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Pantodon buchholzi
 

Pantodon buchholzi

The butterfly fish is a surfacedweller, gulping down its prey (it has a preference for live food) with its yawning mouth. Sometimes aggressive, it can leap from the water. Its common name derives from its butterfly-like appearance as it swims with pectoral fins outspread. Size: 12 cm.

Pantodon buchholzi

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ГАБОРИО (Gaboriau) Эмиль (1832-73) , французский писатель, один из зачинателей детективного жанра. Т. н. уголовные романы: "Дело Леруж" (1866), "Преступление в Орсивале" (1867), "Рабы Парижа" (1868).