Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 1
Common Name: Yellow Tang Scientific Name: Zebrasoma flavescens Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Geography / Habitat: Commonly found in shallow reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. West of Hawaii and east Japan. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 8 inches They either mate in the new moon period or in the full moon period. Food / Feed Strategy: In the wild they feed on turf algae or any other marine plant. In captivity they are fed meat or fish.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Tubular Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 2
Common Name: Thread fin Butterfly Fish Scientific Name: Chaetodon auriga Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea and eastern Africa. Life Strategy: Grow up to 9 inches long. They are egg laying species Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on algae and coral polyps.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Tubular Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 3
Common Name: Bermuda Blue Angelfish Scientific Name: Holacanthus bermudensis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the western Atlantic. Found near rocks coral and sponges. Life Strategy: Can grow up to 18 inches. The female releases up to 25 to 75 thousand eggs and male fertilized them Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on sponges, plankton and algae
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Filter-Feeders Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 4
Common Name: Blue Reef Chromis Damsel Fish Scientific Name: Chromis cyaneus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: The Caribbean Sea in reefs
Life Strategy: Can grow up to 5.1 inches Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on plankton
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Filter feeders Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 5
Common Name: Tigger Fish Scientific Name: Rhinecanthus assasi Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiforems
Family: Balistidae
Geography / Habitat: Lives in lagoons and seaward reefs Life Strategy: Can grow up to 30 cm.
Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds off of sea urchins and crustaceans
Body Form or Style: Compression Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Pharyngeal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 6
Common Name: Pinkbar Goby Scientific Name: Amblyeleotris aurora Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinoptergii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Geography / Habitat: From the Western Indian Ocean. Usually lives on sand beds
Life Strategy: Can get to 3 ½ inches long
Food / Feed Strategy: Eat shrimp and pellets
Body Form or Style: Taeniform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 7
Common Name: Emperor Angel fish Scientific Name: Pomacanthus imperator Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacenthus
Geography / Habitat: Native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are reef associated fish. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 15 inches in length. The female will lay the eggs and the male with follow behind her and fertilize them. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat coral heads or small invertebrates
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gape-and-suck Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 8
Common Name: Black Tip Grouper Scientific Name: Epinephelus fasciatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Geography / Habitat: Live form the Red Sea to South Africa and in the waters around Australia. They associated with coral reefs. Life Strategy: The male releases his sperm and then the female releases her eggs Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on crustaceans and smaller fish
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Gape-and-suck Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 9
Common Name: Blue – Spotted Grouper Scientific Name: Cephalopholis argus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciiformes
Family: Serranidae
Geography / Habitat: Live form the Red Sea to South Africa and in the waters around Australia. They associated with coral reefs. Life Strategy: They can reach up to 24 inches. The male releases the sperm and then the female releases the eggs. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat surgeonfish and crustaceans
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Gape-and-suck Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 10
Common Name: Mardarin fish Scientific Name: Synchiropus splendidus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Geography / Habitat: They are reef dwellers Life Strategy: They male and female align their self belly to belly an then the male fertilizes up to 200 eggs Food / Feed Strategy: They eat fish eggs and small worms
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 11
Common Name: Ocellated Dragonet Scientific Name: Synchiropus ocellatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Geography / Habitat: They are reef associated fish; they dwell in shallow tropical waters in the Pacific. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 3.1 inches in length Food / Feed Strategy: They eat algae.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Gill rakers Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 12
Common Name: Clown Fish Scientific Name: Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Native to warmer waters in the Indian and Pacific oceans. They live at the bottom of shallow seas in sheltered reefs. Life Strategy: For reproduction they external fertilize Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on small invertebrates
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 13
Common Name: Teira Batfish Scientific Name: Platax teria Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Ephippidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in central coast of Western Australia. Life Strategy: It can grow up to 70 cm in length Food / Feed Strategy: They eat plankton, sessile invertebrates, small invertebrates, and marine algae
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 14
Common Name: Long-spine porcupinefish Scientific Name: Diodon holocanthus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Diodontidae
Geography / Habitat: They can be found over muddy sea bottom or in lagoons. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 20 inches long. Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on mollusks, sea urchins, hermit crabs, and snails.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Octraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 15
Common Name: Blue Green Chromis Scientific Name: Chromis viridis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Indo- Pacific. They live around Life Strategy: The male prepares the nest and the female lays the eggs and the male guards the nest and feeds off the ones that don’t hatch. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat meaty foods
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 16
Common Name: Three spot dasyllus Scientific Name: Dascyllus trimaculatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in small groups around coral head or large rocks. Life Strategy: Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on algae, copepods, and other planktonic crustaceans.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #:
Common Name: Longlure Frogfish Scientific Name: Antennarius multiocellatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Geography / Habitat: Live in warm shallow reefs with abundant sponge populations. Live in the Western Atlantic from Bermuda and the Bahamas. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 5 inches in length. Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on fish, crabs, and mantis shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Octraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 18
Common Name: Arc Eye Hawkfish Scientific Name: Paracirrhites arcatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cirrhitidae
Geography / Habitat: Live in Indo-Pacific for East Africa to Hawaii also associated with coral reefs. Usually found in lagoon
Life Strategy: They can grow up to 20 cm
Food / Feed Strategy: They eat shrimp
Body Form or Style: Taeniform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 19
Common Name: Fox face Rabbit fish Scientific Name: Siganus vulpinis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Siganidae
Geography / Habitat: Live in Indo-Pacific for East Africa to Hawaii also associated with coral reefs. Usually found in lagoon Life Strategy: Can grow up to 9 inches in length Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on algae and sea weed
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 20
Common Name: Achilles Tang Scientific Name: Acanthurus achilles Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in small groups around coral head or large rocks. Life Strategy: They can grow up to 19 inches in length. Food / Feed Strategy: Meaty food such as brine shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 21
Common Name: Copper band Butterfly fish Scientific Name: Chelmon rostratus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans around reefs Life Strategy: They can grow to up to 20 cm in length Food / Feed Strategy: Feed off of algae
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #: 22
Common Name: Cinnamon Clown Fish Scientific Name: Amphiprion melanopus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Native to warmer waters in the Indian and Pacific oceans. They live at the bottom of shallow seas in sheltered reefs. Life Strategy: For reproduction they external fertilize Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on small invertebrates
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater / Marine fish
Species #: 23
Common Name: Pink Skink Clownfish Scientific Name: Amphiprion perideraion Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the Indo-West Pacific Life Strategy: It is easily intimidated by more boisterous fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats meaty foods such as mysids, brime shrimp, krill, and plankton.
Body Form or Style: Depression Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 24
Common Name: African Flame Back Angelfish Scientific Name: Centropyge acanthops
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the marine reef in the Western Indian Ocean. Life Strategy: Compatible with most reef species. Food / Feed Strategy: Spirulina and marine algae along with meatier foods like Mysids and Brine Shrimp
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 25
Common Name: Black Fin Hogfish Scientific Name: Bodianus loxozonus
Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the reef on the Western Pacific Ocean. Life Strategy: Can be around other moderately aggressive species. Food / Feed Strategy: Brine Shrimp either frozen or live
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 26
Common Name: Blue Head Fairy Wrasse
Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus cyanopleure Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in marine reefs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean. Life Strategy: Can be with other less aggressive species.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats meaty foods.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fish
Species #: 27
Common Name: Potters Angelfish Scientific Name: Centropyge potteri Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Hawaiian Islands.
Life Strategy: Aggressive after being established.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats spirulina and marine algae
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fishes
Species #:28
Common Name: Cherub Angel Fish Scientific Name: Centropyge argi Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in a marine reef in the Tropical Western Atlantic. Life Strategy: Good with larger more belligerent species and will harass smaller docile species. Food / Feed Strategy: Varied diet with meaty foods and marine algae.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 29
Common Name: Red Sea Mimic Blenny Scientific Name: Ecenius gravier Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Periformes
Family: Blenniidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in western Indian Ocean.
Life Strategy: Not kept with larger fish.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats algae and plants.
Body Form or Style: Taeniform Swim / Locomotion Style: Angulliform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 30
Common Name: False Cleaner Fish Scientific Name: Aspidontus taeniatus Kingdom: Anamilia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in marine reefs in Western and Eastern Indian Ocean, Northwest, Western Central and Eastern Central Pacific.
Life Strategy: Should not be kept with small fishes.
Food / Feed Strategy: They eat worms, zoo benthos, zooplankton, fish eggs and small fishes.
Body Form or Style: Taeiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 31
Common Name: Eye Striped Surgeonfish Scientific Name: Acanthurus dussumieri Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthurus
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific. Life Strategy: Needs a lot of space. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on surface film of fine green and blue algae.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 32
Common Name: Drab sole Scientific Name: Achirus achirus Kingdom: Anamilia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Achiridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in South America, Western Central and Southwest Atlantic. Life Strategy: Can be kept with any non-aggressive fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Eat nekton, crustaceans, zoo benthos and finfish.
Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 33
Common Name: Passer Angelfish Scientific Name: Holacanthus passer Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the tropical Eastern Pacific.
Life Strategy: Can be with groupers, snappers, damsels, hawk fish, surgeon fish, and triggers.
Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on sponges
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 34
Common Name: Chevron tang Scientific Name: Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in marine reefs in the Western Central and Eastern Central Pacific. Life Strategy: Avoid keeping fish of the same species, Food / Feed Strategy: They eat algae.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fish
Species #: 35
Common Name: Redtail Triggerfish Scientific Name: Xanthiehthus mento Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in Northwest and western central eastern central and southern pacific
Life Strategy: Strong and adaptable and intelligent fish and likes large area
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats zooplankton.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 36
Common Name: Chinese Trumpetfish Scientific Name: Aulostomus chinensis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Aulostomidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the marine reef in Western and Eastern Indian Ocean, Southeast Atlantic and Western Central, Eastern Central, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest Pacific Life Strategy: Should not be kept with anemones and corals. Food / Feed Strategy: They shrimp and small fishes.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fish
Species #: 37
Common Name: Ring-tailed Cardinal Fish Scientific Name: Apogon Aureus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Apogonidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. Life Strategy: Not good with large preditors. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats zooplankton and small fishes.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fish
Species #: 38
Common Name: Queen Angelfish Scientific Name: Holacanthus ciliaris Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the tropical Atlantic.
Life Strategy: Avoid angels or sessile
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats sponges in the wild.
Body Form or Style: Ostraciiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Depressiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 39
Common Name: Masked Rabbit fish Scientific Name: Siganus puellus Kingdom: Anamilia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Siganidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in a marine reef in the Indo-West Pacific Life Strategy: Other larger community reef safe fish Food / Feed Strategy: Eats plankton and krill
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 40
Common Name: Pinktail Triggerfish Scientific Name: Melichthus vidu Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the western and eastern Indian Ocean, and the Pacific. Life Strategy: Can’t be put with other fish of the same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats meaty foods and frozen and flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 41
Common Name: Red Fin Fairy Wrasse Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in western central pacific.
Life Strategy: Reef safe community fish.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats meaty foods.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #:42
Common Name: Blue throat triggerfish Scientific Name: Sufflamen albicaudatus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in a marine reef in Western Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific Life Strategy: It is suitable to with organisms that are familiar for them in wild. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat almost anything.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater / Marine Fish
Species #: 43
Common Name: Queen Triggerfish Scientific Name: Balistes vetula Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in western and eastern Indian Ocean. Life Strategy: Shouldn’t with small fishes or same species
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats all kinds of meaty foods and live or frozen foods.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 44
Common Name: Elongate Surgeon Fish Scientific Name: Acanthurus mata Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Geography / Habitat: Found in marine reefs in Western and Eastern Indian Ocean, and Eastern Pacific.
Life Strategy: Cannot be kept with similar species, lionfish, and groupers.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eats plants, benthic algae, and zooplankton.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 45
Common Name: Neon Tetra Scientific Name: Paracheirodon innesi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Characidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in fresh waters in Peru, Columbia, and Brazil. Life Strategy: They are very suitable for community aquariums. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on flakes food.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 46
Common Name: Upland Swardtail Scientific Name: Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central America, Mexico, and Guatemala. Life Strategy: Should be kept in a calm community aquarium. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats live foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 47
Common Name: T-Bar Cichlid Scientific Name: Cryptohelos sajica Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Antiopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central America. Life Strategy: Easy to breed and acceptant partner. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 48
Common Name: Three Lined Cory Scientific Name: Corydoras trilineatus Kingdom: Anamilia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Calichthyidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the Amazon River. Life Strategy: Should be kept with the same species and be around driftwood. Food / Feed Strategy: Should eat flake, algae, Cory pellets, worms, and shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Compression Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 49
Common Name: Puntius Tetrazona Scientific Name: Tiger Barb Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinids
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Symatra. Life Strategy: Should be kept in groups. Food / Feed Strategy: Wide range of foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostaciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 50
Common Name: Tomi Mouthbrooder Scientific Name: Betta tomi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Belontidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Malaysia. Life Strategy: Likes floating plants and kept with same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Live and frozen foods.
