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Fish
The toothless Garra Rufa
The candiru
The Picasso Triggerfish
The coastal dugong
The coastal dugong (Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal belonging to the order Coastals. The eyelids of Dugong glands are secreting oily fluid, which protects the eyes from the influence of strong salty seawater. After pulling the dugong above the water surface the secretion collects in the corner of the eye in a form of the so-called mermaid's tear, which is sometimes treated by the peoples of Oceania as an amulet. 1)
The American paddlefish
The American paddlefish, polychaete, paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) is a species of freshwater sturgeon fish in the paddlefish family. It is found in the Mississippi River basin and Lake Erie. It was imported to Poland in the 1990s. The snout - a rostrum shaped like a horizontally arranged paddle - is sometimes half the length of the whole body and is a sensory organ. 2)