Win Sinor Period 1 Marine Biology Fish Identification Research Project
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Title: Freshwater Fishes
Species #: 1
Common Name: Piranha Scientific Name: Pygocentrus nattereri Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Pygocentrus
Geography / Habitat: Whitewater streams, South America Life Strategy: bowl-shaped nests in sediment, circular courtship ritual Food / Feed Strategy: extremely aggressive
Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/piranha
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 2
Common Name: Oscar Scientific Name: Astronotus ocellatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Astronotus
Geography / Habitat: Amazon River Basin, slow moving white-water Life Strategy: mates pair up, lay 1,000-3,000 eggs on flat surface Food / Feed Strategy: eats anything that fits in its mouth, although not aggressive except in mating rituals
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oscar
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 3
Common Name: Black Bullhead Catfish Scientific Name: Ameiurus melas Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family:
Genus:
Cichlidae
Ameiurus
Geography / Habitat: Very tolerant Life Strategy: Nocturnal nest brooder Food / Feed Strategy: Ostracods, Amphipods,Copepods, insects/larvae. Carnivorous
Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bullhead
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 4
Common Name: Freshwater Drum Scientific Name: Aplodinotus grunniens Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Percoidei
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Aplodinotus
Geography / Habitat: Slack currents and backwaters, large rivers or lakes, Hudson Bay to Guatemala Life Strategy: lays floating eggs seasonally. Nocturnal schooling fish Food / Feed Strategy: predators, search bottom in schools
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 5
Common Name: Archerfish Scientific Name: Toxotes chatareus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ostariophysi
Family: Siluriformes
Genus: Toxotes
Geography / Habitat: Australia, India, Malasia, Thailand, and Vietnam
Life Strategy: Peaceful egglayer
Food / Feed Strategy: shoots insects above water with a quick, powerful jet of water
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Ciation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/common_archer
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 6
Common Name: Bleeding Heart Tetra Scientific Name: Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae
Genus: Hyphessobrycon
Species: erythrostigma Geography / Habitat: dense vegetation, inland tropical rivers/ streams, Amazon River Basin Life Strategy: Spawn, then drop eggs and leave Food / Feed Strategy: wide variety – crustaceans, insects, etc.
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_heart_tetra
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 7
Common Name: Black Bullhead Catfish Scientific Name: Ameiurus melas Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae Geography / Habitat: Very tolerant
Life Strategy: Nocturnal.
Food / Feed Strategy: insects/larvae.
• Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/black_bullhead
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 8
Common Name: Longnose gar Scientific Name: Lepisosteus osseus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Geography / Habitat: Sluggish water in large lakes and rivers, Eastern U.S. Life Strategy: No raising of young. female selects mate from up to 15 males Food / Feed Strategy: Piscivorous; shad, bluegill, bullheads
• Body Form or Style: Sagittiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/longnose_gar
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 9
Common Name: Channel Catfish Scientific Name: Ictalurus punctatu Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus:
Ictalurus
Geography / Habitat: varying depths, but during day hide in holes, moving or standing water, lower Canada and Midwest U.S. Life Strategy: monogamous, long mating ritual Food / Feed Strategy: taste buds all over body, one large mouth. Eats snails, algae, snakes, frogs, insects, aquatic plants, and birds sometimes
Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/channel_catfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Morone
Percoidei
Title: Freshwater Common Name: White Bass Scientific Name: Morone chrysops Geography / Habitat: unvegetated, open, large bodies of water in north america Life Strategy: Dense schooling. random fertilization Food / Feed Strategy: eats perch, shad, carp, bullheads, and others
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Superior Citation:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bass •
Species #: 10
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Blue Ram Scientific Name: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi Geography / Habitat: South American Streams
Life Strategy: muscular, but not agressive Food / Feed Strategy: Crustaceans, fish, insects
Species #: 11
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blue_ram
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Nematobrycon
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 12
Common Name: Emperor Tetra Scientific Name: Nematobrycon palmeri Geography / Habitat: Pelagic rivers, Western Colombia, S. America Life Strategy: long spawning, external fertilization. One egg spawned at a time. No guarding of eggs, but may eat Food / Feed Strategy: omnivore
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/tetras/p/emperortetra.htm
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family: Esocidae
Genus: Esox
Esociformes
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 13
Common Name: Grass Pickerel Scientific Name:
Esox americanus
Geography / Habitat: clear lakes, slow waters, Atlantic coast of N. America Life Strategy: Solitary and aggressively predaceous unless spawning Food / Feed Strategy: Insects, other fishes, crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Sagittiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: www.dnr.state.oh.us/LinkClick.aspx?link=6643&tabid=6518
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: perciformes
Family: osphronemidae Title: Freshwater Common Name: Betta Scientific Name: Betta Splendens Geography / Habitat: Asian Swamps
Life Strategy: colors attract mates
Food / Feed Strategy: zooplankton and mosquito larvae, carnivorous
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: Superior
Species #: 14
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Cichlidaes