Body Form or Style: Compression Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciifrom Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 51
Common Name: Yellow Swordtail Scientific Name: Xiphophorus clemenciae Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central America, Oazaca, and Mexico
Life Strategy: Should be kept alone or with other calm species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats most flakes
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 52
Common Name: Wine Red Betta Scientific Name: Betta coccina Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Belontidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Malayisia and Indonesia. Life Strategy: Males are very aggressive and females are very peaceful. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on most flakes.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 53
Common Name: Widebar Datnoid Scientific Name: Datnoides pulcher Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Coiidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southeast Asia, Mekong and Chao Phraya River Basins. Life Strategy: Should be kept with larger fish with the same temperament. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats live fish, shrimps, worms, and pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciifrom Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 54
Common Name: West African Lungfish Scientific Name: Protopterus annectens Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Order: Lepidosirenifromes
Family: Protopteridae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Africa. Life Strategy: It is a solitary fish and should be kept alone. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats most foods.
Body Form or Style: Auguilliform Swim / Locomotion Style: Aunguilliform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 55
Common Name: Umbie Fish Scientific Name: Caquetaia umbrifera Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in South America, Atrato, and Magdalena River. Life Strategy: Is a solitary fish and should be kept alone. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats all kinds pellets
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 56
Common Name: Thick Lib Gourami Scientific Name: Trichogaster labiousus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Belontidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in India. Life Strategy: Should be in a planted area with open areas to swim. Food / Feed Strategy: Should be fed flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciifrom Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 57
Common Name: Tramitichiromis intermedius Scientific Name: Luthrinops intermedia Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Lake Malawi. Life Strategy: Kept with aggressive fish and sandy bottoms. Food / Feed Strategy: live and frozen foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 58
Common Name: Twin Spot Flag Cichlid Scientific Name: Aequidens metae Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in South America. Life Strategy: Kept with calm species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats most foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Otraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 59
Common Name: Tigertrack Eels Scientific Name: Mastacembelus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southeast Asia. Life Strategy: Should be kept with same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Meaty foods.
Body Form or Style: Angulliform Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 60
Common Name: Three spot tetra Scientific Name: Odontostilbe kriegi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Characidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central South America. Life Strategy: Likes open areas and kept with same size fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Should be fed flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 61
Common Name: Jelly Bean Tetra Scientific Name: Ladigesia roloffi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Alestidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in Liberia, and Ghana. Life Strategy: Best kept with other small peaceful species. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 62
Common Name: Jack Dempsey Cichlid Scientific Name: Archocentrus octofasciatum Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in the Yucantan Peninsula, and Central America. Life Strategy: Likes a large aquarium, lots of caves, and hiding places. They dig in rocks. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts all kinds of foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 63
Common Name: Duckbill catfish Scientific Name: Sorubim lima Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in freshwaters in South America. Life Strategy: Can only be kept with fishes that are to big too be considered as food. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts all kinds of live food. It can be taught to accept frozen food and pellets.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 64
Common Name: Zebra Danio Scientific Name: Danio rerlo Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. Life Strategy: Should be kept with tetras, live bearers, and other minnows. Food / Feed Strategy: Feed flake foods, blood worms, and brine shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fishes
Species #: 65
Common Name: Blue Discus Scientific Name: Symphysodon aequifasciatus haraldi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in freshwaters in South America. Life Strategy: Peaceful species are best. Small Tetras, Cories, and smaller Plecos Food / Feed Strategy: High quality pellet food, brine shrimp, and beef heart should comprise the bulk of the food given.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Termianl
Title:
Freshwater Fish
Species #: 66
Common Name: YoYo Loach Scientific Name: Botia lohochata Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Asia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Life Strategy: Kept in a community aquarium. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most foods.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 67
Common Name: Yellow Swordtail Scientific Name: Xiphophorus clemenciae Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central America, Oazaca, and Mexico Life Strategy: Should be kept alone or with other calm species. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title:
Freshwater Fish
Species #: 68
Common Name: Zebra Loach Scientific Name: Botia striata Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southern India in the Tanga River System. Life Strategy: They are friendly with the clown loaches, darid loaches Food / Feed Strategy: It will eat most pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title:
Freshwater Fish
Species #: 69
Common Name: Yellow King Piranha Scientific Name: Serrasalmus ternetzi Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Serrasalmidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in South Western Brazil. Life Strategy: Best kept alone in a separate Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on brine shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 70
Common Name: Yellow Acara Scientific Name: Aequidens metae Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in South America, Orinoco River Basin, and Meta River Basin. Life Strategy: Should be kept with a calm species. Food / Feed Strategy: Will eat most kinds of pellets
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 71
Common Name: Wimple Piranha Scientific Name: Catoprion mento Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Charavins
Family: Serrasalmidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southern Amazon. Life Strategy: Should be kept with hardy species Food / Feed Strategy: Eats shrimp, crayfish, and fish.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 72
Common Name: Malawi Eye Biter Scientific Name: Dimidiochromis compressiceps Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in freshwaters of Lake Malawi, upper Shire River and Lake Malombe Life Strategy: Can be kept with other large aggressive species. Small fish will be considered food. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts all kinds of pellets of food but prefers live food.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 73
Common Name: Bala Shark Scientific Name: Balantiocheilus melanoptrus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in South East Asia.
