fish id

Fish ID Project

By: Kevin Rodriguez.1st Block

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MARINE FISHES

Title: Marine Fish Species # 1

Common Name: Sand Tiger Shark

Scientific Name: Carcharias taurus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Lamniformes

Family: Odontaspididae

Geography / Habitat: It inhabits the continental shelf, from sandy shorelines and submerged reefs to a depth of around 191 m (627 ft). They dwell in the waters of Japan, Australia, South Africa, the Mediterranean and the east coasts of North and South America.

Food / Feed Strategy: Their diet consists of bony fish, crustaceans, squid, skates and other sharks.

Body Form or Style: This species has a sharp pointy head, and a bulky body, can reach 3.0 m (9.8 ft).

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves. Mouth Position: Below the head and opens from the top down.

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

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Common Name: Swallowtail Sea Perch

Scientific Name: Anthias anthias


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography / Habitat: Lives amongst rocks, gravel, coral and in submarine caves on the continental

shelf and upper slope. Depth between 20 and 50 meters and occasionally up to 200 meters.

Food / Feed Strategy: This is a Nocturnal species, Feeds on crustaceans, zooplankton and small fishes.

Body Form or Style: Reaches a size of 25 cm, the body has a slightly flattened Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves. Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/anthiasanthias.htm

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Common Name: Hen Like Blenny

Scientific Name: Aidablennius sphynx



Family: Blenniidae

Geography / Habitat: Shallow rocky beaten by waves and abundant algae, up to 1 meter deep. Is shy and difficult to observe because of their great mimicry with the environment it are in, that makes it almost invisible

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed primarily on benthic algae, weeds and invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Male sphinx blennies can measure up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long in total length. Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves. Mouth Position: At the lower front of the head.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/aidablenniussphynx.htm

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Common Name: Croaker

Scientific Name: Argyrosomus regius



Family: Sciaenidae

Geography / Habitat: Is a carnivore found in pelagic coastal areas. Its depth distribution ranges from 15 to 300 m. Distribution include the Atlantic Ocean (from France to Senegal) and the Mediterranean Sea, with some records of its presence in the northern Red Sea.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on fish and crustaceans

Body Form or Style: It has a similar form to a European seabass, with a pearly-silver coloration and a yellow coloured mouth. Length can range from 40–50 cm to 2 m long, with weights up to 55 kg.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves. Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down.

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

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Common Name: Grey triggerfish

Scientific Name: Balistes capriscus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Familia Balistidae

Geography / Habitat: Lives in rocky bottoms, depth up to 100m, distribution Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Food / Feed Strategy:

Body Form or Style: It is a relatively small fish, usually less than 2.3 kg (5 lb) in weight


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

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Common Name: Needlefish

Scientific Name: Belone belone


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Beloniformes

Family: Belonidae

Geography / Habitat: Warm waters being of tropical origin. Very close to the rocks and walls, Also in areas between stones.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on small fish, especially anchovies. It has a pointed mouth needle shaped.

Body Form or Style: Body elongated oval lance-shaped Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/especies23.html

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Common Name: Conger eel

Scientific Name: Conger conger


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Geography / Habitat: Always in rocky areas, near Posidonia meadows and algae. Sometimes in the sand near the rock

Food / Feed Strategy: It is a solitary and nocturnal predator. It feeds on fish, crustaceans and molluscs. The bite is not poisonous. It has a high resistance to injury.

Body Form or Style: The body is cylindrical Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves like a snake Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down.


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Title: Marine fish Species # 8

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Family: Caproidae

Geography / Habitat: Usually lives close to the floor of the sea, mainly on muddy bottoms or near rocky bottoms or coral. It forms numerous herds at a certain distance from the substrate, but occasionally it can reach a depth of about 700 m, especially at night.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feed on crustaceans, especially copepods and mysid shrimps, or on molluscs and worms.

Body Form or Style: The general form of the body can be defined rhombic, quite deep and compressed.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/caprosaper.htm

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Common Name: Mediterranean rainbow wrasse

Scientific Name: Coris julis



Family: Labridae

Geography / Habitat: In all kinds of backgrounds, especially in areas with rocks and stones, at depths between 1 m and 100 m

Food / Feed Strategy: It is a gregarious fish that feeds on small crustaceans and molluscs. At night is buried in the sand.

Body Form or Style: It is oblong shaped, is covered with scales and their meat is very appreciated.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves Mouth Position: Front part of the head and opens from the top down.

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


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Title: Marine Fishs Species # 10

Common Name: Bogue

Scientific Name: Boops boops



Family: Sparidae / Espáridos

Geography / Habitat: In all types of habitat, rocky, sandy and seagrass. They prefer funds with stones and sand.

Food / Feed Strategy: It consumes seaweed, crustaceans, and some plankton, in schools that rise to the surface at night.

Body Form or Style: Body elongated and compressed. Stresses the eye size relative to the body.



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Common Name: Tub

Scientific Name: Chelidonichthys lucerna


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Triglidae

Geography / Habitat: Is a species of bottom-dwelling coastal fish, inhabits sandy or muddy funds with depth between 20 and 300 meters

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeding crustaceans and molluscs

Body Form or Style: spiny armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins


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

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Common Name: Grey Mullet

Scientific Name: Chelon labrosus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugiidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy and shallow rocky areas, always in groups

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on plankton and small invertebrates

Body Form or Style: Described the maximum length typically is about 32 cm. The dorsal fin has 5 spines, while the anal fin has 3 spines

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves using tail Mouth Position: Front part of the head.


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Common Name: Little tunny

Scientific Name: Euthynnus alletteratus



Family: Scombridae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in tropical and subtropical seas and oceans, on all surfaces

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on other fishes and cephalopods

Body Form or Style: Has an oval shape and reaches up to a meter in length Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves using tail Mouth Position: Front part of the head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/euthynnusalletteratus.htm

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Common Name: Bucchich's goby

Scientific Name: Gobius bucchichi



Family: Gobiidae

Geography / Habitat: Inhabits shallow coastal waters between gravel and stones. Hides among the clefts of the rocks. It moves next to the rocks. To remain firmly anchored to the floor with welded ventral fins. The head is broad, with outstanding bulging eyes in dorsolateral position. Have light brown color with brown spots and even black along body.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on crustaceans and larvae of invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Round and slim body. Grows until 6-8 cm Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using very small tail and fins. Mouth Position: Small pointed mouth in front head


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Common Name: Goldblotch Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus costae



Family: Serranidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy, muddy or rocky bottoms. Between 20 and 80 feet deep but can be even 200 meters. Atlantic and Mediterranean. It is very territorial. Young are very close to the coast and like shallow water with stones and rocks funds. Reach addressed if you feel in danger. Mimicry has great medium thus achieves a high degree of camouflage

Food / Feed Strategy: Food fish, molluscs, crustaceans

Body Form or Style: Colored green with horizontal stripes small width. Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using tail and fins Mouth Position: Large mouth with protruding lower jaw forward and open up.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/epinepheluscostae.htm

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Common Name: European anchovy

Scientific Name: Engraulis encrasicolus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Engraulidae

Geography / Habitat: Abundant throughout the year from around the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast of Africa and Europe

Food / Feed Strategy: Plankton

Body Form or Style: Round and slim body. Grows until 20 cm Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using very small tail and fins. Mouth Position: Small pointed mouth in front head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/engraulisencrasicolus.htm

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Common Name: Blacktail Bream

Scientific Name: Diplodus Vulgaris



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: Prefers rocky areas in proximity to sandy areas. It also inhabits seagrass. He can be seen sitting on the fence near the ocean.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds small fish, crustaceans, and worms.

Body Form or Style: It differs by having two black vertical stripes, one at the base of the tail and another above the gill operculum. It has cross back by fine transverse lines. It is a hermaphrodite fish. The first phase is the male

Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using small tail and fins Mouth Position: Elongated snout and a small mouth.


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Common Name: White Seabream

Scientific Name: Diplodus Sargus



Family: Spiradae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in shallow waters between -1.5 and -5 meters, almost always with banks bream. Often swim with rocky areas and alluvial stones. But also in sandy rock nearby areas funds.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on mollusks and crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: It is a wide oval Fish, with seven transverse bands of dark brown and fine. Of these five are most intense. Some specimens have a black ring on the tail

Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using small tail and fins Mouth Position: Elongated snout and a small mouth. They have thick lips.



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Common Name: Porgy

Scientific Name: Diplodus puntazzo



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy or rocky bottoms with abundant vegetation. Distribution Atlantic and Mediterranean. Depth up to 50 meters.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on mollusks and crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: Colored silver with five vertical black stripes small width. Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using small tail and fins

Mouth Position: Elongated snout and a small mouth.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/diploduspuntazzo.htm


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Common Name: Zebra sea bream

Scientific Name: Diplodus cervinus



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in meadows and rocky bottoms. Close to fund alluvial stones. He approaches the breakers of groins shallow. Adults prefer deep waters. The very young swim in pairs. Usually go in pairs or small groups. Adults go solo. It is the least abundant of the Sparidae.

Food / Feed Strategy: Gets tearing food with jaws and lips

Body Form or Style: Colored silver with five vertical black stripes wide width. It is the largest of Sea bream.

Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using small tail and fins Mouth Position: Elongated snout and a small mouth.



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Common Name: Annular Sea Bream

Scientific Name: Diplodus annularis



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: It inhabits rocky bottoms and seagrass beds. Frequents the shallow areas near the coast and funds with stones. Is seen in areas between rocks and sand. The fry swim among the reefs of rocks.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on mollusks and crustaceans

Body Form or Style: It is a fish compressed body and silver with blue glitter. It has a black stripe on the caudal peduncle, which is the sign of identity against other Sea bream. It is smaller than the other Diplodus.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side using tail Mouth Position: Front head, small mouth with sharp teeth.



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Common Name: Sea Perch

Scientific Name: Dicentrarchus labrax



Family: Moronidae

Geography / Habitat: It is a semi-pelagic fish. You can approach the coast in search of food. It is also seen in rivers and brackish waters. Almost always swims near the surface, and nothing by banks bream. Along with surface rocks and jetties.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and fish.

Body Form or Style: Colouring with gunmetal silver belly and a dark spot near the operculum.

Swim / Locomotion Style: It is fusiform body and a very fast swimmer. Mouth Position: Front head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/especies79.htm


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Common Name: Sting Ray

Scientific Name: Dasyatis pastinaca

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Choradata

Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Rajiformes

Family: Dasyatidae

Geography / Habitat: Likes to burrow into the sand where only the eyes protruding. Distribution Atlantic and Mediterranean

Food / Feed Strategy: Food crustaceans, fish and molluscs.

Body Form or Style: It has a venomous tail barb which although not fatal if it causes severe pain, paralysis and severe injury, diamond shapped.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Has two fins that move like wings Mouth Position: mouth is located underneath the body that used to hunt animals

buried in sand.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/dasyatispastinaca.htm


Common Name: Flying Gurnard

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Scientific Name: Dactylopterus volitans



Family: Dactylopteridae

Geography / Habitat: Botton sand, mud or rock between 1 and 100 meters deepDistribution Atlantic and Mediterranean

Food / Feed Strategy: Food, fish, molluscs, crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: Has an elongated shape, with big side flaps Swim / Locomotion Style: They drive using the tail and fins Mouth Position: Front part of the head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/dactylopterusvolitans.htm


Common Name: Goldsinny Wrass

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Scientific Name: Ctenolabrus rupestris



Family: Labridae

Geography / Habitat: Atlantic and Mediterranean, Rocky areas, hollows, Up to 50 feet deep

Food / Feed Strategy: Molluscs, crustaceans and bryozoans

Body Form or Style: Size 18 cm Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side using tail Mouth Position: Front face

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/ctenolabrusrupestris.htm


Common Name: Atlantic spotted flounder

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Scientific Name: Citharus linguatula


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Citharidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy bottoms to 300 feet deep. Mediterranean and Atlantic Distribution

Food / Feed Strategy: No data

Body Form or Style: Has a flattened and elongated shape, reaches up to 30 cm Swim / Locomotion Style: Side to side moves using the tail Mouth Position: mouth strongly arched downward; strong teeth on vomer

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/citharuslinguatula.htm


Common Name: Mediterranean Chromis

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Scientific Name: Chromis chromis



Family: Pomacentridae

Geography / Habitat: Almost always on rocky bottoms with vertical walls, where they seek refuge. The very attached to the walls of rocks fry. Adults swim between two waters near rocks and cliffs

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on plankton and small organisms.

Body Form or Style: It is brown, somewhat lighter on the flanks. The fry are very bright cobalt blue. Emphasize their blue tails with black trim

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail Mouth Position: Front head



Common Name: Jacopever

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Scientific Name: Helicolenus dactylopterus



Family: Sebastidae

Geography / Habitat: Muddy and sandy bottoms, Up to 1000 meters deep

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds with molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms

Body Form or Style: Reaches up to 50 cm in length, the spines of the dorsal fin produce painful stings because they have poison glands

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail Mouth Position: Front part of the head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/helicolenusdactylopterus.htm


Common Name: Spiny Seahorse

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Scientific Name: Hippocampus sp


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Geography / Habitat: It lives in shallow waters with Posidonia meadows and other areas with algae.

Food / Feed Strategy: Are predators of small invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Formed by 48 ossified rings, with arched head and body angle. Prehensile tail.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Swims vertically. Mouth Position: Has long tubular snout on the front of the head



Common Name: Cuckoo wrasse

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Scientific Name: Labrus bimaculatus



Family: Labridae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in meadows and rocky bottoms.

Food / Feed Strategy: Nothing during the day to feed on fish, crustaceans and mollusks.

Body Form or Style: Body elongated and slimmer than other Wrasses. It has a strong sexual dimorphism

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Always swims alone and slowly

Mouth Position: Front part of the head



Common Name: Cardine franche

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Scientific Name: Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Scophthalmidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy bottoms

Food / Feed Strategy:

Body Form or Style: They can reach 60 cm in total length Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/lepidorhombuswhiffiagonis.htm


Common Name: Striped Sea Bream

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Scientific Name: Lithognathus mormyrus



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy bottoms near the beach, and in areas close to rocks.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on worms and small crustaceans and molluscs.

Body Form or Style: Elongated, flat body, with elongated snout Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

Citation: http://www.asturnatura.com/especie/lithognathus-mormyrus.html


Common Name: White seabream

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Scientific Name: Diplodus sargus



Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in shallow waters from -1.5 to -5 meters, but also in sandy rock nearby areas funds.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on small crustaceans and molluscs.

Body Form or Style: Oval and wide, with seven transverse bands of dark brown and fine. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.



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Family: Mullidae

Geography / Habitat: In rocky and sandy areas or meadows.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on worms, larvae and small crustaceans that live buried.

Body Form or Style: Body flattened. Front very flat with large scales. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.



Common Name: Marbled Moray

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Scientific Name: Muraena helena


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Geography / Habitat: Near seagrass meadows. He hides in deep cracks, of which only reveals the head and large jaws.

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and fishes.

Body Form or Style: Shaped snake. Your body is compressed in the terminal part, scaleless skin and shiny.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail, it moves like a snake.

Mouth Position: Front part of the head with strong teeth.



Common Name: Musola Houndshark

Scientific Name: Mustelus mustelus

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Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Triakidae

Geography / Habitat: On sandy or stony bottoms not far from the coast

Food / Feed Strategy: Feed with fishes and shellfish.

Body Form or Style: This species has two dorsal fins, an anal fin, a pair of pectoral fins, a pair of pelvic fins and tail.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head with strong teeth.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/mustelusmustelus.htm


Common Name: Myliobatis aquila

Scientific Name: Common Bull Ray


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Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Rajiformes

Family: Myliobatidae

Geography / Habitat: Sandy or muddy bottoms in estuaries, bays. Between 1 and 300 meters deep.

Food / Feed Strategy: Molluscs, crustaceans and fish

Body Form or Style: Diamond shapped. Swim / Locomotion Style: Has two fins that move like wings Mouth Position: mouth is located underneath the body that used to hunt animals

buried in sand.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/myliobatisaquila.htm


Common Name: Saddled bream

Scientific Name: Oblada melanura


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Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: Shallow water with stones and sandy funds.

Food / Feed Strategy: They are carnivorous and feed on other fish.

Body Form or Style: Has an elongated and flattened body Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head with strong teeth.



Common Name: Red porgy

Scientific Name: Pagrus pagrus

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Family: Sparidae

Geography / Habitat: Shallow water.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on benthic invertebrates and fish.

Body Form or Style: Has an elongated and flattened body. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head with strong teeth.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/pagruspagrus.htm


Common Name: Pearly razorfish

Scientific Name: Xyrichthys novacula

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Family: Labridae

Geography / Habitat: Near the coast on sandy or muddy bottoms between 5 and 50 meters.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on molluscs, crustaceans and fish.

Body Form or Style: Has an elongated body. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

Citation: http://waste.ideal.es/xyrichthysnovacula.htm

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Title: Marine invertebrate Species # 41

Common Name: Sea Hare

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Scientific Name: Aplysia Californica

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda Order: Anaspidea

Family: Aplysiidae

Geography / Habitat: Indo- Pacific. In the wild, it is usually found in shallow areas of seagrasses and coral rubble, preferring the shaded areas.

Food / Feed Strategy: Hervibore

Body Form or Style: The body of the Dwarf Sea Hare is a combination of speckles and patterns. The location of its rhinophores (organ used to smell) and its oral tentacles make it look a bit like a rabbit, hence its common name.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Crawling Mouth Position: very up close inside a sea hare mouth as it almost eats star corals and a

vermetid (the snail in the tube), luckily he doesn't like the taste

Citation: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+524+726&pcatid=726


Common Name: Red false plum anemone

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Scientific Name: Pseudactinia flagellifera

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria

Family: Actiniidae

Geography / Habitat: Southern Africa. May be found singly or in groups. Prey captured with the tentacles is stuffed through the mouth into the digestive cavity.

Food / Feed Strategy: Molluscs and crustaceans

Body Form or Style: The red body is hollow, cylindrical, and attached at the base by a flat adhesive disc. Tentacles ring the mouth and are armed with stinging cells. Reproduction can be sexual or by simple division of the body

Swim / Locomotion Style: It can move about slowly and inflates vesicles to attack and sting creatures it encounters to defend its territory.

Mouth Position: Wide mouth

Citation: http://www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za/index.php?page_name=specie&specie_id=48


Common Name: Frilly mouthed jelly fish

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Scientific Name: Chrysaora sp


Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae

Family: Pelagiidae

Geography / Habitat: Open Ocean, South Africa. West Coast to Port Elizabeth

Food / Feed Strategy: Plantonic animals

Body Form or Style: Bell shallow, transparent blue with a more opaque white edge. 24 long marginal tentacles and 16-32 stubby tentacles.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Manubrium hangs down as an elaborate frilly structure which extends to form four trailing trails when fully extended.

Mouth Position: The mouth is drawn out to form four frilly lips beneath the bell and opens into a central stomach with four partitioned gastric pouches



Common Name: Plumbed hydroid

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Scientific Name: Plumularia setacea


Class: Hydrozoa Order: Leptothecata

Family: Plumulariidae

Geography / Habitat: Southern Africa, Sheltered pool and shallow reefs. Attached itself to other marine animals

Food / Feed Strategy: Filter-feed on microscopic animals

Body Form or Style: A low greeping base with pale-yellow upright, unbranched plume like stems The cup-like hydrothecae have a smooth margin and are flanked by two lateral nematothecae and a lower central nematotheca

Swim / Locomotion Style: They live in colonials. In some, defensive polyps are found, armed with large numbers of stinging cells. In others, one polyp may develop as a large float, from which the other polyps hang down, allowing the colony to drift in open water instead of being anchored to a solid surface.

Mouth Position: A terminal mouth on a raised protuberance called the hypostome, surrounded by a number of tentacles.



Common Name: Cape zoanthid

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Scientific Name: Isozoanthus capensis


Class: Anthozoa Order: Zoantharia

Family: Parazoanthidae

Geography / Habitat: Capetown to Port Shepstone. Occurs under overhangs in shallow waters

Food / Feed Strategy: Plankton

Body Form or Style: Orange to pink polyp with about 30 tentacles .Column coated in coarse sand

Swim / Locomotion Style: Can be major contributors to the physical structure of the coral reefs that develop in tropical and subtropical waters

Mouth Position: Their mouth is grooved with a furrow called a siphonoglyph. This furrow is lined with thousands of beating cilia that aid in feeding and water exchange.



Common Name: Nippled sea fan

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Scientific Name: Eunicella papillosa


Class: Anthozoa Order: Gorgonacea

Family: Gorgoniidae

Geography / Habitat: Luderits to Sodwana. Caves or sheltered area with no strong wave action.

Food / Feed Strategy: Filterfeeder

Body Form or Style: A single stork forking into 2 mm cylindrical white branches branches. Polyps give the fan a yellowish color when extended.

Swim / Locomotion Style: They have been described as moving conveyer belts of tissue, with new tissue forming at one end and continuously leaving at the other.

Mouth Position:



Common Name: Common cuttlefish

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Scientific Name: Sepia vermiculata


Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida

Family: Scolliodea

Geography / Habitat: Common specie throughout South Africa. Sub-tidal pools to deep ocean reefs

Food / Feed Strategy: Fish and shell fish. Feeding on molluscs, young fish, and crabs. Other species of cuttlefish may also be taken, and cannibalism

Body Form or Style: Elongate body with a fin on each side and pale belly. Head with eight short arms and two long tentacles that can be retracted. Each arm got eight rows of equal sized suckers. Color varies as cuttlefish use camouflage

Swim / Locomotion Style: Cuttlefish swim using the fin that passes around the body. They can also rapidly expel water and move quickly by 'jet-propulsion'

Mouth Position: Encircling the mouth there are eight 'arms' with suckers, which are used to manipulate prey, there are also two tentacles with flattened paddle-like tips, which can be rapidly extended and are used to catch prey



Common Name: Dwarf cushion starfish

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Scientific Name: Patiriella exigua

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Not defined Order: Not defined

Family: Not defined

Geography / Habitat: Throughout South Africa. It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed by extruding the stomach through the mouth and plastering it onto the rock, thus digesting microscopic algae

Body Form or Style: Tiny flattened pentagonal starfish: arms poorly developed. Dorsal surface made up of tile-like plates, each with a cluster of knob-like spines. Uniformly khaki-green on the West coast: variegated patterns of orange, brown, green and white on the South-East coast. They have no heart, brain, nor eyes, but some brittle stars seem to have light sensitive parts on their arms

Swim / Locomotion Style: Echinoderms have tentacle-like structures called tube feet with suction pads situated at their extremities. These tube feet are hydraulically controlled by a remarkable vascular system. This system supplies water through canals of small muscular tubes to the tube feet (= ambulacral feet). As the tube feet press against a moving object, water is withdrawn from them, resulting in a suction effect. When water returns to the canals, suction is released. The resulting locomotion is generally very slow.

Mouth Position: Their mouth is situated on the underside and their anus on top.


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Common Name: Chokka

Scientific Name: Loligo vulgaris reynaudii


Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida

Family: Loliginidae

Geography / Habitat: It occurs in coastal waters from False Bay to Port Elizabeth. Pelagic

Food / Feed Strategy: Feeds on small fishes

Body Form or Style: This animals has an elongated slender body with eight short arms and two very long retractile tentacles, all of which have suckers. It has relatively long diamond-shaped fins, which run more than half the length of the mantle. Its eyes are covered with a membrane which is part of the skin covering the head

Swim / Locomotion Style: It has relatively long diamond-shaped fins, which run more than half the length of the mantle.

Mouth Position: Front head



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Common Name: Bluebell Tunicate

Scientific Name: Clavelina sp


Class: Ascidiacea Order: Aplousobranchia

Family: Clavelinidae

Geography / Habitat: Rocky reefs. This small sea squirt is a solitary animal, but can often be seen in groups on the reef.

Food / Feed Strategy: Filterfeeders

Body Form or Style: Has a flute glass shape body and a single “stem” that anchors it to the reef. Two tube-like openings can be seen on the top part of the body. Bright blue in color and more transparent towards the two tube-like openings.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Most adult tunicates are sessile and are permanently attached to rocks or other hard surfaces on the ocean floor; others such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes swim in the pelagic zone of the sea as adults. Various species are commonly known as sea squirts, sea pork, sea liver or sea tulips.

Mouth Position: They are marine filter feeders with a water-filled, sac-like body structure and two tubular openings, known as siphons, through which they draw in and expel water. During their respiration and feeding they take in water through the incurrent (or inhalant) siphon and expel the filtered water through the excurrent (or exhalant) siphon


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Title: Freshwater fish Species # 51

Common Name: African jewelfish

Scientific Name: Hemichromis bimaculatus



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Family: Cichlidae

Geography / Habitat: The African jewelfish's origin is in Africa, hence its name. They are found in high numbers in the rivers of west Africa.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on insects, crustaceans, and Caridina.

Body Form or Style: Has an oval body with big fins Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Angelfish

Scientific Name: Pterophyllum scalare



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Family: Cichlidae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in swamps or flooded grounds where vegetation is dense and the water is either clear or silty.

Food / Feed Strategy: They are herbivores

Body Form or Style: Is diamond shaped with long fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Bala shark

Scientific Name: Balantiocheilos melanopterus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes

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Family: Cyprinidae

Geography / Habitat: Bala sharks are found in midwater depths in large and medium-sized rivers and lakes.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on phytoplankton, but mostly on small crustaceans, rotifers, and insects and their larvae

Body Form or Style: Its torpedo-shaped body and large fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Siamese fighting fish

Scientific Name: Betta splendens



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Family: Osphronemidae

Geography / Habitat:

Food / Feed Strategy: they feed on zooplankton, crustaceans, and the larvae of mosquitoes and other water-bound insects.

Body Form or Style: Has a small body and large and elongated with long fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Black Molly Fish

Scientific Name: Poecilia sphenops


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes

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Family: Poeciliidae

Geography / Habitat: They inhabit fresh water streams and coastal brackish and marine waters of Mexico.

Food / Feed Strategy: They demand fresh vegetable food like algae.

Body Form or Style: Its torpedo-shaped body and large fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

Citation: http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-species/freshwater_all_landing.aspx


Common Name: Largemouth bass.

Scientific Name: Micropterus salmoides.



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Family: Centrarchidae

Geography / Habitat: Largemouth bass usually hang around big patches of weeds near shallow water.

Food / Feed Strategy: Consumes mostly small bait fish, scuds, small shrimp, insects, smaller fish, snails, crawfish, frogs, snakes, salamanders, bats and even small water birds, mammals, and baby alligators.

Body Form or Style: Reaches a maximum recorded overall length of 29.5 in and a maximum weight of 25 pounds.

Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Atlantic tarpon

Scientific Name: Megalops atlanticus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Elopiformes

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Family: Megalopidae

Geography / Habitat: Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers.

Food / Feed Strategy: The tarpon feeds almost exclusively on schooling fish and occasionally crabs.

Body Form or Style: The large mouth is turned upwards and the lower jaw contains an elongated, bony plate. The last ray of the dorsal fin is much longer than the others, reaching nearly to the tail.


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


Common Name: Chinook salmon

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: the native distribution of Chinook salmon ranged from as far south as the Ventura River in California and north to Alaska.

Food / Feed Strategy: Salmon feed on planktonic diatoms, copepods, kelps, seaweeds, jellyfish, and starfish

Body Form or Style: Adult fish range in size from 24 to 36 in Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Apache trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus apache



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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: It natively lives in clear, cool streams in the White Mountains that flow through coniferous forests and marshes, but has been introduced into several lakes in the area

Food / Feed Strategy: The Apache trout eats both terrestrial and aquatic insects, such as Trichoptera and Diptera. In lakes, they also eat small fishes and zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: The Apache trout measures in length from 6 to 24 inches (61 cm), and weighs between 6 ounces and 6 pounds


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


Common Name: Golden trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita



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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: is native to the southern Sierra Nevada, including the upper reach and tributaries of the South Fork of the Kern River, and Golden Trout Creek and its tributaries

Food / Feed Strategy: They eat small fishes and zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: In their native habitat, adults range from 6–12 in long. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: American shad

Scientific Name: Alosa (Alosa) sapidissima


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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Clupeidae

Geography / Habitat: Distributed from southern Labrador to northern Florida

Food / Feed Strategy: is primarily a plankton feeder, but will eat small shrimp and fish eggs

Body Form or Style: Adult shad weigh between 3 pounds (1.4 kg) and 8 pounds (3.6 kg) Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Bluegill

Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus



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Geography / Habitat: Bluegill live in the shallow waters of many lakes and ponds, along with slow-moving areas of streams and small rivers.

Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on plankton and other aquatic creatures.

Body Form or Style: has a flattened body. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Channel catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus punctatus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

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Family: Ictaluridae

Geography / Habitat: They thrive in small and large rivers, reservoirs, natural lakes, and ponds.

Food / Feed Strategy: Channel catfish feed on aquatic insect larvae, crayfish, mollusks, and small fish

Body Form or Style: : This slender, elongate catfish has a deeply forked caudal fin and a protruding upper jaw


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


Common Name: Spotted bass

Scientific Name: Micropterus punctulatus



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Geography / Habitat: Preferring cool and warm mountain streams and reservoirs with rocky bottoms.

Food / Feed Strategy: the spotted bass feeds on insects, crustaceans, frogs, annelid worms, and smaller fish.

Body Form or Style: can reach an overall length of almost 64 cm (25 in), reaching weights of up to 4.6 kg (10 lb).


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


Common Name: White crappie

Scientific Name: Pomoxis annularis



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Geography / Habitat: White crappie can be found in large rivers, reservoirs and lakes.

Food / Feed Strategy: Individuals smaller than about 16 cm in length eat plankton and minuscule crustaceans, while larger individuals feed on small fishes

Body Form or Style: The species is a deep-bodied fish with a flattened body Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Black crappie

Scientific Name: Pomoxis nigromaculatus



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Geography / Habitat: The black crappie's habitats are lakes, reservoirs, borrow pits, and navigation pools in large rivers

Food / Feed Strategy: Individuals smaller than about 16 cm in length eat plankton and minuscule crustaceans, while larger individuals feed on small fishes

Body Form or Style: Have a deep and laterally compressed body Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Atlantic salmon

Scientific Name: Salmo salar



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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: The distribution of Atlantic Salmon is temperature dependent.

Food / Feed Strategy: Juveniles start with tiny invertebrates, but as they mature, they may occasionally eat small fish

Body Form or Style: maximum of 153 cm (60 in) and a weight of 45 kg (99 lb). Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Striped bass

Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis



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Family: Moronidae

Geography / Habitat: They can be found in lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands.

Food / Feed Strategy: Consumes mostly small bait fish, scuds, small shrimp, insects, smaller fish, snails, crawfish and frogs.

Body Form or Style: has a streamlined, silvery body marked with longitudinal dark stripes running from behind the gills to the base of the tail.


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


Common Name: Brook trout

Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis



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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: The brook trout inhabits large and small lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, and spring ponds.

Food / Feed Strategy: Brook trout have a diverse diet that includes crustaceans, frogs and other amphibians, insects, molluscs, smaller fish, invertebrates, and even small aquatic mammals such as voles.

Body Form or Style: The belly and lower fins are reddish in color, the latter with white leading edges. Often, the belly, particularly of the males, becomes very red or orange when the fish are spawning.


Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brook_trout_1918.jpg


Common Name: Walleye

Scientific Name: Sander vitreus



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Family: Percidae

Geography / Habitat: Native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States

Food / Feed Strategy: They eats smaller fishes.

Body Form or Style: The dorsal side of a walleye is olive, grading into a golden hue on the flanks.


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


Common Name: Paddlefish

Scientific Name: Protopsephurus liui


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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acipenseriformes

Family: Polyodontidae

Geography / Habitat: Some lakes and rivers like Mississippi river, Missouri River, Ohio River and others.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed by filtering out zooplankton from the water.

Body Form or Style: The paddlefish can be distinguished by its large mouth and its elongated Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paddlefish_Polyodon_spathula.jpg


Common Name: Lahontan cutthroat trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi


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Class: Actinopterygii Order:

Family:

Geography / Habitat: is native to the drainages of the Truckee River, Humboldt River, Carson River, Walker River, Quinn River

Food / Feed Strategy: Eats smaller fish and insects.

Body Form or Style: Has an elongated body. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis


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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: is found in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in tributaries of the Rio Grande

Food / Feed Strategy: Rio Grande cutthroat feed opportunistically on aquatic insects and terrestrial insects that fall into the water.

Body Form or Style: has an elongated body and slightly flattened Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rgc2.jpg


Common Name: Red drum

Scientific Name: Sciaenops ocellatus


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Family: Sciaenidae

Geography / Habitat: Is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Northern Mexico

Food / Feed Strategy: primarily feed on menhaden, mullet, pinfish, sea robin, lizardfish, spot, Atlantic croaker, and flounder.

Body Form or Style: The red drum have a characteristic eyespot near the tail and are somewhat streamlined.


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


Common Name: Northern pike

Scientific Name: Esox lucius


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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Esociformes

Family: Esocidae

Geography / Habitat: They are typical of brackish and freshwaters of the northern hemisphere.

Food / Feed Strategy: They eats other fishes.

Body Form or Style: The average length is about 70–120 cm (28-47 inches). Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: White bass

Scientific Name: Morone chrysops


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Family: Moronidae

Geography / Habitat: White bass inhabit large reservoirs and rivers.

Food / Feed Strategy: They eats calanoid copepods, cyclopoid copepods, daphnia, and leptodora

Body Form or Style: It has large, rough scales and two dorsal fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Guadalupe bass

Scientific Name: Micropterus treculii


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Geography / Habitat: Guadalupe bass are found in streams and reservoirs; absent from extreme headwaters.

Food / Feed Strategy: Guadalupe bass at their predatory peak prefer larger bait fish such as shad and small bass or bluegill

Body Form or Style: They have a lateral line covered in mostly separate diamond shaped or circular spots


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


Common Name: Bonneville cutthroat trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus clarki utah


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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat:

Food / Feed Strategy: Bonneville cutthroat trout primarily eat other fish, while smaller individuals and to a lesser extent adults consume a lot of insects and various benthic organisms.

Body Form or Style: This fish has sparsely scattered, very distinct round spots over its upper body.


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


Common Name: Rainbow trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss


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Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: Rivers and lakes.

Food / Feed Strategy: Rainbow trout are predators with a varied diet, and will eat nearly anything they can capture

Body Form or Style: Has a broad reddish stripe along the lateral line, from gills to the tail which is most pronounced in breeding males.


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


Common Name: Muskellunge

Scientific Name: Esox masquinongy


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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Esociformes

Family: Esocidae

Geography / Habitat: Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers

Food / Feed Strategy: Most of their diets consist of fish, but can also include crayfish, frogs, ducklings, snakes, muskrats, mice, other small mammals, and small birds

Body Form or Style: The body plan is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins set far back on the body.


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


Common Name: Black tetra

Scientific Name: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi

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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Geography / Habitat: It is native to the Paraguay and Guaporé River basins of southern Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia.

Food / Feed Strategy: The black widow tetra feeds on small crustaceans, insects, and worms.

Body Form or Style: the black tetra has a roughly tetragonal body shape and is greyish in colour


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


Common Name: Thayeria boehlkei

Scientific Name: Thayeria boehlkei

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Family: Characidae

Geography / Habitat: inhabits small streams and the margins of smaller rivers in the Amazon Basin of lowland Amazonia, where its is part of the highly diverse Neotropical fish fauna.

Food / Feed Strategy: The species feeds on worms, small insects and crustaceans

Body Form or Style: has a small body with a black stripe on its side. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Mexican tetra

Scientific Name: Astyanax mexicanus

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Family: Characidae

Geography / Habitat: Spends most of its time in the mid-level of the water above the rocky and sandy bottoms of pools and backwaters of creeks and rivers of its native environment

Food / Feed Strategy: Its natural diet consists of crustaceans, insects, and annelids, although in captivity it is omnivorous.

Body Form or Style: the Mexican tetra is of typical characin shape, with unremarkable, drab coloration


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


Common Name: Brichardi Cichlid

Scientific Name: Neolamprologus brichardi

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Family: Cichlidae

Geography / Habitat: Is a species of cichlid endemic to the alkaline waters of Lake Tanganyika in east Africa

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed from the rocky biocover, picking at small crustaceans and invertebrates. It will also feed on swarms of plankton when available.

Body Form or Style: has a small body with big fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Bronze corydoras

Scientific Name: Corydoras aeneus

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Family: Callichthyidae

Geography / Habitat: They are found in quiet, shallow waters with soft bottoms that can sometimes be heavily polluted by clouds of disturbed mud from the bottom, but it also inhabits running waters

Food / Feed Strategy: It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter

Body Form or Style: It has a yellow or pink body, white belly, and is blue-grey over its head and back.


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


Common Name: Common pleco

Scientific Name: Hypostomus plecostomus

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Family: Loricariidae

Geography / Habitat: In the wild in fresh running waters and brackish waters of river mouths.

Food / Feed Strategy: This species feeds on algae, aquatic weeds and other plant matter and small crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: has a hard, elongated body with long fins with spines. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: In the bottom of the head.

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


Common Name: Cherry barb

Scientific Name: Puntius titteya

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Family: Cyprinidae

Geography / Habitat: The cherry barb's natural habitat is a heavily shaded, shallow, and calm water body.

Food / Feed Strategy: The species feeds on worms, small insects and crustaceans

Body Form or Style: The cherry barb is an elongated fish with a relatively compressed body. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Alligator gar

Scientific Name: Atractosteus spatula

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Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteiformes

Family: Lepisosteidae

Geography / Habitat: Alligator gar are usually found in slow sluggish waters, although running water seems to be necessary for spawning

Food / Feed Strategy: Adults feed primarily on fish.

Body Form or Style: They have a long, slender, cylindrical bodies and long snouts. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Bigmouth buffalo

Scientific Name: Ictiobus cyprinellus

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Family: Catostomidae

Geography / Habitat: Bigmouth buffalo appear to spawn in very shallow water.

Food / Feed Strategy: Young fish seem to prefer eating bottom-dwelling invertebrates, while older individuals prefer crustaceans dwelling in the midwater.

Body Form or Style: The bigmouth buffalo is a dull brownish olive color with dusky fins. Swim / Locomotion Style: Movements from side to side of the tail. Mouth Position: Front part of the head.

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


Common Name: Common carp

Scientific Name: Cyprinus carpio

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Family: Cyprinidae

Geography / Habitat: Common carp prefer large bodies of slow or standing water and soft, vegetative sediments.

Food / Feed Strategy: They can eat a herbivorous diet of water plants, but prefer to scavenge the bottom for insects, crustaceans (including zooplankton), crawfish, and benthic worms

Body Form or Style: The common carp is a heavy-bodied minnow with barbels on either side of the upper jaw.


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

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Common Name: Red swamp crawfish

Scientific Name: Procambarus clarkii

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda

Family: Cambaridae

Geography / Habitat: Is most commonly found in warm fresh water, such as slowly flowing rivers, marshes, reservoirs, irrigation systems and rice paddies.

Food / Feed Strategy: The red swamp crayfish is carnivorous, eating insect larvae, tadpoles, and snails.

Body Form or StyleCrayfish are characterized by a joined head and thorax, and a segmented body.


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Common Name: Mosquito shrimp

Scientific Name: Caridina gracilirostris



Family: Atyidae

Geography / Habitat: In the wild, it is found in mangroves and marshes.

Food / Feed Strategy: Caridina gracilirostris is an algae-eating species of shrimp.

Body Form or Style: has a nearly transparent body, and with an elongated red rostrum on its head.


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Common Name: Tadpole shrimps

Scientific Name: Triops longicaudatus


Class: Branchiopoda Order: Notostraca

Family: Triopsidae

Geography / Habitat: It is most active at a temperature of approximately 20 °C (68 °F), and is usually found scratching the mud at the bottom of pools, searching for benthic food

Food / Feed Strategy: Tadpole shrimps are omnivorous and may eat algae, insects, and other organic debris

Body Form or Style: Has elongated tail structures that are often nearly as long as the rest of the body.


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Common Name: Giant ramshorn snail

Scientific Name: Marisa cornuarietis


Class: Gastropoda Order: Caenogastropoda

Family: Ampullariidae

Geography / Habitat: This snail prefers still or slow-moving fresh water, depending on the availability of aquatic vegetation as a food source

Food / Feed Strategy: This species eats aquatic plants, algae, and dead fish and snails.

Body Form or Style: The shell color varies from pale to darker red or brown or more vivid shades of those colors, and is fairly often striped.


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Common Name: Golden Clam

Scientific Name: Corbicula fluminea


Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida

Family: Corbiculidae

Geography / Habitat: Found in streams, lakes, or canals.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed primarily on phytoplankton (algae), which they filter from the sandy or muddy bottom

Body Form or Style: The outside of the shell is normally yellow-green with concentric rings. The color can flake, leaving white spots. The shells are lightly purple on the inside.


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

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Common Name: Eastern grass shrimp

Scientific Name: Palaemonetes paludosus



Family: Palaemonidae

Geography / Habitat: Lives in fresh water or slightly brackish water usually in lakes.

Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on plankton.

Body Form or Style: Palaemonetes paludosus is up to 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long and largely transparent


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

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Common Name: Great pond snail

Scientific Name: Lymnaea stagnalis


Class: Gastropoda Order: Hygrophila

Family: Lymnaeidae

Geography / Habitat: This large snail lives only in freshwater: it prefers slowly running water, and standing water bodies

Food / Feed Strategy: They eats aquatic plants, algae, and dead fish and snails.

Body Form or Style: The height of an adult shell of this species ranges from 45–60 mm. The width of an adult shell ranges from 20-30 (34) mm.


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

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Common Name: Red-rimmed melania

Scientific Name: Melanoides tuberculata


Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha

Family: Thiaridae

Geography / Habitat: This species is native to subtropical and tropical northern Africa and southern Asia

Food / Feed Strategy: This snail feeds primarily on algae (microalgae).

Body Form or Style: This species has an elongate, conical shell, which is usually light brown, marked with rust-colored spots.


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

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Common Name: Common yabby

Scientific Name: Cherax destructor



Family: Parastacidae

Geography / Habitat: Yabbies are found in swamps, streams, rivers, reservoirs and farm dams at low to medium elevations.

Food / Feed Strategy: Yabbies are primarily nocturnal detritivores, feeding primarily on algae and plant remains, at night, but also opportunistically feeding on any fish or animal remains they encounter at any time of day.

Body Form or Style: Yabbies occasionally reach up to 30 cm (12 in) in length but are more commonly 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long


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

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Common Name: Signal crayfish

Scientific Name: Pacifastacus leniusculus



Family: Astacidae

Geography / Habitat: The signal crayfish is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains, including the Canadian province of British Columbia, and the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Food / Feed Strategy: The signal crayfish is an omnivore, with most of its dietary intake being detritus.

Body Form or Style: They are bluish-brown to reddish-brown in colour with robust, large, smooth claws.


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

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