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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:33, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Fish Species

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Striped Burrfish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_burrfish), Red Drum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_drum) , White Marlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_marlin).Mwils (talk) 00:38, 9 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Article Subject

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Manase, I would definitely suggest going with the striped burrfish; the other 2 articles seem to have too much information in them already for you to effectively add more information. Rhirshorn (talk) 15:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Striped Burrfish2

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Description: The striped burrfish is a small fish which has small sharp spines and black stripes covering its entire body. The striped burrfish visits the Chesapeake Bay’s grassy flats during the spring time. Striped burrfish feed on invertebrates such as barnacles and snails. The burrfish is closely related to porcupine fish in terms of being part of the Diodontidae <Britannica Academic> family.

Distribution: The Striped Burrfish mostly inhabit area of tropics corresponding to the coastal area of Oceans and rivers.

Diet: burrfish feed on invertebrates such as barnacles and snails <National Aquarium>. By using their jaw the are able to crush shells of their food or sometimes swallow their prey whole.

Sources: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/critter/striped_burrfish https://aqua.org/explore/animals/striped-burrfish http://eol.org/pages/355955/details http://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/tetraodontiform/111069

BIOL151 Article Peer Review

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Hi Manese! Suggestions for your article:

•Leading section-leading sentence to start with species common name followed by the scientific name in parenthesis and italicize. Explain how the meaning of species name.
•Inline citations
•Are you planning to have a Taxa box?
•Where are you planning to move this article to?
•Any behavioral information available?
•See this page for more information on editing articles on species on Wikipedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Editing_Wikipedia_articles_on_Species_%28Wiki_Ed%29.pdf

Jlarios3 (talk) 18:03, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply