Sunday, March 6, 2016

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Burundi) Part.3

  Scarus guacamaia is the largest parrotfish in the Atlantic, reaching a maximum size in excess of 100 cm. It is relatively widespread in the western Atlantic from Bermuda through south Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean to Venezuela.
  Priacanthus arenatus; habitat: benthic on coral reefs and rocky bottoms, generally occurring at depths of 15-75 m (exceptionally to 200 m) in small aggregations.
  John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin.
  The gray angelfish or gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) is a large angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, found in the western Atlantic from New England to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, including the Antilles.
  The ocean surgeon or ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus) is a tropical fish known to live in reefs in the Atlantic Ocean.
  The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, (Lactophrys quadricornis) belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish.
  The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean. Other common names include blue angelfish, golden angelfish, queen angel, and yellow angelfish.
  Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in marine aquaria.
  • Series: Fishes
  • Country: Republic of Burundi
  • Year: 1974
  • Emission: Commemorative, Air mail
  • Perforation: line 13½
  • Printing: Photogravure
  • Size: 70 x 70 mm
  • Face value: 6, 26, 11, 31 Burundi francs 
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BI 1050-1057, BI 1101-1108