Fish project 2 by dzlane

Fish Species Identification Research Project By: Devin Lane

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 1

Common Name: Large Mouth Bass Scientific Name: Micropterus salmoides Kingdom: Animalia Class:Actinopterygii

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciforms

Family: Centrachidae Geography / Habitat: Largemouth bass occupy almost all aquatic habitats in Alabama. Thriving in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, they are more tolerant of turbidity and slack current than are other Micropterus species. Most of the large individuals landed in Alabama, including the state record, come from well-managed private lakes. Spawning occurs from April to late May, when water temperatures reach 63º to 68ºF (17º to 20ºC)

Food / Feed Strategy: Adults consume smaller fish (bluegill, banded killifish), snails, crawfish (crayfish), frogs, snakes, salamanders, bats and even small water birds, mammals, and baby alligators.[12]

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassblack/largemouth/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 2

Common Name: Small mouth bass Scientific Name: Micropterus Dolomieu Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: centrarchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciforms

Geography / Habitat: Smallmouth bass inhabit clear, small to medium-sized streams, rivers, and reservoirs. They favor such underwater structures as rock outcrops, logs, treetops, and constructed riprap walls. Spawning usually occurs in April and May, when water temperatures reach 59º to 63ºF (15º to 18ºC)

Food / Feed Strategy: Smallmouth feed primarily on small fishes, crayfishes, and insects

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassblack/smallmouth/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 3

Common Name: spotted bass Scientific Name: Micropterus punctulatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: centrarchide

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Spotted bass usually occur around aquatic vegetation, submerged logs, and rock or riprap walls in small to large flowing streams, rivers, and reservoirs. Spawning occurs in April and May, often in the mouths of tributary streams. The male guards the nest until the fry have hatched Food / Feed Strategy: Spotted bass eat crayfish, small fish and insects

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassblack/spotted/

Title: Brown Bull Catfish

Species #: 4

Common Name: Brown Bull Catfish Scientific Name: Ameiurus nebulosus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: ictaluridea

Phylum: Chrodata Order: siluriformes

Geography / Habitat: The brown bullhead thrives in a variety of habitats, including lakes and ponds with low oxygen and/or muddy conditions. They spawn only after the temperature of the water has reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 °C) (cooler in the northern US) in June and July.

Food / Feed Strategy: Brown Bullheads are opportunistic bottom feeders. They eat insects, leeches, snails, fish, clams, and many plants. They are also known to eat corn.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bullhead

Title: freshwater

Species #: 5

Common Name: Channel Catfish Scientific Name: ctalurus punctatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: ictaluridea

Phylum: Chordata Order: siluriformes

Geography / Habitat: Channel catfish inhabit rivers, reservoirs, small to large streams, backwaters, swamps, and oxbow lakes. Spawning begins in May and continues for several months, as late as August

Food / Feed Strategy: Channel catfish feed on aquatic insect larvae, crayfish, mollusks, and small fish, along with baits such as cheese, chicken, dough balls, red worms, and cut bait.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/catfish/channel/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 6

Common Name: Yellow bullhead catfish Scientific Name: Ameiurus natalis Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: ictaluridea

Phylum: Chordata Order: siluriformes

Geography / Habitat: Yellow bullhead are bottom dwellers, living in areas with muck, rock, sand, or clay substrates. Its habitat includes river pools, backwaters, and sluggish current over soft or mildly rocky substrate in creeks, small to larger rivers, and shallow portions of lakes and ponds. Food / Feed Strategy: the yellow bullhead is a voracious scavenger that will almost eat anything. It locates prey by brushing the stream bottom with its barbells. Taste buds on the barbells tell the bullhead whether or not contact is made with edible prey. They typically feed at night on a variety of plant and animal material, both live and dead, most commonly consisting of insects, snails, minnows, clams, crayfish, and decaying animal matter.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_bullhead

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 7

Common Name: Black crappie Scientific Name: Pomoxis negromaculatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Centrarchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: black crappie prefer clearer water and more aquatic vegetation than white crappie. They are also less tolerant of silt and turbidity (murky water). Black crappie spawn during May and June Food / Feed Strategy: Black crappies eat Planktonic crustaceans, aquatic insects, and small fish.

• Body Form or Style: compressiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform • Mouth Position: terminal Citation: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/blackcrappie/tabid/65 51/Default.aspx

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 8

Common Name: Longear sunfish Scientific Name: Lepomis megalotis Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Centrarchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Longear sunfish are primarily found in small streams and creeks. Like other sunfish they are often associated with vegetation, avoiding strong currents by inhabiting pools, inlets, and waters off the main stream channel. Spawning occurs throughout late spring and early summer Food / Feed Strategy: diet can include insects, aquatic invertebrates, and small fish

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/longearsunfish/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longear_sunfish

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 9

Common Name: Green sunfish Scientific Name: Lepomis cyanellus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: centrachidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: They are very tolerant to poor water quality and are often the only sunfish found in very muddy waters. They do have a strong preference to hide around structure such as rocks, logs, or brush piles. They are quite often the only sunfish found in very small streams Food / Feed Strategy: Its diet can include aquatic insects and larvae, insects that fall into the water, crayfish, snails, some small fish, zooplankton, and other small inv HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate"ertebrates.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

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Title: Freshwater

Species #: 10

Common Name: Black tail shiner Scientific Name: Cyprinella venusta Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: cyprinidea

Phylum: Chordata Order: cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: Blacktail shiners are found in the southern United States west of the Appalachian Mountains.[3] The species ranges east and west from north central Florida to West Texas, and north to southern Illinois. C. venusta is most common in pools and runs of clear, sandy-bottomed, small to medium rivers, typically in areas with sparse vegetation Food / Feed Strategy: its diet includes algae, seeds, aquatic and terrestrial insects.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinella_venusta, http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/other/minnow/shiner/blacktail/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 11

Common Name: red shiner Scientific Name: cyprinella lutrensis Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: cyprinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: Red shiners are found naturally in a variety of aquatic habitats, including backwaters, creek mouths, streams containing sand and silt substrates, riffles, and pools.[1] [7] they are tolerant of areas of frequent high turbidity and siltation, [8] but they tend to avoid waters with high acidity

Food / Feed Strategy: Red shiners eat both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, as well as algae. Red shiners have also been known to eat the eggs and larvae of native fish found in locations where they have been introduced

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/redshiner/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild HYPERLINK "http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/redshiner/"/species/redshiner/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 12

Common Name: spotted gar Scientific Name: Lepisosteus oculatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: lepisosteidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: lepisosteiformes

Geography / Habitat: Spotted gar prefer shallow open waters as well as stagnant back water. They are often found near the surface basking near fallen logs, trees, or brush. Spotted gars are rarely found where there is no brush protection

Food / Feed Strategy: This species of gar is an ambush predator, feeding primarily on awuatic crustaceans, such as crayfish. They utilize their brush covered habitat for foraging at night. Spotted gar also eat other fish such as sun fish, gizzard, shad, crappies, bass, catfish and shiners.

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Body Form or Style: sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Lepisosteus_oculatus/

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 13

Common Name: alligator gar Scientific Name: Atractosteus spatula Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: lepisosteidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lepisosteiformes

Geography / Habitat: Alligator Gars are found in fresh, brackish and saltwater, and are more adaptable to the latter than other gars. In Louisiana it is common to see these large gar striking the surface in brackish marshes. Alligator gar are found in the lower Mississippi River Valley and Gulf Coast states of the Southern United States and Mexico as far south as Veracruz, encompassing the following US states: Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida, and Georgia

Food / Feed Strategy: The alligator gar is a relatively passive, solitary fish that lives in fresh and brackish water bodies in the Southern United States. It is carnivorous and feeds by lurking among reeds and other vegetation, ambushing prey.

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Body Form or Style: sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_gar

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 14

Common Name: big mouth buffalo Scientific Name: ictiobus cyprinellus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Catostomidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: Bigmouth buffalo live in lakes, large rivers, and swamps. They can live in shallow, slow-moving water with a silty, muddy bottom and can tolerate low oxygen and high temperatures (up to 90 degrees). In Minnesota, they are found in the Red River, Mississippi, and Minnesota River basins. They are most common in the St. Croix and lower Mississippi Rivers.

Food / Feed Strategy: These big fish support themselves largely on a diet of tiny foods: zooplankton, algae, plants, insect larvae, and other small invertebrates.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/bigmouthbuffalo.html

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 15

Common Name: orange spotted sunfish Scientific Name: Lepomis humilis Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Centrarchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: The orange spotted sunfish has a preference for turbid (murky) water and are most abundant in large muddy rivers and reservoirs. Streams and rivers that contain orange spotted sunfish populations typically are very slow moving (low gradient) systems.

Food / Feed Strategy: The dominant prey of orange spotted sunfish includes insects, such as corixids and chironomids, zooplankton, other small invertebrates that live in the water column, and fish

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.or HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangespotted_sunfish,http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/bigm outhbuffalo.html" HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangespotted_sunfish,http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/bigm outhbuffalo.html"g/wiki/Orangespotted_sunfish,http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/bigmouth buffalo.html

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 16

Common Name: orange throat darter Scientific Name: Etheostoma spectabile Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Percidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Orangetroat darters are found in small headwater streams that are usually less than 10 feet wide. They are typically found in relatively slow moving riffles with fine gravel or course sand on the bottom. The distribution of this species has seen very little change over time

Food / Feed Strategy: the Orange Throat Darter diet includes: midge and blackfly larvae, mayfly nymphs, isopods, amphipods, and caddisfly larvae

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.stat HYPERLINK "http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=21859,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang ethroat_darter"e.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=21859,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangethro at_darter

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 17

Common Name: American paddle fish Scientific Name: Polyodon spathula Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Polyodontidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Acipenseriformes

Geography / Habitat: paddlefish live in slow-flowing waters of the Mississippi River. Once were abundant in Midwest but over fishing has decimated their population.

Food / Feed Strategy: The American paddlefish is believed to use sensitive electroreceptors on its paddle to detect prey, as well as to navigate while migrating to spawning sites. The American paddlefish feeds primarily on zooplankton but also feeds on crustaceans and bivalves

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarnagiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia. HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_paddlefish" HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_paddlefish"org/wiki/American_paddlefish

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 18

Common Name: pink salmon Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: salmonidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: salmoniformes

Geography / Habitat: Pink salmon are found along the Pacific Rim of Asia and in North America. There are naturally occurring pink salmon populations throughout the coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean and nearby seas. While pink salmon in North America have been found as far south as north-central California, they do not reproduce in significant numbers below the Puget Sound in Washington State. They occur to the west from the Lena River in Siberia and as far south as Korea and Kyushu, Japan. Food / Feed Strategy: young pink salmon may eat aquatic insects as they travel to saltwater. In the ocean, pink salmon feed on plankton, other smaller fish, squid, and the occasional aquatic insect. The tiny marine crustaceans pink salmon eat are what give their flesh its pink color. As with all members of the salmon family, when they return to freshwater to spawn, they stop eating.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=pinksalmon.main

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 19

Common Name: pirate perch Scientific Name: Aphredoderus sayanus Kingdom: Animalia Class: actinopterygii Family: Aphredoderidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Percopsiformes

Geography / Habitat: Pirate perch are found in very slow moving heavily vegetated streams, oxbows, or marshes. They are found in areas with dense vegetation and a soft bottom made up of organic debris and muck free of yellow clay silts. They spend the day hiding in dense vegetation or organic debris and come out at night to feed.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and a few small fish

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=22740,http://en.wikipedia HYPERLINK "http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=22740,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_ perch".org/wiki/Pirate_perch

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 20

Common Name: creek chub Scientific Name: Semotilus atromaculatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Cyprinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: They are most abundant in small streams where they are often the top predator. This is a tolerant species that can withstand a wide variety of water conditions.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on a wide variety of aquatic and terrestrial insect larvae and other invertebrates

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semotilus_atromaculatus http://www.dnr.stat HYPERLINK "http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/creekchub/tabid/659 9/Default.aspx"e.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/creekchub/tabid/6599/Def ault.aspx

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 21

Common Name: Rainbow Smelt Scientific Name: Osmerus mordax Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Osmeridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Osmeriformes

Geography / Habitat: Freshwater lakes all around Northern US and Southern Canada

Food / Feed Strategy: The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton, and other small organisms, but are aggressive and will eat almost any fish they find.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_smelt

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 22

Common Name: Rainbow Trout Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Salmonidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Actinopterygii

Geography / Habitat: Native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.

Food / Feed Strategy: Predators with a varied diet, and will eat nearly anything they can capture.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_trout

Title: freshwater

Species #: 23

Common Name: Borneo River Shark Scientific Name: Glyphis fowlerae Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carcharhiniformes

Geography / Habitat: They are endemic to the Kinabatangan River in Borneo

Food / Feed Strategy: They mostly feed on small, bony fishes such as sardines and tuna.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo_river_shark

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Species #: 24

Common Name: Ganges shark Scientific Name: Glyphis gangeticus Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Largely restricted to the rivers of eastern and northeastern India

Food / Feed Strategy: The feeding habits are mostly unknown. The shark’s small eyes and slender teeth suggest that it is primarily a fish-eater

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_shark

Title: Freshwater Common Name: Northern River shark

Species #: 25

Scientific Name: Glyphis garricki Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carcharhiniformes

Geography / Habitat: It inhabits large rivers, estuaries, and coastal bays (King Sound, the Ord River, and Doctors Creek near Derby in Western Australia, the Adelaide and Alligator Rivers in Northern Australia, and possibly the Fly River in Papua New Guinea)

Food / Feed Strategy: The northern river shark seems to be adapted for hunting fish in conditions of poor visibility

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_shark

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 26

Common Name: Spear tooth Shark Scientific Name: Glyphis glyphis Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Found in a handful of large, mangrove-lined tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea

Food / Feed Strategy: It has slender teeth adept for catching bony fishes and crustaceans,

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speartooth_shark

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 27

Common Name: Irrawaddy River Shark Scientific Name: Glyphis siamensis Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carcharhiniformes

Geography / Habitat: The Irrawaddy river shark is found in the delta of the Irrawaddy River near Yangon, Myanmar

Food / Feed Strategy: It mainly preys on small fish and dead fish

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

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Title: Freshwater

Species #: 28

Common Name: Gold veil angelfish Scientific Name: Pterophyllum scalare Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Cichlidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Native to the Amazon River in South America, it is a freshwater fish. They generally swim in the soft acidic waters, where there are numerous tree roots and vegetation. They are also found in slow-moving rivers, with little current and the grassy lakes in Peru, Ecuador and Brazil.

Food / Feed Strategy: They are omnivores. food includes: Adult Brine Shrimp, Black Worms, Mosquito larvae, Guppy, earthworms, Midge Fly larvae, Brine Shrimp, algae, Amazon Sword Plants, Java Moss, Water Sprite and Java Fern.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

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Title: Freshwater

Species #: 29

Common Name: koi angel Scientific Name: Pterophyllum scalare Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Cichlidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophyllum_scalare

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 30

Common Name: Smokey leopard veil angel

Scientific Name: Pterophyllum scalare Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Cichlidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophyllum_scalare

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 31

Common Name: clown loach Scientific Name: Chromobotia macracanthus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Botiidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: It originates in inland waters in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Clear stream environments provide the optimal habitat for clown loaches, but biannual monsoon flooding forces the fish to move into flooded flood plains, or murky or black water rivers or lakes, for 7–8 months of the year. They are generally found closer to the ground. Clown loaches are commonly found in the flood plains of hilly areas and a temperature range of 25 to 30 °C

Food / Feed Strategy: They are omnivorous. It can eat most snails, larva, crustaceans, and worms. It eats things that collect towards the ground.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown_loach http://www.bollmoraakvarieklubb.org/artiklar/praktbotia/clown%20loac HYPERLINK "http://www.bollmoraakvarieklubb.org/artiklar/praktbotia/clown%20loach.htm"h.htm

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 32

Common Name: dario botia loach Scientific Name: Botia dario Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Botiidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Cypriniformes

Geography / Habitat: It found in the hill streams of Bangladesh. It can be found in the creeks and streams of the northern and eastern regions of the country (bordering India and Myanmar, respectively), and is also known in India. The fish most likely populates the streams that supply the Bengal section of the Ganges River and is also reported in Bhutan, but only in the Gaylegphug River, which eventually drains into the far north of Bangladesh.

Food / Feed Strategy: They are omnivores. They enjoy fresh vegetables, such as cucumber, zucchini, and live foods like bloodworms and brine shrimp.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botia_dario

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 33

Common Name: beluga sturgeon Scientific Name: Huso Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Acipenseridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Acipenseriformes

Geography / Habitat: It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Brackish; marine; depth range to 590 ft. (180 m)

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds mostly on sea fishes (Black Sea whiting, anchovies, flatfishes, gobies) also crustaceans and mollusks

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.tennis.org/Animals/Fish%20ID/Beluga_sturgeon.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_ (sturgeon

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 34

Common Name: white sturgeon Scientific Name: Acipenser transmontanus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Acipenseridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Acipenseriformes

Geography / Habitat: The white sturgeon lives on the bottom of slow-moving rivers, bays, and estuarine areas, including the brackish water at the mouths of large rivers. They congregate in areas of rivers with a heavy current, gravel bottom, and a water temperature of 58 °F to 66 °F (14 °C to 19 °C).

Food / Feed Strategy: Dead fish, crustaceans, mollusks, Lampreys, primitive eel-like fish, Shad, and Smelt are all popular prey.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_sturgeon

Title: freshwater

Species #: 35

Common Name: American eel Scientific Name: Anguilla rostrata Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Anguillidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Anguilliformes

Geography / Habitat: Eels prefer muddy bottoms and calm waters. They are nocturnal which means they are active at night. During the day eels hide under rocks on the bottom.

Food / Feed Strategy: They eat a variety of fish, insects, snail, clams, and worms.

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Body Form or Style: anguilliform Swim / Locomotion Style: anguilliform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishfacts/eel.asp

Title: freshwater

Species #: 36

Common Name: American shad Scientific Name: Alosa sapidissima Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Clupeidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Clupeiformes

Geography / Habitat: American shad are anadromous fish that spend the majority of their life at sea and only enter freshwater in the spring to spawn. Shad are river-specific. Each major river along the Atlantic coast appears to have a discrete spawning stock, and adults return to their natal river to spawn.

Food / Feed Strategy: Juveniles feed on zooplankton and terrestrial insects. Adults feed on plankton, small crustaceans and small fish but do not feed while migrating upriver to spawn.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/fishfacts/americanshad.asp

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 37

Common Name: brown bullhead Scientific Name: Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Ictaluridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Siluriformes

Geography / Habitat: Generally inhabit still or slowly-flowing warm waters in ponds, lakes, reservoirs, large rivers and sluggish streams.

Food / Feed Strategy: They are primarily bottom feeders, feeding mostly at night. Highly sensitive barbells enable them to smell a wide variety of food such as insects, plant material, carrion, small fish, snails, crayfish, worms and leeches.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/freshwater/brown-bullhead/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bullhead

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 38

Common Name: spotted sunfish Scientific Name: Lepomis punctatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Centrarchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: The spotted sunfish is a subtropical fish of the Southeastern United States. It is found in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal drainages from the Cape Fear region in North Carolina to the Apalachicola River system in western Florida. The northernmost extent of its range is southern Tennessee. It is a warm water fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Midge larvae and other immature insects: crickets or worms. They also feed on micro crustaceans such as amphipods (Hyalella) and cladocerans

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_sunfish

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 39

Common Name: male crown tail betta (also known as Siamese fighting fish) Scientific Name: Betta splendens Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Osphronemidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: The wild ancestors of this fish are native to the rice paddies of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

Food / Feed Strategy: Primarily carnivorous surface feeders, although some vegetable matter may be eaten. In the wild, they feed on zooplankton, crustaceans, and the larvae of mosquitoes and other water-bound insects

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish

Title: Freshwater

Species #: 40

Common Name: blue neon guppy Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Poeciliidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Geography / Habitat: Natural range is in northeast South America, were introduced to many habitats and are now found all over the world. They are highly adaptable and thrive in many different environmental and ecological conditions. Food / Feed Strategy: Generally feed on a variety of food source including benthic algae and aquatic insect larvae

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guppy

Title: Saltwater

Species #: 41

Common Name: Amberjack Lesser Scientific Name: Seriola fasciata Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygnii Family: carangidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Lesser amberjack are found nearshore and offshore. This fish are typically found in deeper waters than other Seriola (commonly 180 - 410 feet deep). Food / Feed Strategy: Adults eat fish and squid and crustaceans.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/saltwater/jacks/lesser-amberjack/

Title: saltwater fish

Species #: 42

Common Name: Great Barracuda Scientific Name: Sphyraena barracuda Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Sphyraenidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide ranging from the Eastern border of the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and Caribbean Sea. They are found near the top of the water and near coral reefs and sea grasses

Food / Feed Strategy: They rely on high speeds and ambush tactics to capture their prey. It is known that Barracuda feed on an array of prey including fishes such as jacks, grunts, groupers, snappers, small tunas, mullets, killifishes, herrings, and anchovies by simply biting them in half

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Body Form or Style: sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.w HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda"ikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda

Title: saltwater fish

Species #: 43

Common Name: bone fish Scientific Name: Albula vulpes Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Albulidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Albuliformes

Geography / Habitat: lives in inshore tropical waters and moves onto shallow mudflats to feed with the incoming tide

Food / Feed Strategy: the bonefish feeds on benthic worms, fry, crustaceans, and mollusks

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonefish

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 44

Common Name: Arctic Char Scientific Name: Salvelinus alpinus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: salmonidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: salmoniformes

Geography / Habitat: native to Arctic, sub-Arctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters. It breeds in fresh water, and populations can be either landlocked or anadromous, migrating to the sea.[2] No other freshwater fish is found as far north; it is, for instance, the only fish species in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic

Food / Feed Strategy: During late spring and summer Char feeds on insects found on the water’s surface, salmon eggs, snails and other smaller crustaceans found on the Lake Bottom and smaller fish up to a third of the Char's size. During the autumn and winter months the Char feeds on zoo plankton and freshwater shrimps that are suspended in the lake and also occasionally feeds on smaller fish

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_char

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 45

Common Name: Cobia Scientific Name: rachycentron canadum Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: rachycentridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: It is found in warm-temperate to tropical waters of the West and East Atlantic Ocean, throughout the Caribbean, and in the Indo-Pacific off India, Australia and Japan.

Food / Feed Strategy: the cobia feeds primarily on crabs, squid, and fish. It will follow larger animals such as sharks, turtles, and manta rays to scavenge

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation:http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/saltwater/cobia/cobia/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobia

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 46

Common Name: Atlantic Cod Scientific Name: Gadus morhua Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Gadidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Gadiformes

Geography / Habitat: In the western Atlantic Ocean, cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and around both coasts of Greenland; in the eastern Atlantic, it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea.

Food / Feed Strategy: Stomach sampling studies have discovered that Atlantic cod feed primarily on Crustacean for small cod, and fish (such as Mackerel, haddock, whiting, herring, plaice, and sole) for larger ones.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_cod

Title: saltwater

Species #: 47

Common Name: cow cod Scientific Name: Sebastes Levis Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Sebastidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Scorpaeniformes

Geography / Habitat: Central Oregon to central Baja California, Mexico and Guadalupe Island, living in depths of 65-160 ft. Food / Feed Strategy: Adults eat other fish, octopus, and squid. Juveniles eat small shrimp and crabs.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: ostraciiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/cowcod.htm

Title: saltwater

Species #: 48

Common Name: white croaker Scientific Name: Genyonemus lineatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Sciaenidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Magdalena Bay, Baja California, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but are not abundant north of San Francisco. White croakers swim in loose schools at or near the bottom of sandy areas. Sometimes they aggregate in the surf zone or in shallow bays and lagoons. Most of the time they are found in offshore areas at depths of 3 to 30 meters (10 to 100 feet). Food / Feed Strategy: They are omnivores. They eat a variety of worms, shrimps, crabs, squid, octopus, clams, small fish, and other living or dead items

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_croaker

Title: saltwater

Species #: 49

Common Name: flounder Scientific Name: Paralichthys albiguttata Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Paralichthyidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Pleuronectiformes

Geography / Habitat: Usually around soft muddy areas of the sea bottom, near bridge piles, docks and coral reefs. They have been found at the bottom of the Mariana trench, the deepest known ocean canyon.

Food / Feed Strategy: A flounder's diet consists mainly of fish spawn, crustaceans, polychaetes and small fish.

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Body Form or Style: depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: ostraciiform Mouth Position: sub terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flounder

Title: saltwater

Species #: 50

Common Name: starry flounder Scientific Name: Platichthys stellatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Pleuronectidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Pleuronectiformes

Geography / Habitat: As far south as Japan and Korea, ranging through the Aleutian Islands, the coast of Alaska, Canada, and down the West Coast of the U.S. as far as the mouth of the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County, California

Food / Feed Strategy: A variety of benthic invertebrates. Larvae start out consuming planktonic algae and crustaceans, then as they metamorphose they shift to larger animals. Starry flounder feed primarily on zooplankton, copepods, crustaceans, and amphipods

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Body Form or Style: depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: ostraciiform Mouth Position: sub terminal

Citation: http://www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_flounder_fact.html/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_flounder

Title: saltwater Common Name: long nose gar

Species #: 51

Scientific Name: Lepisosteus osseus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Lepisosteidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lepisosteiformes

Geography / Habitat: Found along the east coast of North and Central America in freshwater lakes and as far west as Kansas and Texas and southern New Mexico.

Food / Feed Strategy: Carnivorous; for example, their diet consists of sunfish, catfish, and crayfish

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Body Form or Style: sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longnose_gar

Title: saltwater

Species #: 52

Common Name: gag grouper Scientific Name: Mycteroperca microlepis Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Serranidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Adults inhabit rocky bottoms, reefs and drop-off walls in water over 60 feet deep; young occur inshore in waters around sea grass beds, mangrove forests and hard-bottom communities. Food / Feed Strategy: The gag grouper is a bottom feeder.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/saltwater/grouper/gag-grouper/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_grouper

Title: saltwater

Species #: 53

Common Name: red grouper Scientific Name: Epinephelus morio Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Serranidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, sub tidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, rocky shores, sandy shores, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, intertidal marshes, coastal saline lagoons, coastal freshwater lagoons, and karsts. Food / Feed Strategy: The Red Grouper is an opportunistic feeder and a top predator in the reef community. The diet is varied but commonly includes lutjanid and sparid fishes, xanthid and portunid crabs, spiny lobster, and snapping shrimp.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_grouper

Title: Saltwater

Species #: 54

Common Name: black grouper Scientific Name: Mycteroperca bonaci Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae Geography / Habitat: Found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Massachusetts, USA, in the north to southern Brazil, the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Lives mostly near the surface, at depths ranging from six to 33 meters. Usually around rocky or coral reefs but not dependent on them Food / Feed Strategy: Adults feed mainly on other fish and squid, though the younger fish feed on crustaceans, especially shrimp.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_grouper

Title: saltwater

Species #: 55

Common Name: Tiger grouper Scientific Name: Mycteroperca Tigris Kingdom: Animalia Class: Atinopterygii Family: Serranidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, sub tidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. Food / Feed Strategy: Big robust predators that draw in food by sucking it into their mouths.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: sub carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_grouper

Title: Saltwater

Species #: 56

Common Name: King Mackerel Scientific Name: Scomberomorus cavalla Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Scombridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Subtropical species of the Atlantic Coast of the Americas. Common in the coastal zone from North Carolina to Brazil, it occurs as far south as Rio de Janeiro, and occasionally as far north as the Gulf of Maine. Nonetheless, a preference for water temperatures in the range of 66 to 85 °F (20 to 29 °C) may limit distribution. They commonly occur in depths of 40 to 150 feet (12–45 m) Food / Feed Strategy: Voracious, opportunistic carnivores. Their prey depends on their size. Depending on area and season, they favor squid, menhaden and other sardine-like fish (Clupeidae), jacks (Carangidae), cutlass fish (Trichiuridae), weakfish (Sciaenidae), grunts (Haemulidae), striped anchovies (Engraulidae), cigar minnows, threadfin, northern mackerel and blue runners.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Mackerel

Title: saltwater

Species #: 57

Common Name: Spanish Mackerel Scientific Name: Scomberomorus maculatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Scombridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Spanish mackerel occur seasonally from the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico, as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They are a shallow water species, preferring sand bottom in depths of 10 to 40 feet (3 to 12 m), occasionally found as deep as 80 feet (24 m). Food / Feed Strategy: Spanish mackerel are voracious, opportunistic, carnivores. As with other members of the genus, food consists mainly of small fishes with lesser quantities of shrimp and squid. Striped anchovies (Engraulidae) and clupeoids such as menhaden, alewives and thread herring (Opisthonema),

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Mackerel

Title: saltwater

Species #: 58

Common Name: Mahi Mahi Scientific Name: Coryphaena hippurus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Coryphaenidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and Panama, surface dwelling Shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters Food / Feed Strategy: Carnivorous diet includes invertebrates and fish, and sometimes zooplankton

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Body Form or Style: globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: ostraciiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://eol.org/pages/356300/overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi-mahi

Title: saltwater

Species #: 59

Common Name: Atlantic blue marlin Scientific Name: Makaira nigricans Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Istiophoridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Native to the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Blue marlins prefer the higher temperature of surface waters

Food / Feed Strategy: Blue Marlins feed on mackerel and tuna, but will also dive deep to eat squid. They are among the fastest fish in the ocean, and use their spears to slash through dense schools, returning to eat their stunned and wounded victims.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/blue-marlin/

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 60

Common Name: striped marlin Scientific Name: Kajikia audax Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Istiophoridae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Found in tropical and warm temperate waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, the striped marlin is pelagic and seasonally migratory, moving toward the equator during the cold season and away again during the warm season.

Food / Feed Strategy: It is highly predatory, feeding extensively on pilchards, anchovies, mackerel, sauries, flying fish, squid, and whatever is abundant.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.igfa.org/species/164-marlin-striped.aspx?CommonName=164-marlinstriped.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_marlin

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 61

Common Name: bull shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus leucas Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Bull sharks are aggressive, common, and usually live near highpopulation areas like tropical shorelines. They are not bothered by brackish and freshwater, and even venture far inland via rivers and tributaries. They are found cruising the shallow, warm waters o all the world’s o eans

Food / Feed Strategy: they will eat almost anything they see, including fish, dolphins, and even other sharks. Humans are not, per se, on their menus. However, they frequent the turbid waters of estuaries and bays, and often attack people inadvertently or out of curiosity

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bullshark/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_n1p_us_se_w # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 62

Common Name: lemon shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus brevirostris Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: This species inhabits coastal inshore waters from New Jersey (US) to Southern Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and along Senegal and the Ivory Coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic. There is some evidence that two separate populations exist within the western Atlantic Ocean; one in the Caribbean and one in the Gulf of Mexico. In the North Pacific the lemon shark ranges from the Gulf of California and Baja California south to Ecuador inhabits coral reefs, mangroves, enclosed bays, sounds and river mouths.

Food / Feed Strategy: The lemon shark is commonly found over sandy or muddy bottoms and eats a diet consisting mainly of bony fish and crustaceans. Catfish, mullet, jacks, croakers, porcupine fish, cowfish, guitarfish, stingrays, eagle rays, crabs and crayfish make up the majority of their diet. In addition, this species will eat sea birds and smaller sharks. Lemon sharks will eat until full with the rate of digestion is dependent on the amount of food consumed at a single time

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Lemonshark/Lemonshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 63

Common Name: blue shark Scientific Name: Prionace mackiei Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Blue sharks are found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. They are a pelagic species that rarely comes near shore but have been known to frequent inshore areas around oceanic islands and locations where the continental shelf is narrow. In the Atlantic they can be found from New Found land, Canada to Argentina and from Norway to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. They range from South Africa to Indonesia and from Japan to New Zealand in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. In the eastern Pacific, blue sharks range from the Gulf of Alaska to Chile

Food / Feed Strategy: Small bony fishes, such as herring and sardines, and invertebrates, such as squid, cuttlefish and pelagic octopi, make up a majority of the blue shark's diet. They easily feed on certain species of squid that form large breeding aggregations, which allows the blue shark to leisurely collect its unsuspecting prey. Besides actively hunting for food, blue sharks are opportunistic feeders and have been known to feed from gill nets and scavenge dead marine mammals.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style:thuuniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/blueshark/blueshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 64

Common Name: nurse shark Scientific Name: Ginglymostoma caboverdianus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Ginglymostomatidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Orectolobiformes

Geography / Habitat: Common in the Atlantic and in the eastern Pacific, in coastal tropical and sub-tropical waters. Reported from Senegal to Gabon, Rhode Island to Southern Brazil, and Mexico to Peru. Also, some individuals have been reported in the Gulf of Gascoigne in southwest France. This species is locally very common in shallow waters throughout the West Indies, south Florida and the Florida Keys. The nurse shark is a nocturnal animal that rests on sandy bottoms or in caves or crevices in rock in shallow waters during the day. They occasionally occur in groups of up to 40 individual, as they lie very close together sometimes even piling upon one another. Nurse sharks are very active during the night. In addition to swimming near the bottom or well off it, the nurse shark can clamber on the sea floor

Food / Feed Strategy: A nocturnal predator, the nurse shark feeds mainly on fish especially stingrays, mollusks (octopi, squids and clams) and crustaceans. Algae and corals are occasionally founded in the stomachs as well. The nurse shark has small mouth, but its large, bellows-like pharynx allows it to suck in food items at high speed. This system probably allows the species to prey on small fish that are resting at night, species that are too active for the sluggish nurse shark to catch during the day. Heavy-shelled conches are flipped over, and the snail extracted by use of suction and teeth.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: anguilliform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/nurseshark/nurseshark.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_shark

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 65

Common Name: grey reef shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus wheeleri Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: The grey reef shark is limited to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In the Indo-Pacific, it is found in the waters off Madagascar and in the Mauritius-Seychelles region. In the western Pacific Ocean, this shark ranges from southern China to northern Australia and the Tuamoto Archipelago. It is one of the most common reef sharks in the Pacific Ocean. It is also found in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of India to South Africa Primarily distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical waters, the grey reef shark is often found near coral atolls and lagoons adjacent to reef habitats. It is often observed swimming along the outer edges of coral reefs. Its depth ranges from 0-920 feet (0-280 m). However, this species has been observed in waters down to 3,280 feet (1,000 m). Although more active during the night, grey reef sharks sometimes form schools during the day.

Food / Feed Strategy: Reef fishes, along with smaller quantities of cephalopods (squid and octopus), and crustaceans (shrimp and lobster), provide the majority of the grey reef sharks' prey. Reef shark prey also includes bony fish including cowfish, surgeonfish, and butterfly fish. The grey reef shark will also prey on young individuals of their own species. Most of the feeding activity occurs during the nighttime hours which is also this shark's peak activity period.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/greefshark/greefshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 66

Common Name: tiger fish Scientific Name: Carcharias hemprichii Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: The tiger shark is found throughout the world's temperate and tropical waters, with the exception of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a wide-ranging species that is at home both in the Open Ocean as well as shallow coastal waters. This shark has a notable tolerance for many different kinds of marine habitat but generally prefers murky waters in coastal areas. It is commonly found in river estuaries, harbors, and other inlets where runoff from the land may attract a high number of prey items. Shallow areas around large island chains and oceanic islands including lagoons

Food / Feed Strategy: Undoubtedly the least discriminative all species, the tiger shark has a reputation as an animal that will eat almost anything. Preferred prey varies depending upon geographical region but commonly includes sea turtles, rays, other sharks, bony fishes, sea birds, dolphins, squid, various crustaceans and carrion. The tiger shark's highly serrated teeth combined with the saw-like action from shaking the head back and forth allows it to tear chunks from much larger marine animals

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/tigershark/tigershark.htm

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 67

Common Name: Great White Shark Scientific Name: Carcharodon albimors Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Lamnidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lamniformes

Geography / Habitat: The white shark is cosmopolitan but occurs mostly in temperate seas, with large individuals known to penetrate tropical waters. It makes sporadic movements to cold, boreal waters and has been recorded off Alaskan and Canadian coasts. It occurs in the western Atlantic from Newfoundland to Florida, the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas and Cuba as well from Brazil to Argentina and in the eastern Atlantic from France to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. The white shark is principally an epipelagic (living in the upper part of the water column) dweller of neritic (nearshore) waters. However, it ranges from the surf line to well offshore and from the surface and to depths over 250 m (775 ft.). This shark commonly patrols small coastal archipelagos inhabited by pinnipeds (seal, sea lions and walruses), offshore reefs, banks and shoals and rocky headlands where deep water lies close to shore

Food / Feed Strategy: The white shark is a macro predator, known to be active during the daytime. Its most important prey items are marine mammals (including, seals, sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins) and fishes (including other sharks and rays). Marine reptiles are sporadically ingested, mostly sea turtles.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/whiteshark/whiteshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 68

Common Name: Mako Shark Scientific Name: Isurus africanus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Lamnidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lamniformes

Geography / Habitat: The short fin Mako has a wide distribution. It is found in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world's oceans. In North America it ranges from California to Chile in the Pacific and from the Grand Banks to the hump of Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic. It is commonly seen in offshore waters from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. In the eastern Atlantic the short fin Mako ranges from Norway to South Africa, including the Mediterranean and it is found throughout the Indian Ocean from South Africa to Australia. The short fin Mako is a true pelagic species with a primarily anti-tropical distribution. However, they will inhabit the cooler, deeper water of tropical regions. In some tropical areas where the surface temperature is 27°C (81°F), water temperature may be as low as 59°F (15°C) at depths of 30-60 m (94.2-188.4 ft.). With the ability to elevate body temperature, Mako’s are able to maintain themselves in temperatures of 5-11°C (41-52°F). In this sense the Makos are somewhat "warm-blooded," meaning that heat in their blood is conserved within the body and not lost through the gills.