Life Strategy: Can be kept with other non-aggressive species.
Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most pellets and meats and algae
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 74
Common Name: Javan Mouth Scientific Name: Betta picta Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Peroiformes
Family: Belontidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in Sumatra, Java, and Malaysia. Life Strategy: Community aquarium. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most types of flakes
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 75
Common Name: Indian Glassfish Scientific Name: Parambassis ranga Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Periciformes
Family: Ambassidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in Asia, India, Thailand, and Malaysia. Life Strategy: Should be kept in small spaces and free from open areas to swim. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most foods including flakes.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 76
Common Name: White Cloud Mountain Minnow Scientific Name: Taniehthys albonubes Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in White Cloud Mountain in China. Life Strategy: Should be kept with similar sized fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats relish live and frozen foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 77
Common Name: Western Mosquitofish Scientific Name: Gambusia affinis Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poecilidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in North and Central America. Life Strategy: Should be kept with non-aggressive species. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on mosquito larvae.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 78
Common Name: Viejita Apisto Scientific Name: Apistogramma viejita Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the Amazon River and South America. Life Strategy: Should be kept with peaceful fish. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats living fish.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 79
Common Name: Waser Mouth brooder Scientific Name: Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Belontiidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Kuala Lumpur Kuontan. Life Strategy: Should be kept with species the same size. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts frozen and live foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 80
Common Name: White Piranha Scientific Name: Serrasalmus rhombeus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Serrasalmidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the Amazon Basin. Life Strategy: Should be kept with large species in groups of five or more. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats live foods.
Body Form or Style: depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Supraterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 81
Common Name: Wessel’s Cichlid Scientific Name: Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Found in Honduras Rivers. Life Strategy: Should be kept with other fish the same size. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 83
Common Name: Umbrella Cichlid Scientific Name: Apistogramma borellii Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Amazon River and South America. Life Strategy: Should be kept with small peace full species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 84
Common Name: Texas Cichlid Scientific Name: Herichthys cyanoguttatus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Texas and Northern Mexico. Life Strategy: Should be kept with fish of the same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats floating pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 85
Common Name: Tail light Tetra Scientific Name: Bryconops melanurus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinoptertgii
Order: Characins
Family: Characidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Eastern Brazil. Life Strategy: Best kept in schools with plant aquarium for hiding. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most types of flakes.