Family: Cichlidaes
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 15
Common Name: Jewel Cichlid Scientific Name:
Hemichromis bimaculatus
Geography / Habitat: West African, Middle Eastern, S. American streams and rivers Life Strategy: eggs defended aggressively Food / Feed Strategy: insects, crustaceans
Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jewel_chichild
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family: Characidae
Genus: Piaractus
Characiformes
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Pacu Scientific Name: Piaractus mesopotamicus Geography / Habitat: Paraguay Life Strategy: solitary Food / Feed Strategy: fruit, nuts seeds that fall into the water
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pacu
Species #: 16
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Cichlidae
Family: Cichlidae
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Kenyi Scientific Name: Pseudotropheus lombardoi Geography / Habitat: rocky shores, Mbenji Island, Lake Malawi Life Strategy: aggressive Food / Feed Strategy: Omnivorous,
Species #: 17
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kenyi
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Esocidae
Family: Esocidae
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 18
Common Name: Muskellunge Scientific Name:
Esox masquinongy
Geography / Habitat: North American rivers and lakes, clear water
Life Strategy: loners or loose packs, random spawning, no nests
Food / Feed Strategy: fish, frogs, ducklings, mice
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskellunge
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 19
Common Name: Largemouth Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Salmoldes Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae Geography / Habitat: Native to North America. Seeks protective cover. Prefers calm water, but will survive well in many different habitats Life Strategy: to survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: hide and wait for prey to pass by and inhale strongly. The prey is drawn into the mouth.
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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: gape and suck
Citation: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/lmb/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largemouth_bass http://www.umpquavalleybassmasters.com/bassbook.htm
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 20
Common Name: Guadalupe Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: exclusive to the Guadalupe river in texas Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: strong inclination towards insects
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://www.yourfishingtipconnection.com/my_files/images/Redeye_Bass.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropterus_treculii
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 21
Common Name: Shoal Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus cataractae Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: Native to Florida and Georgia. Life Strategy: Survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: feeds mainly on insects on surface of water. Also feeds on larvae, crayfish and fish.
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: CARANGIFORM Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://www.landbigfish.com/images/fish/LBF_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropterus_cataractaeshoal_bass.jpg
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 22
Common Name: Smallmouth Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus dolomieu Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: streams, rivers, lakes, sandy bottoms of lakes. Intolerant of pollution, it is a good indicator of water quality Life Strategy: to survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: crayfish, insects, smaller fish and zooplankton
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallmouth_bass
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 23
Common Name: Redeye Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Coosae Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: Select rivers in south Carolina and north Carolina and the south east Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: insects, smaller fish, crustaceans
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeye_bass
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 24
Common Name: Spotted Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: Mississippi river basin, has been introduced to southern Africa Life Strategy: Survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: feeds on inscts, crustaceans, frogs, annelid worms, and smaller fish
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_bass
Title: freshwater
Species #: 25
Common Name: Suwannee Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centarchidae Geography / Habitat: native to only the Suwannee river and the Ochlockonee River Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: insects, smaller fish, and crustaceans
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape and Suck
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropterus_notius
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopthyidae
Order: Ostariophysi
Family: Callichthyidae
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 26
Common Name: Adolfo’s Cory Scientific Name:
Corydoras adolfoi
Geography / Habitat: south america Life Strategy: travels in schools Food / Feed Strategy: bottom feeder
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Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: Inferior
CITATION: http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/profiles/false-adolfo-cory/ Citation
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Percopsiformes
Family: Aphredoderidae
Genus: Aphredoderus
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Pirate Perch Scientific Name: Aphredoderus sayanus Geography / Habitat: Clear warm water with low currents in North America Life Strategy: solitary and vicious Food / Feed Strategy: immature insects, small crustaceans, small fish
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Superior
Species #: 27
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family:
Genus: Silurus
Siluridae
Title: Freshwater 28
Species #:
Common Name: Sheatfish Scientific Name: Silurus glanis Geography / Habitat: Eastern Europe; large lakes, mud bottoms, especially near dams Life Strategy: Males guard eggs where female lays Food / Feed Strategy: mollusks, crustaceans, birds, voles, and snakes
• Body Form or Style: Taeniform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurus_glanis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae Title: Freshwater Common Name: Electric Blue Johanii Scientific Name: Melanochromis Johanni Geography / Habitat: Lake Malawi Life Strategy: aggressive and territorial Food / Feed Strategy: Plants
Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_johanii
Species #: 29
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ostariophysi
Family: Siluriformes
Title: Freshwater Common Name: African Glass Catfish Scientific Name: Pareutropius buffei Geography / Habitat: riverbanks and floodplains Life Strategy: calm, lives in groups Food / Feed Strategy: bottom-feeders
Species #:30
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Morone
Percoidei
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 31
Common Name: White Perch Scientific Name: Morone americana Geography / Habitat: Lakes and reservoirs along Atlantic coast Life Strategy: Use creeks and small rivers as nursery for juveniles. Reside in bottom of large lakes during winter Food / Feed Strategy: Carnivorous, mainly piscivorous. Also fish eggs, insects, crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/white_perch
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Burbot Scientific Name: Lota lota Geography / Habitat: Deep lakes or slow-moving river bottoms Life Strategy: migrate to shallow waster for spawning, wintertime Food / Feed Strategy: Piscovores
Species #: 32
• Body Form or Style: Sagittiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbot
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family:
Genus: Gasteropelecus
Gasteropelecidae
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 33
Common Name: Common Hatchetfish Scientific Name: Gasteropelecus sternicla Geography / Habitat: Surface-dweller, likes vegetated shores, but ventures out when schooled Life Strategy: Hydroplanes out of water to avoid predators. breed during rainy season Food / Feed Strategy: primarily insects and larvae
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: Superior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: semionotiformes
Family: lepisosteidae Title: Freshwater
Species #: 34
Common Name: Alligator gar Scientific Name:
Lepisosteus osseus
Geography / Habitat: lakes, rivers in southeast U.S. Life Strategy: aggressive Food / Feed Strategy: carnivore. predatory
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Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 35
Common Name: Florida gar Scientific Name: Lepisosteus platyrhincus Geography / Habitat: Lowland streams or lakes, muddy bottoms, abundant vegetation. Florida and some nearby areas Life Strategy: Travel in groups Food / Feed Strategy: eats fish, shrimp, and crayfish
• Body Form or Style: Sagittiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/florida_gar
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus:
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 36
Common Name: Peacock Cichlid Scientific Name:
Aulonocara
Aulonocara hansbaenschi
Geography / Habitat: Lake Malawi, cave dweller
Life Strategy: mouthbrooder
Food / Feed Strategy: worms, small crustaceans, insects
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: http://fish.mongabay.com/peacock_cichlids.htm
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae Title: Freshwater Common Name: Bloater Scientific Name: Coregonus hoyi
Geography / Habitat: great lakes Life Strategy: spends day at bottom, comes to top at night for feeding Food / Feed Strategy: Copepods, clams
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bloater
Species #: 37
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 38
Common Name: Lake Whitefish Scientific Name: Coregonus clupeaformis Geography / Habitat: Large deepwater lakes, Canada and Alaska Life Strategy: fairly sedentary, seasonal movements in water column. Large group spawnings Food / Feed Strategy: insects, mollusks, fish eggs and fry. Forage on lake bottom
Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_whitefish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: actinopterygii
Order: salmoniformes
Family: salmonidac Title: Freshwater Common Name: Brook Trout Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis Geography / Habitat: Rivers and lakes on east coast Life Strategy: aggressive Food / Feed Strategy: carnivore eats insects, worms, and crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal • Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_trout
Species #: 39
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: salmoniformes
Family: salmonidae
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Brown Trout Scientific Name: Salmo trutta Geography / Habitat: rivers and streams in europe
Life Strategy: move up river to spawn
Food / Feed Strategy: insects
Species #: 40
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_trout Title: Freshwater Common Name: Bull Trout Scientific Name: Salvelinus confluentus Geography / Habitat: lakes in northwest north america Life Strategy: migrates during spawining season Food / Feed Strategy: small invertebrates
Species #: 41
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_trout
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family:
Genus:
Osphronemidae
Title: Freshwater
Cyrtocara Species #: 42
Common Name: Dolphin Cichlid Scientific Name: Cyrtocara moorii Geography / Habitat: Lake Malawi Life Strategy: follows special feeding strategy Food / Feed Strategy: follows behind substrate-digging cichlids and eats remnants of their meals
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Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salvelinus
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 43
Common Name: Lake Trout Scientific Name: Salvelinus namaycush Geography / Habitat: lakes with high oxygen levels
Life Strategy: lay eggs in gravel substrate, which winter long time b/c of cold water
Food / Feed Strategy: piscivorous, especially alewives, smelt, sculpin and chubs
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_trout
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus:
Title: Freshwater
Hepsetus Species #: 44
Common Name: Channel Catfish Scientific Name: Hepsetus odoe Geography / Habitat: banks of rivers near heavy vegetation, swamp areas, West African rivers Life Strategy: builds bubble nests, guards aggressively, spawns during flood season Food / Feed Strategy: piscivorous – feeds on several kinds of smaller fish. often cichlids.
