The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is a species of marine angelfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is a warm-water species that lives near the ocean floor in coral reefs. It is blue and yellow and has a distinctive spot or "crown" on its forehead. This crown distinguishes it from the similar, closely related, Bermuda blue angelfish, with which it overlaps in range and can interbreed. Adult queen angelfish primarily eat sponges. They form harems of one male and up to four females. They live within a territory where the females forage separately and are tended to by the male. Breeding occurs near a full moon. The transparent eggs are pelagic and float in the water, hatching after 15 to 20 hours. Juveniles have different coloration than adults and act as cleaner fish. The queen angelfish is popular in the aquarium trade. In 2010, the fish was assessed as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1812:

Spencer Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, becoming the only British prime minister to be assassinated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Spencer_Perceval

1963:

African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit with the perpetrators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_riot_of_1963

1997:

Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_%28chess_computer%29

2011:

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

brubru: Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brubru

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists. But we do not know how to look for it. Our minds and hearts are filled with other things than understanding of "what is". Love and mercy, kindliness and generosity do not cause enmity. When you love, you are very near truth. For, love makes for sensitivity, for vulnerability. That which is sensitive is capable of renewal. Then truth will come into being. It cannot come if your mind and heart are burdened, heavy with ignorance and animosity.   --Jiddu Krishnamurti https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti