The basking shark is the second largest known fish in the ocean, after the whale shark. These gentle giants have lots of teeth but instead choose to eat plankton. They can be found in temperate waters around the world, slowly
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The garibaldi is a member of the damselfish family. They are a California State marine fish and are illegal to keep as pets. These beautiful red-orange fish can be found from Monterey Bay, in California down to Baja California, in Mexico
Seemingly harmless looking, the cone snail is actually a predatory animal that uses a specialized harpoon-like tooth to inject lethal venom into prey. They can be found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Oceans, Great
Cuttlefish are closely related to squids and octopuses. They are in the cephalopod family. Cephalopod means “head-foot”. There are 120 known species of cuttlefish. These cephalopods are very intelligent and have 1 of the biggest brain to body ratios of all known invertebrates. A testament to their intellect is that […]
Surviving for around 450 million years, the horseshoe crab has changed little over the millions of years. Hence they are known as living fossils. They get their name from the shape of their carapace. Horseshoes are not true crabs, nor even crustaceans; although they are a subdivision of arthropods. These […]
The northern rockhopper penguin, aka Moseley’s Penguin, can be found, breeding, on various islands in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. They spend the rest of their time at sea. On land, they prefer marine neritic zones, marine oceanic zones,
The bonnethead shark, aka the shovelhead shark, is the smallest known member of the hammerhead shark family. The bonnethead can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, from North America down to Ecuador and
Looking like a silvery-blue torpedo with razor sharp teeth and an under-bite, it’s the great barracuda. This species is the largest known barracuda in the world. They can be found in tropical waters around the world near Africa to
Being a member of the brittle star taxon, the basket star is certainly one of the strangest looking of all the sea stars. They also go by the name “Shetland Argus”. These fascinating critters can typically be found in the
The lionfish, aka firefish, zebrafish, turkeyfish, scorpionfish, and butterfly-cod is a venomous fish typically found in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific oceans. There are 10 known species of lionfish. In North America, they are considered