Post on 13-Jan-2016
Beck Crawfordand
Max Cole
There are five different groups of animals with vertebrates.• Mammals• Reptiles• Fish• They usually have
scales and fins.• AmphibiansAnd Birds
Most fish have these characteristics:
• They are cold blooded.• They live in water all their lives.• They give birth to babies hatched
from eggs.• Fish breathe through gills.
The Sunfish and the Giant Grouper are both fish.
sunfishGiant grouper
Giant Grouper The giant grouper is the largest bony fish
found in coral reefs. It is the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Australia.
They hide in caves and surprise their prey by blending into their surroundings.
A giant grouper has adapted by having a large mouth so that it can eat its prey… the small shark, small fish, and juvenile sea turtles.
Giant Grouper
Lots of Different Names
The giant grouper also known as the Brindle Bass, Brown Spotted Cod, Bumblebee grouper and Queensland grouper. They have different colors and markings that help camouflage them.
The Giant Grouper
Their mouth and gills form a powerful sucking system that sucks their prey in from a distance. They also use their mouth to dig into sand in order to form their shelters under big rocks.
Sunfish
Sunfish can be found swimming in warm parts of the ocean. It swims in a school of fish so that it stays safe.
The sunfish floats on its side at the top of the sea. It heats itself up by doing that.
The Sunfish
It looks like a circle and it has a flat body. This fish swims by flapping its fins.
The Sunfish
It has a small mouth so it can eat Jellyfish.
Sunfish
Fish can be found swimming in warm parts of the ocean. It swims in a school of fish so that it stays safe.
The Giant Grouper and the Sunfish
We hope you enjoyed learning about the Giant Grouper and the Sunfish.