United Kingdom · August 20091 / 5

Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Found singly, over shallow and deep reefs of inshore bays and sounds. Front dorsal fin becomes smaller with age.

Drums are named for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make by beating their abdominal muscles against the swim bladder.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
makes soundssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 5
LIVES IN

Found singly, over shallow and deep reefs of inshore bays and sounds.

RANGE
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Adult photos 5

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusEques
    7. speciesEques lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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