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Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: Superior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Platydoras
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Striped Raphael Catfish Scientific Name: Platydoras armatulus Geography / Habitat: Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo Rivers in French-Guiana Life Strategy: Burrow in soft, sandy river botoms, live life there. nocturnal Food / Feed Strategy: bottom-eeding carnivores
Species #: 45
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Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ostariophysi
Family: Siluriformes
Genus: Synodontis
Title: Freshwater Common Name: Featherfin Catfish Scientific Name: Synodontis eupterus Geography / Habitat: Chad, Niger (White Nile River). Bottom-dweller Life Strategy: aggressive, long life (18 years), lay eggs, not mouthbrooder Food / Feed Strategy: Omnivorous
Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover • Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior
Species #: 46
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Esociformes
Family: Esocidae
Genus: Esox
Title: Freshwater
Species #: 47
Common Name: Muskellunge Scientific Name:
Esox masquinongy
Geography / Habitat: North American rivers and lakes, clear water Life Strategy: loners or loose packs, random spawning, no nests Food / Feed Strategy: top predators. Eat fish, frogs, ducklings, mice
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family:
Genus: Pseudodoras
Doradidae
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
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Title: Freshwater Fishes
Species #: 48
Common Name: Cuiu cuiu Scientific Name: Pseudodoras niger Geography / Habitat: South America, large rivers, not tributaries. Blackwater and whitewater. Life Strategy: Annual fish run upstream from Amazon basin Food / Feed Strategy: Omnivorous; crustaceans, snails, seeds, fruits
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Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidaes Title: Freshwater
Species #: 49
Common Name: Bristlenose Plecostomus Scientific Name:
Ancistrus temminckii
Geography / Habitat: streams and rivers everywhere Life Strategy: defends eggs aggressively Food / Feed Strategy: insects, crustaceans, shrimp
• body Form or Style: Bottom rover • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancistrus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae Title: Freshwater Common Name: Blue Ahli Scientific Name: Melanochromis Johanni Geography / Habitat: Lake Malawi Life Strategy: very aggressive Food / Feed Strategy: crustaceans, insects
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: superior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blue_ahli
Species #: 50
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 51
Common Name: Southern Bluefin Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Maccoyii Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: southern hemisphere of all the world’s oceans Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: squid, mackerel
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bluefin_tuna
Title: saltwater
Species #: 52
Common Name: Yellowfin Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus albacares Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: surface layer above the thermocline Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: other fish, squid, mackerel
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowfin_tuna
Title: saltwater
Species #: 53
Common Name: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Orientalis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: pacific ocean Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: smaller fish, marine invertibrates
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.tuna-fishing.org/images/pacific-bluefin-tuna.jpg http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx? enc=n3f4wmcSJaMg34hN7vu5yQ==
Title:
saltwater
Species #: 54
Common Name: Northern Bluefin Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Thynnus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: eastern and western atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: eats small fish and invertibrates like sardines, herrings, mackerel, squid and crustaceans
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bluefin_tuna
Title: saltwater
Species #: 55
Common Name: Little Tunny Scientific Name: Thunnus alletteratus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: tropical and temperate waters of the atlantic Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: carnivore, eats small fish and invertebrates
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tunny
Title: saltwater
Species #: 56
Common Name: Blackfin Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: western atlantic from cape cod to brazil Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: king shrimp larvae, shrimp, craps, squid, other fish
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfin_tuna
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 57
Common Name: Bigeye Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Obesus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: all temperate and tropical oceans, but not the Mediterranean sea Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: deep diving during the day to feed
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigeye_tuna
Title: saltwater
Species #: 58
Common Name: Albacore Tuna Scientific Name: Thunnus Alalunga Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae Geography / Habitat: open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans Life Strategy: survive and mate Food / Feed Strategy: small fish
• • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albacore
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Taeniura
Dasyatidae
Rajiformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 59
Common Name: Blue-spotted Stingray Scientific Name:
Taeniura lymma
Geography / Habitat: Indo-west Pacific. sandy bottoms around coral reefs
Life Strategy: lives alone or in small groups
Food / Feed Strategy: eats bony fish, shrimp, crabs
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family:
Genus: Notorynchus
Hexanchidae
• Body Form or Style: Depressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Amiiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluespotted_stingray Title: Saltwater
Species #: 60
Common Name: Sevengill Shark Scientific Name:
Notorynchus cepedianus
Geography / Habitat: All oceans except Northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Life Strategy: no nurturing Food / Feed Strategy: sharks, rays, chimeras, dolphins, also fish like salmon, sturgeon, herring
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadnose_sevengill_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Hexanchiformes
Family: Chlamydoselachidae
Genus:
Chlamydoselachus
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Frilled Shark Scientific Name: Chlamydoselachus anguineus Geography / Habitat: all oceans and seas Life Strategy: lives alone, no nurturing Food / Feed Strategy: small deep-water fishes and squid
• Body Form or Style: anguilliform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_shark
Species #: 61
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Bull Shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Geography / Habitat: shallow waters in all oceans and seas Life Strategy: live birth. Mature at 9 years Food / Feed Strategy: eats everything.