Food / Feed Strategy: The short fin Mako feeds on other fast-moving pelagic fishes such as swordfish, tunas, and other sharks as well as squid

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/shortfinmako/shortfinmako.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 69

Common Name: black tip shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus limbatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Black tip sharks are cosmopolitan in tropical to subtropical coastal, shelf, and island waters. In the Atlantic during their seasonal migration they range from Nova Scotia to Brazil, but their center of abundance is in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. They occur throughout the Mediterranean and along the central West coast of Africa. In the Pacific they range from Southern California to Peru, including the Sea of Cortez. They occur at the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, and other South Pacific Islands, to the North coast of Australia. The Black tip shark inhabits inshore and offshore waters, but is not a truly pelagic species. They are often seen nearshore around river mouths, bays, mangrove swamps, and in other estuaries, though they do not penetrate far into freshwater. They can be found offshore and over deep waters near coral reef drop-offs, but primarily stay in the upper 100 feet (30 m) of the water column.

Food / Feed Strategy: The Black tip shark primarily feeds on small schooling fishes such as herring, sardines, menhaden, mullet, and anchovies, but also eats many other bony fishes including catfishes, groupers, jacks, snook, porgies, grunts, croakers, flatfishes, triggerfish, and porcupine fish.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/blacktip/blacktipshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 70

Common Name: sword fish Scientific Name: Xiphias thermaicus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: xiphias

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: The swordfish is found in oceanic regions worldwide, including the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. It is found in tropical, temperate, and sometimes cold waters, with a latitudinal range of approximately 60°N to 45°S. The swordfish is a highly migratory species, generally moving to warmer waters in the winter and cooler waters in the summer. Generally an oceanic species, the swordfish is primarily a midwater fish at depths of 650-1970 feet (200-600 m) and water temperatures of 64 to 71°F (18-22°C). Although mainly a warm-water species, the swordfish has the widest temperature tolerance of any billfish, and can be found in waters from 41-80°F (5-27°C). The swordfish is commonly observed in surface waters, although it is believed to swim to depths of 2,100 feet (650 m) or greater, where the water temperature may be just above freezing.

Food / Feed Strategy: As opportunistic predators, swordfish feed at the surface as well as the bottom of their depth range (>2,100 ft. (650 m)) as evidenced by stomach contents. They feed mostly upon pelagic fishes, and occasionally squids and other cephalopods

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/swordfish/swordfish.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 71

Common Name: Atlantic sting ray Scientific Name: Amphotistius sabinus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Dasyatidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Myliobatiformes

Geography / Habitat: The Atlantic stingray is a coastal resident of the western North Atlantic Ocean. It ranges from Chesapeake Bay south to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico south to Campeche, Mexico. This stingray prefers warm coastal and estuarine waters C). Temperature induced seasonal migrations have been observed throughout its range. The Atlantic stingray is found in the Chesapeake Bay, its northernmost range, during the summer and fall when the water temperature is warmest. Between October and November it moves south to warmer waters. In other areas, rays migrate from shallow to deeper waters where C) during the winter months.

Food / Feed Strategy: Dietary items differ depending on the geographical location of the population. However, prey typically consists of benthic invertebrates such as bivalves, tube anemones, amphipods, crustaceans, clams, and Nereid worms. Atlantic stingrays are highly electro receptive fish. They have rows of sensory cells call "Ampullae of Lorenzini" that are able to detect weak electric fields generated by prey items. The stingray can use this sense to locate prey buried in the sand.

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Body Form or Style: depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: rajiform Mouth Position: sub terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/atlanticstingray/atlanticstingray.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 72

Common Name: snook Scientific Name: Centropomus argenteus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Family: Centropomidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: perciformes

Geography / Habitat: Common snook are the most widely distributed species within the Centropomus genus and have been reported as far north as New York (USA) and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Common snook are abundant along the Atlantic coast of Florida from Cape Canaveral south through the Keys and Dry Tortugas, and north to Cedar Key on the gulf coast. Common snook occur infrequently along the coast of Texas to Galveston and then more or less continuously south to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Juvenile common snook are generally restricted to the protection of riverine and estuary environments. These environments offer shallow water and an overhanging vegetative shoreline. Juvenile common snook can survive in waters with lower oxygen levels than adults. Adult common snook inhabit many environments including mangrove forests, beaches, river mouths, nearshore reefs, salt marshes and sea grass meadows. Adult common snook appear to be less sensitive to cold water temperatures than larvae or small juveniles. Food / Feed Strategy: Larval and small common snook eat mainly copepods and micro crustaceans. As common snook grow larger they eat fish, shrimp, crabs and zooplankton. This change in food habits occurs at around 1.8 inches (4.5 cm) standard length and continues throughout adulthood.

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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarangiform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/snook/snook.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 73

Common Name: Whale shark Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Rhincodontidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Orectolobiformes

Geography / Habitat: The whale shark has a very widespread distribution, occurring in all tropical and warm temperate seas, except in the Mediterranean. It occurs throughout the Atlantic Ocean, from New York through the Caribbean to central Brazil and from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea. It also occurs in the Indian Ocean. In contrast to most sharks from the same order (Orectolobiformes), which are benthic (live on or near the bottom) species, the whale shark is a pelagic (open sea) species. Studies reveal that this shark prefers warm waters, with surface temperature around 21-30º C, marked by high primary productivity (much plankton). It is often seen offshore but commonly comes close inshore, sometimes entering lagoons or coral atolls. Food / Feed Strategy: Whale sharks feed on wide variety of planktonic (microscopic) and nektonic (larger free-swimming) prey, such as small crustaceans, schooling fishes, and occasionally on tuna and squids. Also, phytoplankton (microscopic plants) and macro algae (larger plants) may form a component of the diet. Unlike most plankton feeding vertebrates, the whale shark does not depend on slow forward motion to operate its filtration mechanism. Rather, it relies on a versatile suction filter-feeding method, which enables it to draw water into the mouth at high velocities

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/whaleshark/whaleshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 74

Common Name: Thresher shark Scientific Name: Alopas greyi Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Alopiidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lamniformes

Geography / Habitat: The thresher shark, an oceanic and coastal species, inhabits tropical and cold -temperate waters worldwide. It is most common in temperate waters. In the Atlantic Ocean, it ranges from Newfoundland to Cuba and southern Brazil to Argentina, and from Norway and British Isles to Ghana and Ivory Coast, including the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is found along the entire U.S. Atlantic coast. The thresher shark is a pelagic species inhabiting both coastal and oceanic waters. It is most commonly observed far from shore, although it wanders close to the coast in search of food. Adults are common over the continental shelf, while juveniles reside in coastal bays and near shore waters.

Food / Feed Strategy: Bony fish make up 97% of the thresher's diet. They feed mostly on small schooling fish such as menhaden, herring, Atlantic saury, sand lance, and mackerel. Bluefish and butterfish are the most common meal. They also feed on bonito and squid. Thresher sharks encircle schools of fish and then stun the prey with their tails. This is often done in groups and/or pairs. They have also been known to kill sea birds with their tails.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/ThresherShark/ThresherShark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 75

Common Name: bronze whaler shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus acarenatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Carcharhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: The bronze whaler shark has a worldwide distribution in warm temperate and subtropical waters. Locally, it can be found from North Carolina to Brazil and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The bronze whaler shark commonly occupies a variety of habitats from freshwater and brackish areas of large rivers to shallow bays and estuaries. It has been found from the surf line to depths of up to 328 feet (100 m), but is believed to range deeper.

Food / Feed Strategy: The diet of the bronze whaler shark consists of a variety of cephalopods including squid and octopus as well as fishes such as sardines, mullet, and flatfish. During the winter months, large numbers of bronze whaler sharks follow the sardine shoals along the coast of southern Natal. Adult bronze whaler sharks are also known to feed on other elasmobranchs such as stingrays and sawfish.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/narrowtoothshark/narrowtoothshark.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 76

Common Name: great hammerhead shark Scientific Name: Sphyrna ligo Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Sphyrnidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Carchahiniformes

Geography / Habitat: Circumtropical in distribution, the great hammerhead is found in coastal warm temperate and tropical waters within 40°N - 37°S latitude. In the western Atlantic Ocean, it ranges from North Carolina (US) south to Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions, while in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, this species ranges from Morocco to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea. This large coastal/semi-oceanic shark is found far offshore to depths of 300 m as well as in shallow coastal areas such as over continental shelves and lagoons. The great hammerhead migrates seasonally, moving pole ward to cooler waters during the summer months. Food / Feed Strategy: Great hammerheads are active predators, preying upon a wide variety of marine organisms, from invertebrates to bony fishes and sharks. A favorite prey item is the stingray, which is consumed along with the tail spine. Invertebrate prey include crabs, squid, octopus, and lobsters while commonly consumed bony fish are groupers, catfishes, jacks, grunts, and flatfishes. Great hammerheads have also been reported as cannibalistic, eating individuals of their own species. It feeds primarily at dusk along the seafloor as well as near the surface using its complex electro-sensory system to located prey.

• Body Form or Style: fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform • Mouth Position: terminal Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/greathammerhead/GHammerhead.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 77

Common Name: basking shark Scientific Name: Cetorhinus maximus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Cetorhinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lamniformes

Geography / Habitat: The basking shark is a coastal-pelagic species found throughout the world's arctic and temperate waters. In the western Atlantic, it ranges from Newfoundland to Florida and southern Brazil to Argentina and from Iceland and Norway to Senegal, including the parts of the Mediterranean in the eastern Atlantic. The basking shark is typically seen swimming slowly at the surface, mouth agape in open water near shore. This species is known to enter bays and estuaries as well as venturing offshore. Basking sharks are often seen traveling in pairs and in larger schools of up to a 100 or more. Its common name comes from its habit of 'sunning' itself at the surface, back awash with its first dorsal fin fully exposed.

Food / Feed Strategy: Along with the whale shark and the mega mouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), the basking shark is one of three species of large, filter-feeding sharks. However, the basking shark is the only one that relies solely on the passive flow of water through its pharynx by swimming. The basking shark is usually seen swimming with its mouth wide open, taking in a continuous flow of water. The whale shark and mega mouth shark assist the process by suction or actively pumping water into their pharynxes

• Body Form or Style: fusiform • Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform • Mouth Position: terminal Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/baskingshark/baskingshark.html Title: salt water fish Species #: 78 Common Name: white spotted bamboo shark

Scientific Name: Chiloscyllium plagiosum Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chordrichthyes Family: Hemiscylliidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Orectolobiformes

Geography / Habitat: The white spotted bamboo shark is found in the Indo-west Pacific region including waters off Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and probably Malaysia. This species has also been reported off Korea. This demurral bamboo shark lives in inshore subtropical and tropical reef-associated waters within its distribution range. The long slender body shape of this species lends itself well to gliding along coral reefs.

Food / Feed Strategy: Although not well documented, it is believed that the nocturnal white spotted bamboo shark feeds primarily on small marine fishes and invertebrates.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: anguilliform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/wsbambooshark/wsbambooshark.html

Title: salt water fish Common Name: frilled shark

Species #: 79

Scientific Name: Hexanchus griseus Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Hexanchidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Hexanchiformes

Geography / Habitat: The blunt nose six gill shark is one of the wider ranging sharks, residing in temperate and tropical seas around the world. In the western Atlantic Ocean, this range includes from North Carolina to Florida (US) and from the northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Argentina including Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Cuba. In the eastern Atlantic, this shark is found from Iceland and Norway south to Namibia, including the Mediterranean Sea. Its range in the Indian Ocean includes off Madagascar and Mozambique. It also resides in the Pacific Ocean. This shark is primarily a deep-water species living over the outer continental and insular shelves as well as upper slopes. Food / Feed Strategy: The blunt nose six gill shark feeds nocturnally on a wide variety of prey items. It consumes large bony and cartilaginous fishes such as dolphin fish, billfish, flounder, cod, hagfish, lampreys, chimaeras, and rays. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), long nose dogfish (Squalus blainvillei), short nose dogfish (Squalus megalops), and prickly sharks (Echinorhinus cookei) are also consumed by the blunt nose six gill shark. This shark probably ambushes prey from a close range. Small prey items may be caught in the corner of the jaw with a sideways movement of the head. The teeth of the lower jaw suggest that the blunt nose six gill shark saws the flesh from prey items that cannot be swallowed whole.

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/bsixgill/bsixgill.html

Title: salt water fish

Species #: 80

Common Name: Goblin shark Scientific Name: Scapanorhynchus dofleini Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chondrichthyes Family: Mitsukurinidae

Phylum: Chordata Order: Lamniformes

Geography / Habitat: The deep-water goblin shark is thought to be widely distributed. Specimens have been seen in the Atlantic off the coast of Guyana, Surinam, French Guyana, France, Madeira, Senegal, Portugal, Gulf of Guinea, and South Africa. It has also been reported in the western pacific off Japan, Australia and New Zealand. In the Indian Ocean it is found in South Africa and Mozambique. It was recently recorded in the United States near San Clemente Island off the coast of California as well as in the northern Gulf of Mexico south of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The goblin shark is a bottom-dwelling shark that is rarely seen at the surface or in shallow coastal waters. Food / Feed Strategy: The goblin shark uses a sense system known as ampullae of Lorenzini, found in its snout, for electro detection of prey. The jaws are modified for rapid projection to aid in the capture of prey. The jaw is thrust forward by a double set of ligaments at the mandibular joints. When the jaws are retracted the ligaments are stretched and they become relaxed when the jaw is projected forward. The jaws are usually held tightly while swimming and function like a catapult when the animal wants to feed. Its slender narrow teeth suggest it mainly feeds on soft body prey including shrimps, pelagic octopus, fish, and squid. It is also thought to feed on crabs. The posterior teeth are specialized for crushing

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Body Form or Style: fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: thunniform Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/goblinshark/goblinshark.html

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 81

Common Name: golden rabbit snail Scientific Name: Tylomelania gemmifera Kingdom: Animalia Class: gastropoda Family: Pachychilidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order:

Geography / Habitat: Lake Matano Sulawesi, Indonesia

Food / Feed Strategy: they eat bio film, algae and ditrus.

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylomelania_gemmifera http://www.aquariumspeed.com/page/articles.html/_/information/invertebrates/goldenrabbit-snail-care-and-diet-r104

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 82

Common Name: assassin snail Scientific Name: Clea Helena Kingdom: Animalia Class: Gastropoda Family: Buccinidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order:

Geography / Habitat: This species occurs throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand

Food / Feed Strategy: Like all snails in the clade Neogastropoda, it is carnivorous. It feeds on worms and gastropods, and is often known as the "assassin snail" for its habit of eating other snails. These snails will often feed on larger snails, often burying themselves and ambushing their prey

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clea_helena

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 83

Common Name: red cherry shrimp Scientific Name: Neocaridina heteropoda Kingdom: Animalia Class: Malacostraca Family: Atvidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: Decapoda

Geography / Habitat: Native to Taiwan

Food / Feed Strategy: Red cherry shrimp are primarily algae eaters

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_shrimp http://www.animalplace.net/invertibrates/cherry-shrimp-facts-characteristics-habitat-andmore/

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 84

Common Name: black scorpion lobster Scientific Name: Cherax sp Kingdom: Animalia Class: malacostraca Family: parastacidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: decapoda

Geography / Habitat: The Black Scorpion Lobster is from the rivers and streams of North East Australia.

Food / Feed Strategy: These Lobsters are omnivorous, and will act as a scavenger in the aquarium, eating any food that comes to rest on the bottom. supplement their diet with a quality sinking pellet, flake food and dried algae.

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherax http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=1075+1660&pcatid=1660

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 85

Common Name: blue knight lobster Scientific Name: Cherax quadricarnatus Kingdom: Animalia Class: malacostraca Family: nephropidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: decapoda

Geography / Habitat: Blue knight lobsters are native to tropical areas in northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. They are commonly found in slow-moving streams and ponds where the water temperature rarely dips below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. They prefer rocky environments or areas of heavy vegetation where there are ample places to hide as they do not dig burrows

Food / Feed Strategy: They are omnivores that feed mostly on the decaying remains of fish and plants, rarely going after live prey

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://animals.pawnation.com/lifespan-blue-knight-lobster-5391.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster

Title: fresh water invertebrates

Species #: 86

Common Name: monkey face mussel Scientific Name: Quadrula metanevra Kingdom: Animalia Class: bivalvia Family: unionodae

Phylum: Mollusca Order: unionodia

Geography / Habitat: native to the south eastern part of the United States.

Food / Feed Strategy:

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_bivalve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrula_metanevra

Title: freshwater invertebrates

Species #: 87

Common Name: potaman crab Scientific Name: Potamon ibericum Kingdom: Animalia Class: Malacostraca Family: potamidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: decapoda

Geography / Habitat: In Europe, it is present in the Danube and its tributaries in Bulgaria, as well as rivers in Macedonia, north-eastern Greece, east of the Axios River, Cyprus and the European part of Turkey, and around the coast of the Black Sea

Food / Feed Strategy: is an omnivore, eating detritus, filamentous and plant matter, as well as a variety of animals, including worms, amphipod, aquatic insect larvae, mollusks, frogs and tadpoles, fish and carrion

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamon_ibericum

Title: freshwater invertebrates

Species #: 88

Common Name: Texas cave shrimp Scientific Name: Palaemonetes antrorum Kingdom: Animalia Class: Malacostraca Family: palaemonidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: decapoda

Geography / Habitat: found only in the state of Texas

Food / Feed Strategy:

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=K01M

Title: freshwater invertibrate

Species #: 89

Common Name: apple snail Scientific Name: Ampullariidae Kingdom: Animalia Class: gastropoda Family: ampullariidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order:

Geography / Habitat: native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and the Southern U.S.A Apple snails inhabit various ecosystems: ponds, swamps and rivers

Food / Feed Strategy: In captivity, as well as eating vegetables and fish food pellets, apple snails will also eat other foods if they are available. They will sometimes eat brine shrimps and other frozen foods, or dead fish and insects

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullariidae

Title: fresh water invertibrate

Species #: 90

Common Name: Chinese mystery snail Scientific Name: Bellamya chinensis Kingdom: Animalia Class: Gastropoda Family: Viviparidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order:

Geography / Habitat: Though native to East Asia from the tropics of Indochina to northern China, this species has established itself in North America.

Food / Feed Strategy: feeds non-selectively on organic and inorganic bottom material as well as benthic and epiphytic algae, mostly by scraping, but diatoms are probably the most nutritious food it ingests at sites in eastern North America

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mystery_snail

Title: salt water invertebrates

Species #: 91

Common Name: blue leg hermit crab Scientific Name: Clibanarius tricolor Kingdom: Animalia Class: Malacostraca Family: diogenidae

Phylum: Arthropoda Order: decapoda

Geography / Habitat: lives in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea

Food / Feed Strategy: It eats green hair algae, cyano bacteria and seaweed. It even sifts through sand looking for food, cleaning the sand in the process

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Body Form or Style: swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clibanarius_tricolor

Title: Saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 92

Common Name: crusty red anemone Scientific Name: Urticina columbiana Kingdom: Animalia Class: Anthozoa Family: Actiniidae

Phylum: Cnidaria Order: Actiniaria

Geography / Habitat: This species is found between the sub tidal zones to a depth of 45 meters. It normally lives among shells, in soft sand or mud. It is usually partially buried, with tubercles mostly under the sea floor

Food / Feed Strategy: the crusty red anemone is a filter feeder

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticina_columbiana

Title: saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 93

Common Name: squamosa clam Scientific Name: Tridacna squamosa Kingdom: Animalia Class: bivalvia Family: tridacnidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order: venerodia

Geography / Habitat: ranges from the east coast of Africa across the Indo-Pacific to the Marshall Islands and Polynesia, and has been found as far north as the southern islands of Japan to as far south as the west coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and in the Red Sea, too. However, this species' abundance in the Indian Ocean isn't well known, and it has been over-fished for food in some areas, making it rare to extinct in some parts of its natural range.

Food / Feed Strategy: All tridacnids can eat fine particulate matter strained from surrounding water

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2013/4/inverts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tridacna_squamosa

Title: saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 94

Common Name: horse foot clam Scientific Name: Hippopus hippopus Kingdom: Animalia Class: bivalvia Family: tridacnidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order: venerodia

Geography / Habitat: This species is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Guam, possibly India, Indonesia,Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar,

Food / Feed Strategy: Most fulfill their nutritional requirements by filter feeding and absorbing dissolved organic compounds from the water

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10105/0 http://animal-world.com/AquariumCoral-Reefs/Hippopus-Clam

Title: saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 95

Common Name: daisy brittle star Scientific Name: ophiopholis aculeata Kingdom: Animalia Class: ophiuroidea Family: ophiactidae

Phylum: Order: ophiurida

Geography / Habitat: most are found in the Artic South and are native to the Atlantic Ocean. Usually hide under rocks or borrow in sand

Food / Feed Strategy: usually eat microscopic matter and small crustaians

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ophiopholis_aculeata/

Title: saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 96

Common Name: sunflower sea star Scientific Name: Pycnopodia helianthoides Kingdom: Animalia Class: asteroidea Family: asteriiidae

Phylum: echinodermata Order: forcipulatida

Geography / Habitat: Sunflower sea stars are common in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Southern California, [2] and are largest in Puget Sound, British Columbia and Alaska

Food / Feed Strategy: They are predatory, feeding mostly on sea urchins, clams, snails, and other small invertebrates.

• Body Form or Style: • Swim / Locomotion Style: • Mouth Position: Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_seastar

Title: saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 97

Common Name: morning sun starfish Scientific Name: solaster dawsoni Kingdom: Animalia Class: asteroidea Family: solasteridae

Phylum: echinodermata Order: velatida

Geography / Habitat: The morning sun star occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean at depths down to about 420 meters (1,380 ft.). Its range extends from Japan, China and Siberia to the coasts of North America as far south as California

Food / Feed Strategy: The morning sun star is a predator, feeding mostly on other starfish.

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaster_dawsoni

Title: Saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 98

Common Name: chocolate chip starfish Scientific Name: protoreaster nodosus Kingdom: Animalia Class: asteroidea Family: oreasteridae

Phylum: echinodermata Order: valvatida

Geography / Habitat: they prefer sheltered, sandy or slightly muddy bottoms more than hard substrata such as coral reef, and are frequently sighted conspicuously between the leaves of sea grasses on sea grass meadows or on blank stretch of coral sand. In shallow water

Food / Feed Strategy: Horned sea stars seem to be opportunistic carnivores; adults are known to predate on most sessile life forms including hard corals and sponges

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_nodosus

Title: Saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 99

Common Name: northern basket star Scientific Name: Gorgonocephalus arcticus Kingdom: Animalia Class: ophiuroidea Family: Asteronychidae

Phylum: echinodermata Order: phrynophiurda

Geography / Habitat: Northern basket stars are found on rocky bottoms from the Artic to Cape Cod, MA, in water from 18 to over 4,000 feet deep

Food / Feed Strategy:

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://marinelife.about.com/od/watchingandphotography/ig/Sea-StarImages/Photo-of-a-Basket-Star.htm

Title: Saltwater invertebrates

Species #: 100

Common Name: electric flame scallop Scientific Name: Lima scabra Kingdom: Animalia Class: bivalvia Family: limidae

Phylum: Mollusca Order: limoida

Geography / Habitat: Flame scallops rest in their own nests made of small coral and rocks.

Food / Feed Strategy: eat only phytoplankton

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Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_scallop