The common skate, aka blue skate or common blue skate, is the largest known skate in the world. They were quite abundant at one time, but now are predominantly absent from most of their historical range of the northeast Atlantic Ocean as well as the
The silvertip shark is a larger species of requiem shark (migratory, livebearing shark from warm seas) that can be found throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. They prefer coral reefs and offshore islands. Due to
The argonaut, aka paper nautilus, is in a group of pelagic (upper layers of the open sea) octopuses. They get the common name paper nautili, due to the paper-thin eggcase that females produce. These fascinating creatures are
The giant trevally, aka barrier trevally, giant kingfish, lowly trevally, ronin jack, or ulua, can be found in the the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, with a ranges stretching from South Africa in the west to Hawaii
The sea angel, aka sea butterfly, is in a large group of diminutive, free-swimming sea slugs. They are classified into 6 different families. They may resemble them, but don’t confuse them with Cnidarians (jellyfish and the
The pygmy seahorse hails from southern reaches of tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, to name a few locales.
The sea pen, aka sea pansies, are a cosmopolitan species that can be found in oceans all over the world. These peculiar creatures spend their lives partially dug into the substrate with their feather-like proboscis sticking
The yeti crab, aka yeti lobster or furry lobster, lives on hydrothermal vents, around 7,200 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean, in 4 locations: the East Pacific, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, the East Scotia Ridge, and the
The pelican eel, aka pelican gulper, gulper eel, or umbrella-mouth gulper, can be found in the temperate and tropical areas of the world’s oceans. They are found at depths of up to 3,786 feet. So far, these critters are the
The white crappie (pronounced kropi), aka calico bass or lamplighter, hails from the southeastern parts of Canada and most of the midwestern and eastern United States. These fish are part of the sunfish family, like bass. They prefer large