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark
Species #: 62
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Hexanchus
Hexanchidae
Hexanchiformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 63
Common Name: Bluntnose Sixgill Shark Scientific Name:
Hexanchus griseus
Geography / Habitat: shallow waters all over the world Life Strategy: lives alone. Large litters with high mortality rate Food / Feed Strategy: rays, sharks, fish
• •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
• Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluntnose_sixgill_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
Genus:
Carcharodon
Lamnidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Great White Shark Scientific Name: Carcharodon carcharias Geography / Habitat: temperate and tropical waters Life Strategy: small groups Food / Feed Strategy: seals, sealions, dolphins, whale carcasses
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citations:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark
Species #: 64
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Pristiophoriformes
Family:
Genus: Stegostoma
Pristiophoridae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Longnose Sawshark Scientific Name: Stegostoma fasciatum Geography / Habitat: open sea Life Strategy: nurtures young, travels in schools Food / Feed Strategy: bony fish, shrimp, squids
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longnose_sawshark
Species #: 65
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus:
Dermatoplepis
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 66
Common Name: Leather Grouper Scientific Name:
Dermatoplepis dermatolepis
Geography / Habitat: southeast pacific ocean Life Strategy: males and females release clouds of eggs and sperm, do not guard young Food / Feed Strategy: small fish, crustaceans, crabs, shrimp
• • •
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Superior
Citation: http://wacohi1960.com/pht/3/grouper_fish_278x214_b.jpg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Orectolobiformes
Family: Ginglymostomatidae
Genus:
Ginglymostoma
Title: Saltwater Fishes Common Name: Nurse Shark Scientific Name:
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Geography / Habitat: sandy beaches, muddy beaches, coral reefs Life Strategy: 25 to a litter Food / Feed Strategy: small fish, shrimp, mollusks, crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_shark
Species #: 67
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Manta
Myliobatidae
Title: Saltwater
Myliobatoidei
Species #: 68
Common Name: Atlantic Manta Rays Scientific Name: Manta birostris Geography / Habitat: Surface to 120 meters, tropical warm-water coastal regions Life Strategy: solitary Food / Feed Strategy: filter-feeding planktivores
• Body Form or Style: Depressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Amiiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/manta_ray
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Galeocerdo
Title: Saltwater
Species #:69
Common Name: Tiger Shark Scientific Name:
Galeocerdo cuvier
Geography / Habitat: tropical and sub-tropical seas worldwide, seasonal migration to warmer waters. Life Strategy: ovoviparous, 9 months in female, then fully independent at birth. solitary and nomadic Food / Feed Strategy: Omnivorous scavenger, turtles, birds, reptiles, mammals, besides fish
Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tiger_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family:
Genus: Sphyrna
Sphyrnidae
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 70
Common Name: Great Hammerhead Shark Scientific Name:
Sphyrna mokarran
Geography / Habitat: tropical ocean waters worldwide, near shore or open sea Life Strategy: solitary hunters, dangerous Food / Feed Strategy: rays, small sharks, and bony fish
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_hammerhead_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Heterodontiformes
Family:
Genus:
Heterodontidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Horn Shark Scientific Name: Heterodontus francisci Geography / Habitat: subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean Life Strategy: slow and inactive Food / Feed Strategy: small fishes and invertebrates
• Common Name: Horn shark • Scientific Name: Heterodontus francisci • Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_shark
Heterodontus Species #: 71
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Rhincodon
Rhincodontidae
Title: Saltwater
Orectolobiformes
Species #: 72
Common Name: Whale Shark Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus Geography / Habitat: all temperate and tropical regions Life Strategy: solitary Food / Feed Strategy: planktonic and nektonic organisms; krill, herring, anchovies, squid
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Isistius
Dalatiidae
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 73
Common Name: Cookie-cutter Shark Scientific Name:
Squaliformes
Isistius brasiliensis
Geography / Habitat: Pacific ocean Life Strategy: only interacts for mating. violent Food / Feed Strategy: sharks, squid, fish, etc.
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie-cutter_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family: Pseudocarchariidae
Genus: Megachasma
Lamniformes
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Sand Tiger Shark Scientific Name: Mitsukurina owstoni Geography / Habitat: Atlantic and pacific coasts Life Strategy: travel in large groups. Young are not nurtured Food / Feed Strategy: bony fish, rays, lobsters, crabs, squid
Species #: 74
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_tiger_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus:
Squalus
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 75
Common Name: Piked Dogfish Scientific Name:
Squalus acanthias
Geography / Habitat: 1 km down in most oceans Life Strategy: travel in enormous schools Food / Feed Strategy: bony fish, smaller sharks, mollusks, crustaceans
• • • •
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piked_dogfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family: Megachasmidae
Genus: Megachasma
Lamniformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 76
Common Name: Megamouth Shark Scientific Name:
Megachasma pelagios
Geography / Habitat: deep water off Australia, Japan, Hawaii, California Life Strategy: sexual, internal fertilization, ovoviparous. Food / Feed Strategy: filter-feeds off plankton with large, adapted mouth
Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megamouth_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Pomacanthus
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Blue-ring Angelfish Scientific Name: Pomacanthus annularis Geography / Habitat: Indo-Pacific Ocean coastal rocky coral reefs Life Strategy: mate at dusk Food / Feed Strategy: invertebrates
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ring_angelfish
Species #: 77
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Enoplosidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Zebra fish Scientific Name: Enoplosus armatus Geography / Habitat: Indian ocean Life Strategy: Travel in schools Food / Feed Strategy: small crustaceans
Perciformes Enoplosus
Species #: 78
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_fish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Squaliformes
Family:
Genus:
Somniosus
Dalatiidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Greenland Shark Scientific Name: Somniosus microcephalus Geography / Habitat: Continental shelves below 1200 feet Life Strategy: sluggish Food / Feed Strategy: fish, marine mammals, and carrion
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark
Species #: 79
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 80
Common Name: Grey Reef Shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Geography / Habitat: Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Life Strategy: young not nurtured Food / Feed Strategy: small bony reef fish, squid, octopi, crabs, lobsters, shrimp
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_reef_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Prionace
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Blue Shark Scientific Name: Prionace glauca Geography / Habitat: tropical waters around the world Life Strategy: solitary and sluggish. Food / Feed Strategy: anchovies, sardines, herrings
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_shark
Species #: 81
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Genus:
Coryphaena
Coryphaenidae
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 82
Common Name: Common Dolphinfish Scientific Name:
Coryphaena hippurus
Geography / Habitat: tropical oceans Life Strategy: up to a million eggs Food / Feed Strategy: teleosts, cephalopods, and crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphinfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Pomacentridae
Perciformes Amphiprion
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 83
Common Name: Barrier Reef Anemone Fish Scientific Name:
Amphiprion frenatus
Geography / Habitat: Oriental Western Pacific, lagoon reefs Life Strategy: live in anemone for protection Food / Feed Strategy: algae, zooplankton, small crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_Reef_Anemonefish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Blacktip Shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus limbatus Geography / Habitat: tropical and temperate Life Strategy: small litters, pups nurtured Food / Feed Strategy: herring, anchovies, sardines, sea catfish.
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_shark
Species #:84
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Cetorhinus
Cetorhinidae
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 85
Common Name: Basking Shark Scientific Name:
Cetorhinus maximus
Geography / Habitat: atlantic and pacific Life Strategy: no nurturing for young Food / Feed Strategy: gillrakers skim plankton
•
Lamniformes
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
• Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family: Pseudocarchariidae
Genus: Pseudocarcharias
Lamniformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 86
Common Name: Crocodile Shark Scientific Name:
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Geography / Habitat: all tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide Life Strategy: small litters, pups fend for themselves Food / Feed Strategy: small fish, squid, shrimp
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family: Megachasmidae
Genus: Megachasma
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Goblin Shark Scientific Name: Mitsukurina owstoni Geography / Habitat: most oceans, relatively deep Life Strategy: pups fend for themselves. Food / Feed Strategy squid, fish, crabs
Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark
Lamniformes
Species #: 87
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus: Remora
Coryphaenidae
Perciformes
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Remora Scientific Name: Remora remora Geography / Habitat: mediterranian and atlantic Life Strategy: attaches itself to larger animals Food / Feed Strategy: gillrakers filter plankton as they ride large fish
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Superior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remora
Species #: 88
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Orectolobidae
Title: Saltwater
Orectolobus
Species #: 89
Common Name: Spotted Wobbegong Scientific Name:
Orectolobiformes
Orectolobus maculatus
Geography / Habitat: Australian coast Life Strategy: bottomfeeders Food / Feed Strategy: invertebrates
• Body Form or Style: Depressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_wobbegong
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Pomacanthus
Title: Saltwater Common Name: French Angelfish Scientific Name: Pomacanthus paru Geography / Habitat: atlantic coasts Life Strategy: random spreading of sperm and eggs Food / Feed Strategy: algae and sponges
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_angelfish
Species #: 90
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Myliobatis
Dasyatidae
Rajiformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 91
Common Name: Southern Atlantic Stingray Scientific Name:
Dasyatis americana
Geography / Habitat: south atlantic Life Strategy: independent after birth Food / Feed Strategy: crabs, shellfish, marine worms, small fish
• • •
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Amiiform Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_stingray
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus: Thalassoma
Labridae
Perciformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 92
Common Name: Bluehead Wrasse Scientific Name:
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Geography / Habitat: Western Atlantic Ocean, inshore bays and seagrass beds Life Strategy: females can change sex Food / Feed Strategy: plankton, worms, shrimp, small crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Labriform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassoma_bifasciatum
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Triaenodon
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Whitetip Reef Shark Scientific Name: Triaenodon obesus Geography / Habitat: tropical waters, coral reefs Life Strategy: medium size litter, cares for pups Food / Feed Strategy: bony fishes and some crustaceans, mollusks, etc.
Species #: 93
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitetip_reef_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus:
Scyliorhinus
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 94
Common Name: Chain Catshark Scientific Name:
Scyliorhinus retifer
Geography / Habitat: western Central Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Carribean. Life Strategy: no nurturing from parents Food / Feed Strategy: squid, fish, annelids, and crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_catshark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Perciformes Chaetodon
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 95
Common Name: Foureye Butterflyfish Scientific Name:
Chaetodon capistratus
Geography / Habitat: Western Tropical Atlantic, Life Strategy: schools of up to 15 Food / Feed Strategy: browser, eats mostly anthozoans. also fish eggs, crustaceans, worms
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foureye_butterflyfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Myliobatis
Myliobatidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Bat Ray Scientific Name: Myliobatis californicus Geography / Habitat: Sea of Cortez Life Strategy: pups are not nurtured Food / Feed Strategy: mollusks, crustaceans, small fish
Body Form or Style: Depressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Amiiform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_rays
Myliobatoidei
Species #: 96
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Heterodontiformes
Family:
Genus:
Heterodontidae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Port Jackson Shark Scientific Name: Heterodontus portusjacksoni Geography / Habitat: tropical waters Life Strategy: interact mainly for breeding Food / Feed Strategy: starfish, sea urchins, gastropods
Heterodontus
Species #: 97
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_jackson_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Labridae
Title: Saltwater Common Name: Clown Wrasse Scientific Name: Coris aygula Geography / Habitat: Indian ocean Life Strategy: one male mates in a group Food / Feed Strategy: shelled mollusks, crabs, sea urchins
• Body Form or Style: Compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Labriform • Mouth Position: Superior • Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coris_aygula
Perciformes Coris Species #: 98
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Genus: Alopias
Alopiidae
Lamniformes
Title: Saltwater
Species #:99
Common Name: Thresher Shark Scientific Name:
Alopias vulpinus
Geography / Habitat: tropical and temperate waters worldwide Life Strategy: small litters Food / Feed Strategy: eats small fish in schools
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thresher_shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Cephaloscyllium
Title: Saltwater
Species #: 100
Common Name: Swell Shark Scientific Name:
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Geography / Habitat: Eastern Pacific Ocean Life Strategy: nocturnal, solitary Food / Feed Strategy: bony fishes and crustaceans.
• Body Form or Style: Fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_shark
Class: Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Pleuroploca
Species: gigantea
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 101
Common Name: Florida Horse Conch Scientific Name: Pleuroploca gigantea Geography / Habitat: sand and weeds, shallow water, Eastern N. America (Gulf of Mexico, Southeastern U.S.) Life Strategy: sexual; attaches capsules to rocks or old shells Food / Feed Strategy: carnivore, eats bivalves and other snails
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaena
• Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Horse _conch
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Blue-ringed Octopus Scientific Name: Hapalochlaena maculosa Geography / Habitat: Indo-Pacific tidal rock pools Life Strategy: male courts respondent females with colors Food / Feed Strategy: extremely toxic. carnivorous; shrimp, crustaceans
Species #: 102
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ringed_octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order:
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus: Vampyroteuthis
Vampyromorpha
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 103
Common Name: Vampire Squid Scientific Name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Geography / Habitat: Prefers no light (1,500-2,500m), tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide Life Strategy: female discharges eggs after mating, free-float, no further care Food / Feed Strategy: Carnivore; eats when it can catch. very slow metabolic rate. not aggressive
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Common Name: Vampire Squid Scientific Name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Spirulida
Family: Spirulidae
Genus: Spirula
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 104
Common Name: Ram’s Horn Squid Scientific Name: Spirula spirula Geography / Habitat: tropical coastal waters, Life Strategy: male implants sperm sac, female lays eggs with nutrients until hatching, then young are independent Food / Feed Strategy: nocturnal hunter, eats small fish and crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Squid-like • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%27s_horn_squid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order:
Family:
Genus: Mercenaria
Veneridae
Title: Marine/Saltwater Invertebrates
Veneroida
Species #: 105
Common Name: Cherry Stone Clam Scientific Name: Mercenaria mercenaria Geography / Habitat: east coast of North America Life Strategy: high density spawning, males and females all release gametes together, eggs become trocophore larvae first Food / Feed Strategy: eats plankton by filtering water
Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_clam
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Aplysia
Anaspidea
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: California Seahare Scientific Name:
Aplysia californica
Geography / Habitat: California coast Life Strategy: hermaphroditic Food / Feed Strategy: herbivorous, eats algae and eelgrass
Species #: 106
• Body Form or Style: Nudibranch • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_sea_hare
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Common Octopus Scientific Name:
Octopus vulgaris
Geography / Habitat: all warm waters Life Strategy: female lays 100k eggs Food / Feed Strategy: gastropods and bivalves
Species #: 107
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Argonauta
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Knobby Argonaut Scientific Name: Argonauta nodosa Geography / Habitat: all oveans Life Strategy: Food / Feed Strategy: crayfish, crabs, and bivalves
• Body Form or Style: Shelled octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knobby_argonaut
Species #: 108
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Common Cuttlefish Scientific Name: Sepia officinalis Geography / Habitat: Mediterranean and Atlantic Life Strategy: Internal fertilization Food / Feed Strategy: small fish, shrimp, crabs, crustaceans
• Body Form or Style: Depressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish
Species #: 109
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaena
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 110
Common Name: Greater Blue-ringed Octopus Scientific Name: Hapalochlaena lunulata Geography / Habitat: Indowest Pacific and Indian Oceans Life Strategy: female guards 60-100 eggs for 50 days, doesn’t even eat, dies upon hatching Food / Feed Strategy: carnivorous; fish, crabs, mollusks, small marine organisms
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Blue-ringed_Octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 111
Common Name: Joubin’s Octopus Scientific Name: Octopus joubini Geography / Habitat: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Guyanas Life Strategy: short (5 minute) mating, then female lays eggs, broods, dies after hatching Food / Feed Strategy: crabs and snails
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-arm_Octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Haliotididae
Genus: Haliotis
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Northern Abalone Scientific Name:
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Geography / Habitat: Pacific coast of North America, rocky substrate, algae Life Strategy: external fertilization, 48-hour larval stage Food / Feed Strategy: coralline algae
Species #: 112
• Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_abalone
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Haliotididae
Genus: Haliotis
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Red Abalone Scientific Name:
Haliotis rufescens
Geography / Habitat: Southern Oregon to Baja California Life Strategy: eggs and sperm released into water Food / Feed Strategy: algae, kelp, plankton
Species #: 113
• Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/red_albalone
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 111
Common Name: Caribbean Reef Octopus Scientific Name:
Octopus briareus
Geography / Habitat: temperate to tropical waters in gulf of mexico Life Strategy: male mounts, injects sperm. Female settles, broods eggs until hatched, fully independent offspring. Food / Feed Strategy: crabs
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_reef_octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Loligo
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 115
Common Name: Longfinned Inshore Squid Scientific Name:
Loligo pealeii
Geography / Habitat: Eastern Continental shelf of N. America, Gulf of Mexico, shallow waters Life Strategy: males court females, females lay 200-egg packets on sea floor to be fertilized. changes color for courtship and defense Food / Feed Strategy: carnivorous; other squid, crustaceans, fishes, shrimp
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Body Form or Style: Squid-like Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Aplysia
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Common Name: Spotted Sea Hare Scientific Name:
Aplysia dactylomela
Geography / Habitat: tropical waters around the world Life Strategy: hermaphroditic Food / Feed Strategy: eats red and green algae
• Body Form or Style: Nudibranch • Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_Sea_Hare
Anaspidea
Species #: 116
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Loligo
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 117
Common Name: Longfinned Squid Scientific Name:
Loligo forbesii
Geography / Habitat: All open coast, Eastern Atlantic, near sandy or muddy bottoms Life Strategy: up to 100,000 eggs, provided with yolk sac, no further parental investment. Food / Feed Strategy: eats smaller organisms (fish, other mollusks, etc.)
• Body Form or Style: Squid-like • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longfinned_Squid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Stauroteuthidae
Genus: Stauroteuthis
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 118
Common Name: N/A Scientific Name: Stauroteuthis syrtensis Geography / Habitat: Waters off continental shelf, Eastern N. America, open water, near bottom
Life Strategy: because it’s deep-water, little known about mating or parental care. Internal fertilization, lays about 900 eggs
Food / Feed Strategy: small crustaceans, mainly copepods. bioluminescence of suckers may attract prey
• Body Form or Style: Octopod • Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion • Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Stauroteuthis_syrtensis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Argonauta
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 119
Common Name: Greater Argonaut Scientific Name: Argonauta argo Geography / Habitat: near surface, epipelagic. tropical oceans worldwide
Life Strategy: male has special leg for fertilizing which breaks off. female creates shell for eggs before hatching
Food / Feed Strategy: feeds on plankton and small organisms on surface
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Body Form or Style: Shelled Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: Inferior
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order:
Family: Nautilidae
Genus: Nautilus
Nautilida
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 120
Common Name: Chambered Nautilus Scientific Name: Nautilus pompilius Geography / Habitat: Indo-Pacific, near bottoms of coral reefs
Life Strategy: male attaches sperm packet to female’s shell, female creates eggs, lays. hatched young are miniature adults, independent
Food / Feed Strategy: uses sense of smell, not sight, to eat fish, crabs, carrion
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Body Form or Style: Shelled cephalopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: Terminal