Body Form or Style: Globiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 89
Common Name: Thinbar Datnoid Scientific Name: Datniodides undecimidatus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Colidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southeast Asia. Life Strategy: Should be kept in open spaces with deem lighting and with the same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats live food.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Truncate Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 90
Common Name: T-Bar Cichlid Scientific Name: Cryptohelos Sajica Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Antiopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Central America. Life Strategy: Easy to breed and acceptant partner. Food / Feed Strategy: Accepts most pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Truncate Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 91
Common Name: Tenuis Tetra Scientific Name: Mimagoniates lateralis Kingdom: Anamalis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characins
Family: Characidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in North Argentina and South Brazil. Life Strategy: Should be kept with open space and heavy filtration. Food / Feed Strategy: Should be fed flake foods.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 92
Common Name: Three lined Mouth Blooder Scientific Name: Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Belontidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Thailand. Life Strategy: Should be kept with lots of plants and hiding places with the same species Food / Feed Strategy: Eats worms and shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 93
Common Name: Tiger Botia Scientific Name: Botia helodes Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Antinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Asia. Life Strategy: Should be kept with same size species and likes planted areas. Food / Feed Strategy: Likes small living and frozen foods.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 94
Common Name: Tricolor Cichlid Scientific Name: Cichlosoma salvini Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southern Mexico. Life Strategy: Kept with same species. Food / Feed Strategy: All types of pellets
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Ostraciiform
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #: 95
Common Name: Tigrinus Catfish Scientific Name: Merodontotus Tigrinus Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Southeast Asia. Life Strategy: Likes hiding places and same species. Food / Feed Strategy: Small invertebrates and meaty foods.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Freshwater Fish
Species #:96
Common Name: Turguoise Cichlid Scientific Name: Amphilophus robertsoni Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichidae
Geography / Habitat: Can be found in Mexico. Life Strategy: Like hardy plants. Food / Feed Strategy: Likes food from the bottom like sunken pellets.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform Mouth Position: Subterminal
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 97
Common Name: Vampire Squid Scientific Name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephaopoda
Order: Vampyromorpha
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Geography / Habitat: Prefers no light tropical and sub tropics oceans world wide Life Strategy: The female discharges eggs after mating and then there free floating there is no further care. Food / Feed Strategy:
Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position: Inferior
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 98
Common Name: Cherry Stone Clam Scientific Name: Mercenaria mercenaria Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivavia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Veneridae
Geography / Habitat: east coast of North America Life Strategy: males and females all release gametes together eggs become trocophore larvae Food / Feed Strategy: eats plankton by filtering water
Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod Swim / Locomotion Style: foot Mouth Position: terminal
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 98
Common Name: California Seahare Scientific Name: Aplysia californica Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Anaspidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Geography / Habitat: California coast Life Strategy: Food / Feed Strategy: Herbivore eats algae and eelgrass
Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 99
Common Name: Common Octopus Scientific Name: Octopus vulgaris Kingdom: Anamaila
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Geography / Habitat: All warm waters Life Strategy: Female lays 100k eggs Food / Feed Strategy: gastropods and bivalves
Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position:
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 100
Common Name: Knobby Argonaut Scientific Name: Argonauta nodosa Kingdom: Anamialia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Geography / Habitat Life Strategy: Food / Feed Strategy: Feed crayfish and crabs
Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: terminal Citation:
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 101
Common Name: Common Cuttle Fish Scientific Name: Sepiaofficinalis Kingdom: Aniamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Geography / Habitat: Mediterranean and Atlantic Life Strategy: Internal fertilization Food / Feed Strategy: Small fish, shrimp, crabs
Body Form or Style: Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: inferior
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 102
Common Name: Greater Blue Ringed Octopus Scientific Name: Hapalochlaena lunulata Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Geography / Habitat: Indowest Pacific and Indian Oceans
Life Strategy: Female guards eggs for 50 days and does not eat
Food / Feed Strategy: Carnivorous fish crabs mollusks and small marine organisms
Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: inferior
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 103
Common Name: Joubins Octopus Scientific Name: Octopus Joubini Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Geography / Habitat: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Seato Guyanas
Life Strategy: Short mating then female lays eggs and dies after hatching
Food / Feed Strategy: crabs and snails
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Body Form or Style: Octopod Swim / Locomotion Style: Jet Propulsion Mouth Position: Inferior
Title:
Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 104
Common Name: Northern Abalone Scientific Name: Haliotis kamtschatkana Kingdom: Anamiala
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Haliotididae
Geography / Habitat: Pacific coast of North America Life Strategy: External fertilization Food / Feed Strategy: Coralline algae
Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod Swim / Locomotion Style: Mouth Position: inferior Citation:
Title: Saltwater Marine Invertebrates
Species #: 105
Common Name: Red Abalone Scientific Name: Haliotis rufescens Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Haliotididae
Geography / Habitat: Southern Oregon to Baja California
Life Strategy: Eggs and sperm released into water
Food / Feed Strategy: Algae kelp and plankton
Body Form or Style: shelled gastropod Swim / Locomotion Style: foot Mouth Position: inferior Citation: