100 Fish Species

Title: Marine fish Species# 1

Common Name: Sunset AnthiasScientific Name: Pseudanthias parvirostrisKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography/ Habitat: It is usuall found in deepwater below 100 feet. Areas throughout the Indo-West Pacific. They are found commonly from 50-60m where small grouos swim close to substrate. Tempatures of 72-80F.

Feed Strategy: Carnivorous, mainly feed opon zooplankton. The have high metabolisms and eat often.

Body Form or Style: Lighter shades of orange and red. Higher nose position. Built in mean look and a slimmer body.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Alternating position of dorsal and anal fins along body.

Mouth Position: TerminalCitation: Animal Diversity Web aquariumdomain.com

Title: Marine fish Species# 2

Common Name: Panther GrouperScientific Name: Chromileptes altivelisKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography/ Habitat: Widely distributed throughout tropical waters. Located in Indo-west Pacific region. Lives in clear waters like lagoons and seaward reefs. Depth of 2 to 40m.

feeding Strategy: Based on small fishes and crustaceans.

Body Style: Medium sized fish that grows up to 70cm. Very unique body shape, compressed laterally and is relatively high.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Forward motion caused by the anal and dorsal fins.

Mouth Position: Superior

Citation: Wikipedia

Title: Marine Fish Species# 3Common Name: Yellow BoxfishScientific Name: ostracion cubicusKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Ostracion

Geography/ Habitat: It can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. Feed Strategy: It feeds on mainly on algea, but will also feed on sponges, crustaceans and mollusks.

Body Form or Style: Grows to the maximum length of 18cm. Bright yellow as a juvenile and fades as it ages.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Using the tail fin for small forward movements and the side fins for motion in direction.

Mouth Position: TerminalCitation: animal world

Title: Marine Fish Species# 4

Common Name: Tiger Puffer

Scientific Name: Takifugu rubripes

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Geography/ Habitat: Most prefer warm, tropical seas or estuaries like Japan or Florida. And some can life in brackish water.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The diet includes invertebrates and algae. This being a larger specimen, its diet includes clams, mussels, and shellfish.

Body Form or Style: Oval shape with a dorsal fin that falls close to the tail fin.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Motion from the side fins and mostly forward motion also.

Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://www.lauriesliltykechildcare.com/tigerpuffer.htm

Title: Marine Fish Species: 5

Common Name: Humpback Anglerfish

Scientific Name: Melanocetus johnsonii

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Melanocetidae

Geography/ Habitat: They are found along the eastern Atlantic, along the norwegian coast of the south western Barents Sea, down to the Straits of Gibraltar, and includes the Mediterranean and Black Sea. There are also records from Icelandic waters. Found on sandy or muddy sea bottoms at depths ranging from 20 to 1000 meters.

Food/ Feed Strategy: eats mostly crustaceans.

Body/ Style: Tear drop shape body with small fins and large teeth.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Forward motion from the tail fin. Mouth Position: superior

Citation: http://www.arkive.org/anglerfish/lophius-piscatorius/

Title: Marine Fish Species: 6

Common Name: Barreleye

Scientific Name: Winteria telescoa

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Argentiniformes

Family: Opisthoproctidae

Geography/ Habitat: These fish live in deep water and are mostly found off the coast of California and the North Pacific region. They are found at a depth of 3330 ft.

Food/ Feed Strategy: These fish are ambush predators. They usuallt feed on jellies and small drifting animals. Also included in the diet is the small creatures trapped in the tentacles of the jellies.

Body Form or Style: tube like shape with larger side fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion from the tail fin Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://www.animalspot.net/barreleye-fish.html

Title: Marine Fish Species: 7

Common Name: Humoback Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cheilinus undulatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Labridae

Geography/ Habitat: Found in coral reefs. Outer reefs and drop offs. Thickets of living staghorn coral.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Prey items include mollusks, sea urchins, crustaceans, and fish. They have also been known to feed on moray eels.

Body Form or Style: thin body with a large hump on the head and long anal and dorcal fins. Small side fins.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion done by the tail fin. Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://www.arkive.org/humphead-wrasse/cheilinus-undulatus/

Title: Marine Fish Species: 8

Common Name: Blackfin Barracuda

Scientific Name: Sphyraena qenie

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Sphyraenidae

Geography/ Habitat: They are commonly around reefs, either singly, or forming dense shoals.

Food/ Feed Strategy: They feed on an arrat of prey including fishes such as jacks, grunts, groupers, snappers, small tunas, mullets, killifishes, herrings, and anchovies.

Body Form or Style: thin silver color made for speed. Swim/ Locomotion Style: tail fin for forward motion. Mouth Position: terminal Citation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/fish/chevron_barracuda_bg.shtml

Title: Marine Fish Species: 9

Common Name: Asian Sheepshead Wrasse

Scientific Name: Semicossyphus reticulatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Labridae

Geography/ Habitat: This fish is a cold water to subtropical species that inhabits rocky reefs.

Food/ Feed Strategy:

Body Form or Style:long body, small fins and humped head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion done by the tail fin. Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.arkive.org/asian-sheepshead-wrasse/semicossyphus-reticulatus/

Title: Marine Fish Species: 10

Common Name: Longtooth Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus bruneus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography/ Habitat:

Food/ Feed Strategy: Eating fish, octopuses and crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: large mouth for trapping prey. Small fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion by tail fin. Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 11

Common Name: Atlantic Tarpon

Scientific Name: Megalops Atlanticus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopeterygii Order: Elopiformes

Family: Megalopidae

Geography/ Habitat: Found in shallow coastal waters, bays, estuaries, mangrove-lined lagoons, and rivers in the eastern atlantic.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Prey fish, mullets pinfish, marine catfishes, Atlantic needlefish, sardines, shrimp, and crabs.

Body Form or Style: Large silvery body. Reaches up to 2.5 m. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Forward motion by Tail fin. Mouth Position: Superior

Citation: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=290

Title: Marine Fish Species # 12

Common Name: Whale Shark

Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Orectolbifomes

Family: Rhincodontidae

Geography/ Habitat: Lives in all tropical and warm temperate seas. Southern and eastern parts of south Africa.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Whale sharks are filter feeders. it feeds on macro algea, plankton, krill, christmas island red crab larvae and small nektonic life such as small squid or vertebrates.

Body Form or Style: long large body, large tail fin, and mouth. Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion by tail fin. Direction by

side fins. Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 13

Common Name: Pelagic Thresher

Scientific Name: Alopias pelagicus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniforms

Family: Alopiidae

Geography/ Habitat: It is found is the Indo-Pacific, South Africa, the Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea. They inhabit the open ocean, at a depth of at least 150 m. They have been found in regions with a narrow continental shelf and near coral reef dropoffs or seamounts in the red sea.

Food/ Feed Strategy: A diet of small pelagic prey. They feed on barracudinas, lightfishes, and escolars, all inhabitants of the mesopelagic zone.

Body Form or Style: Thin body with large fins Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion by the tail fin and

direction by side fins. Mouth Position: Subterminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_thresherTitle: Marine Fish Species # 14Common Name: Japanese Angelshark

Scientific Name: Squatina japonica

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Squantinformes

Family: Squatinidae

Geography/ Habitat: Angelshark is a native to the cooler waters of the northwestern Pacific. They inhabit the continental shelf, usually in the shallows but also to as deep as 300 m. It is a bottom dweller and is found on the sandy floors.

Food/ Feed Strategy:

Body Form or Style: Flat diamond shape body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion from full body. Mouth Position: Subterminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 15

Common Name: Tasselled Wobbegong

Scientific Name: Eucrossorhinus dosypogon

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Orectolobiformes

Family: Orectolobidae

Geography/ Habitat: They inhabit the continental shelf of northern Australia from Ningaloo Reef in the west to Bundaberg in the east as well as New Guinea. They commonly are bottom dwellers on coral reefs, both inshore and offshore.

Food/ Feed Strategy: These fish feed on bottom fises and invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Flat body with Swim/ Locomotion Style: forward motion by the whole body. Mouth Position: Subterminal

Citation:

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/TasselledWobbegong/TWobbegong.html

Title: Marine Fish Species # 16

Common Name: Goblin Shark

Scientific Name: Mistukurina owstoni

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes

Family: Mitsukurinidae

Geography/ Habitat: They have been seen in three different oceans. Places like the Gulf of Mexico and French Guinana.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Goblin sharks feed mainly on teleost fishes such as rattails and dragonfishes. It also consumes cephalopods and crustaceans, including decapods and isopods and garbage.

Body Form or Style: long body with a lunate caudal fin. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Countinous swimming Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 17

Common Name: Coelacanth

Scientific Name: Coelacanthiformes

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Sarcopterygii Order: Coelacanthiformes

Family: Whiteiidae

Geography/ Habitat: Coelacanth have only been found to live in two places, off the coast of Madagascar and in Indonesia. Fossilized Coelacanth’s have been found on every continent except Antarctica. Very deep in the ocean.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The diet is believed to consist of mainly squid, eel, small sharks, and other animals that are found in their deep sea habitats.

Body Form or Style: large head and 6 foot body Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/coelacanth.html

Title: Marine Fish Species # 18

Common Name: Frilled Shark

Scientific Name: Chlamydoselachus anguineus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Hexanchiformes

Family: Chlamydoselachidae

Geography/ Habitat: They have been found in scattered locations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is found off northern Norway, northern Scotland and western Ireland. The frilled shark inhabits the outer continental shelf and upper to middle continental slope.

Food/ Feed Strategy: They prey upon cephalopods, bony fishes, and smaller sharks.

Body Form or Style: long body with large mouth for larger prey. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Continous swimming Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_shark#Distribution_and_habitat

Title: Marine Fish Species # 19

Common Name: Longnose Lancetfish

Scientific Name: Alepisaurus ferox

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Alepisauridae

Geography/ Habitat: They have been found in the eastern Pacific from the Aleutian islands to Chile, at a depth of 1830 m.

Food/ Feed Strategy: small deep sea fishes.

Body Form or Style: Long thin body with a large dorsal fin. Swim/ Locomotion Style: body made for speed Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/99

Title: Marine Fish Species # 20

Common Name: Sea Goldie

Scientific Name: Pseudanthias spuaminpinnis

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinoptergii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography/ Habitat: The fish lives around coral outcrops in clear lagoons, patch reefs and steep slopes to a depth of 35 m, often to be found in the company of Chromis diademata. They are often found in very large schools above the reef.

Food/ Feed Strategy: They have been known to feed on zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: Small Round body, large tail fin Swim/ Locomotion Style: Maneuverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/fish/sea_goldie_bg.shtml

Title: Marine Fish Species # 21

Common Name: Cherry Grouper

Scientific Name: Sacura Margaritacea

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Serranidae

Geography/ Habitat: Tropical waters. Found in reef dropoffs.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Carnivorous. Eating squid, shrimp, and meaty foods.

Body Form or Style: Smaller than other grouper species. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Maneuverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrouperTitle: Marine Fish Species # 22

Common Name: Painted Frogfish

Scientific Name: Antennarius pictus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Antennariidae

Geography/ Habitat: Frogfish live in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. Their habitat lies for the most part between the 20-degree isotherms, in areas where the surface level water usually has a temperature of 20 C (68 F) or more.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Frogfish eat crustaceans, other fish, and even each other.

Body Form or Style: Oddly shaped, used for hiding. Swim/ Locomotion Style: no much moving Mouth Position: Superior

Citation:

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-species/saltwater-profiles/painted-frogfish-2.aspx

Title: Marine Fish Species # 23

Common Name: Red-spotted Blenny

Scientific Name: Blenniella Chrysospilos

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Blenniidae

Geography/ Habitat: the red-spotted blenny is found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Herbivores, they will eat algea on corals.

Body Form or Style: Small Long and thin for moving through corals.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manuverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 24Common Name: Green Mandarin Goby

Scientific Name: Synchiropus splendidus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Callionymidae

Geography/ Habitat: Tropical waters, found living in coral reefs.

Food/ Feed Strategy: diet that consists of harpacticoid copepods, polychaete worms, small gastropods, gammaridean amphipods, fish eggs and ostracods.

Body Form or Style: Thin body for hiding in small spaces from other fish.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manuverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MandarinfishTitle: Marine Fish Species # 25

Common Name: Three Spot Dascyllus

Scientific Name: Dascyllus Trimaculatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Pomacentridae

Geography/ Habitat: Generally found in small groups around coral heads or large rocks. Juveniles may be found associated with large sea anemones or sheltering between the spines of diadema sea urchins or branching corals. May be found up to depths of 55 m.

Food/ Feed Strategy: It feeds on algae, copepods and other planktonic crustaceans .

Body Form or Style: Small with large side fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.oceanario.pt/cms/864/Title: Marine Fish Species # 26

Common Name: Sea Robin

Scientific Name: Triglidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cgordata

Class: Antinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Triglidae

Geography/ Habitat: They are bottom dwelling fish, living at depths of up to 200 m (660 ft).

Food/ Feed Strategy: feeding indifferently on shrimps, crabs of various kinds, amphipods (crustaceans are its chief diet), squids, bivalve mollusks, annelid worms, and on small fish, such as herring, menhaden, and small winter flounders. Seaweed has also been found in sea robin stomachs.

Body Form or Style: long body to stay close to the bottom. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation: http://www.gma.org/fogm/prionotus_carolinus.htm

Title: Marine Fish Species # 27

Common Name: Golden Trevally

Scientific Name: Gnathanodon speciosus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Carangidae

Geography/ Habitat: The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In the Indian Ocean, the species is distributed from South Africa [6] along the east African coastline, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Golden trevally eat the small fish that cross their path. Searching deep lagoon and seaward reefs, these fish will scour the sand for hidden snails, clams and other invertebrate or spineless creatures.

Body Form or Style: long thin body for a quick get away Swim/ Locomotion Style: acceleration Mouth Position:terminal

Citation: http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=87

Title: Marine Fish Species # 28

Common Name: John Dory

Scientific Name: Zeus faber

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Zeiformes

Family: Zeidae

Geography/ Habitat: John Dory are coastal fish, found on the coasts of Africa, South East Asia, New Zealand, Australia, the coasts of Japan, and on the coasts of Europe. They live near the seabed, living in depths from 5 metres (15 ft) to 360 metres (1200 ft). They are normally solitary.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The diet consists of bony fish, squid, and sardines.

Body Form or Style: round thin body with odd shaped fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: Subterminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 29

Common Name: Clown Wrasse

Scientific Name: Coris Gaimard

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Labriae

Geography/ Habitat: This tropical species inhabits coral, sand, and rubble of exposed outer reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to 78 m depth.

Food/ Feed Strategy: It feeds on small benthic invertebrates, including molluscs, crabs, tunicates and foraminiferans.

Body Form or Style: Small thin body colored bright orange. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/187436/0

Title: Marine Fish Species # 30

Common Name: Whitemargin Unicornfish

Scientific Name: Naso annulatus

Kingdom: animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Acanthuridae

Geography/ Habitat: Ofter found in large schools off tropical reefs.

Food/ Feed Strategy: It feeds on mostly zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: Brown in color and has a large, distinguishing "nasal" protrusion.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Continous swimming Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 31

Common Name: Black Spotted Puffer

Scientific Name: Arothron nigropunctatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Geography/ Habitat: This species is found in tropical waters from the Indian Ocean to the center islands of the Pacific Ocean, that means the Indo-Pacific area bur except the Red Sea. It lives close to external reef slopes and lagoons from the surface to 25 m depth.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Arothron nigropunctatus feeds on benthic invertebrates, sponges, algaes, coral like Acropora tips, crustaceans and mollusks.

Body Form or Style: Round body with small fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackspotted_puffer#Distribution_.26_habitat

Title: Marine Fish Species # 32

Common Name: Orange-Lined Triggerfish

Scientific Name: Balistapus undulatus

Kingdom: Aminalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Balistidae

Geography/ Habitat: It is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. It inhabits coral reefs, lagoons and external reef slopes at depths up to 50 meters.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The orange-lined triggerfish has a varied diet based on different benthic organisms such as algae, molluscs, sponges, hard coral tips, echinoderms, and fish.

Body Form or Style: Similar to a puffer fish. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-lined_triggerfish

Title: Marine Fish Species # 33

Common Name: Red Sea Sailfin Tang

Scientific Name: Zebrasoma desjardinii

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Acanthuridae

Geography/ Habitat: Red Sea sailfin tangs natively live in lagoons and reefs in a tropical climate. The juvenile fishes live in the inner reef areas. They prefer saltwater with a specific gravity of 1.020 - 1.025, a pH between 8.1 and 8.4 and an ideal temperature range of 22 - 26 C (72 - 78 F). They may live at water depths of 2 – 30 m (6.5 – 100 ft) or more.

Food/ Feed Strategy: it will consume algea and small shrimp.

Body Form or Style: oval shaped. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 34

Common Name: Lined Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus lineatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order:Perciformes

Family: Acanthuridae

Geography/ Habitat: The fish is associated with reefs, living in marine waters just a few meters deep. It is benthopelagic.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Their diet consists of algea.

Body Form or Style: Oval shaped body Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://animals.jrank.org/pages/2211/Surgeonfishes-Relatives-Acanthuroidei-LINED-SURGEONFISH-Acanthurus-lineatus-SPECIES-ACCOUNTS.html

Title: Marine Fish Species # 35

Common Name: Powder Blue Tang

Scientific Name: Acanthurus lineatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Acanthuridae

Geography/ Habitat: This species inhabits shallow and clear coastal waters always associated with a reef. It likes flat top reef and along seaward slopes.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The powder blue tang, like most fish in the Acanthuridae family, is herbivorous, eating mostly benthic algae.

Body Form or Style: Oval shaped body and a pretty Blue color. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 36

Common Name: Golden Spadefish

Scientific Name: Platax boersil

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Ephippidae

Geography/ Habitat: Spadefish live in tropical waters. In coral reefs and in small schools.

Food/ Feed Strategy: they mostly consume benthic invertebrates and plankton.

Body Form or Style: Wide body and thin sides with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation:

Title: Marine Fish Species # 37

Common Name: Emperor Angelfish

Scientific Name: Pomacanthus imperator

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Pomacanthidae

Geography/ Habitat: Emperor angelfish live near ledges and caves in areas of rich coral growth and on clear lagoon, channel or seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 233 feet (1 to 70 m).

Food/ Feed Strategy: The emperor angelfish scrapes and scours sponges and sea squirts off rocks and coral with a mouthful of coarse teeth. These teeth are very similar to a rough brush.

Body Form or Style: oval shaped and colorful. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=100

Title: Marine Fish Species # 38

Common Name: Pyramid Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Hemitaurichthys polyepis

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Geography/ Habitat: Pyramid butterflyfish occurs in the Indo-West Pacific to Hawaii and Pitcairn Islands, north to Japan, and south to New Caledonia. Commonly found on the outer reef slopes at depths of about 10 to 200 feet (3 – 60 m).

Food/ Feed Strategy: This species feeds high in the water column on zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: Small round body with small fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://animalguide.georgiaaquarium.org/home/galleries/tropical-diver/gallery-animals/pyramid-butterflyfish

Title: Marine Fish Species # 39

Common Name: Teardrop Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon unimaculatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Geography/ Habitat: They occur in small groups in reef flats, clear lagoon and seaward reefs.

Food/ Feed Strategy: feed on soft and hard corals, and also on polychaetes, small crustaceans, and filamentous algae.

Body Form or Style: Small round body with a false eye. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Marine Fish Species # 40

Common Name: Opah

Scientific Name: Lampris

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lampriformes

Family: Lampridae

Geography/ Habitat: Opah live in deep sea.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Their diet sonsists of squid.

Body Form or Style: Oval shaped body with a dorsal fin Swim/ Locomotion Style: Continous swimming Mouth Position: Terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 41

Common Name: Rainbow Trout

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography/ Habitat: The native range of Oncorhynchus mykiss is in the coastal waters and tributary rivers and streams of the Pacific basin and extends north from the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, east along the Aleutian Islands, throughout southwest Alaska, the pacific coast of British Columbia and southeast Alaska, south along the west coast of the United States to northern Mexico.

Food/ Feed Strategy: feed on larval, pupal and adult forms of aquatic insects (typically caddisflies, stoneflies, mayflies and aquatic diptera) and adult forms of terrestrial insects (typically ants, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets) that fall into the water, fish eggs, and small fish (up to 1/3 of their length), along with crayfish, shrimp and other crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: long thin body, small fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 42

Common Name: American Eel

Scientific Name: Anguilla rostrata

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Anguillidae

Geography/ Habitat: Eels are bottom dwellers. They hide in burrows, tubes, snags, masses of plants, other types of shelters. They are found in a variety of habitats including streams, rivers, and muddy or silt-bottomed lakes during their freshwater stage, as well as oceanic waters, coastal bays and estuaries.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Their diet is therefore extremely diverse and includes most of the aquatic animals sharing the same environment.

Body Form or Style: long thin body with small side fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: Terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_eel#Natural_Habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 43

Common Name: Black Crappie

Scientific Name: Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: Black crappie are native to the eastern half of North America, from southern Manitoba and Ontario in Canada south to Florida, and as far west as Nebraska. Black crappie can adapt to a wide variety of habitats, anything from shallow, vegetated farm ponds to deep, sprawling reservoirs with little or no natural cover.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The main component of the black crappie diet is fish, especially small minnows, shad and small sunfish. However, they will also eat plankton, insects, insect larvae, and worms, especially in ponds and sloughs where large baitfish populations are uncommon.

Body Form or Style: Wide thin body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Superior

Citation: http://www.fishwagon.com/Fish_Wagon/Black_Crappie.html

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 44

Common Name: Blue Catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus furcatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Simuriformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Geography/ Habitat: Blue catfish are distributed primarily in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers.[2] These large catfish have also been introduced in a number of reservoirs and rivers, notably the Santee Cooper lakes of Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie in South Carolina.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Blue catfish are opportunistic predators and will eat any species of fish they can catch, along with crayfish, freshwater mussels, frogs, and other readily available aquatic food sources; some blue catfish have reportedly attacked scuba divers.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with low set eyes. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 45

Common Name: Channel Catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus punctatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Geography/ Habitat: Channel catfish are native to the Nearctic, being well distributed in lower Canada and the eastern and northern United States, as well as parts of northern Mexico.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Catfish have enhanced capabilities of taste perception, hence called the “swimming tongue”, due to the presence of taste buds all over the external body surface and inside the oropharyngeal cavity. Specifically, they have high sensitivity to amino acids, which explains their unique communication methods as explained below. The catfish has a facial taste system that is extremely responsive to L-alanine and L-arginine.

Body Form or Style: long thick body and low set eyes. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_catfish#Distribution_and_habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 46

Common Name: Bluegill

Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: The bluegill or bluegulli occurs naturally in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains from coastal Virginia to Florida, west to Texas and northern Mexico, and north to western Minnesota and western New York.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Pretty much anything.

Body Style: Short and round shape. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverablility Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_18958-45644--,00.html

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 47

Common Name: Bowfin

Scientific Name: Amia calva

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Amiiformes

Family: Amiidae

Geography/ Habitat: Bowfin prefer quiet, clear, backwater areas, lingering along the margins of aquatic vegetation, in undercut banks, and around branches and other submerged structures. Pflieger (1975) reports spawning in April and May in Missouri. On 8 April 1993, in Hatchechubbee Creek in Russell County, we collected the most beautiful male bowfin we have ever observed.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fishes and other small animals that will fit in its mouth.

Body Form or Style: long body with small fins and a false eye. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation:

http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/freshwater/bowfin/

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 48

Common Name: Brown Bullhead

Scientific Name: Ameiurus nebulosus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Silurformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Geography/ Habitat: The brown bullhead thrives in a variety of habitats, including lakes and ponds with low oxygen and/or muddy conditions.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fish and some dead animals.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with low set eyes. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: Subterminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 49

Common Name: Flathead Catfish

Scientific Name: Pylodictis olivaris

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Geography/ Habitat: over sand, gravel, and mud substrates. Individuals are usually associated with underwater structures such as fallen trees, stumps, rock ledges, and riprap. Flatheads are aggressive predators and opportunistic feeders. Young feed on aquatic insect larvae, crayfish, and small minnows.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fish and dead animals.

Body Form or Style: long and thick with a flat head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation:

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/catfish/flathead/

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 50

Common Name: Chain Pickerel

Scientific Name:Esox niger

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Esociformes

Family: Escidae

Geography/ Habitat: Its range is along the eastern coast of North America from southern Canada to Florida, and west to Texas. On the Atlantic Coast, in Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the chain pickerel extend as far as 46 degrees north latitude.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The chain pickerel feeds primarily on smaller fish just like the Northern Pike,unless it grows large, which it ambushes from cover with a rapid lunge and secures with its sharp teeth.

Body Form or Style: Long thin body with a thin head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 51

Common Name: Alligator Gar

Scientific Name: Atactosteus spatula

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteiformes

Family: Lepisostediae

Geography/ Habitat: alligator gar was allegedly found swimming in Jakarta, Indonesia, when that city was hit by a major flood and in North America.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The alligator gar is a relatively passive, solitary fish that lives in fresh and brackish water bodies in the Southern United States. It is carnivorous and feeds by lurking among reeds and other vegetation, ambushing prey.

Body Form or Style: long body with a big head Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 52

Common Name: Large Mouth Bass

Scientific Name: Micropterus salmoides

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: The largemouth bass is native only to North America, and its original range was generally the eastern half of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada.

Food/ Feed Strategy: The bulk of the largemouth bass diet consists of other fish such as bluegill, shad, shiners and other minnow species, small catfish, and other sunfish, as well as large invertebrates, crayfish and frogs.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: Superior

Citation: http://www.fishwagon.com/Fish_Wagon/Largemouth_Bass.html

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 53

Common Name: Spotted Bass

Scientific Name: Micropterus punctulatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: it is native to the Mississippi River basin and across the Gulf states, from central Texas through the Florida panhandle. Its native range extends into the western Mid-Atlantic states

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fish insects and frogs.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: superior

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 54

Common Name: Redbreast Sunfish

Scientific Name: Lepomis auritus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchiae

Geography/ Habitat: The species prefers vegetated and rocky pools and lake margins for its habitat.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Its diet can include insects, snails, and other small invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Small round with round fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 55

Common Name: Spotted Sunfish

Scientific Name: Lepomis punctatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: The spotted sunfish is a warmwater native of the Southeastern United States that inhabits areas of slow moving water.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Insects, snails, and other small invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Small round body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 56

Common Name: Stiped Bass

Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: perciformes

Family: Moronidae

Geography/ Habitat: Striped bass have been introduced to the Pacific Coast of North America and into many of the large reservoir impoundments across the United States by state game and fish commissions for the purposes of recreational fishing and as a predator to control populations of gizzard shad.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Invertabrats, snails, small fish, frogs.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: superior

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_bass#Introductions_outside_their_natural_range

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 57

Common Name: Peacock Bass

Scientific Name: Cichla ocellaris

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichla

Geography/ Habitat: Prefer warm water and ample structure. Peacock bass are found near rocks and boulders, with the biggest fish in the group taking the prime holding areas.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fish, snails, and frogs.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with false eye. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: superior

Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/peacock-bass

Title: Freshwater fish Species # 58

Common Name: Sockeye Salmon

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus nerka

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography/ Habitat: Sockeye salmon range as far south as the Columbia River in the eastern Pacific (although individuals have been spotted as far south as the 10 Mile River on the Mendocino Coast of California), and in northern Hokkaidō Island in Japan in the western Pacific.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Sockeye salmon use patterns of limnetic feeding behavior, which encompasses vertical movement, schooling, diel feeding chronology, and zooplankton prey selectivity.

Body Form or Style: long thick body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockeye_salmon#Range_and_habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 59

Common Name: Suwannee Bass

Scientific Name: Micropterus notius

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Geography/ Habitat: it is native only to the Suwannee and Ochlockonee River drainages in Florida and Georgia.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Small fish, snails, frogs.

Body Form or Style: long thick body Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: superior

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 60

Common Name:Coho Salmon

Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus kisutch

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography/ Habitat: The traditional range of the coho salmon runs along both sides of the North Pacific Ocean, from Hokkaidō, Japan and eastern Russian, around the Bering Sea to mainland Alaska, and south to Monterey Bay, California.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Insects, frogs, and other small objects.

Body Form or Style: long thick body with a beak shape mouth. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coho_salmon#Range

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 61

Common Name: White Bass

Scientific Name: Morone Chrysops

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Moronidae

Geography/ Habitat: White bass are distributed widely across the United States, particularly in the midwest. They are very abundant in Pennsylvania and the area around Lake Erie. Some native ranges of the white bass are the Arkansas River, Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio, and Lake Poinsett in South Dakota

Food/ Feed Strategy: White bass are carnivores. They have four main taxa in their diet: calanoid copepods, cyclopoid copepods, daphnia, and leptodora. They are visual feeders.

Body Form or Style: Long thick body with smaller fish Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position:superior

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 62

Common Name: White Catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus catus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order:

Family:

Geography/ Habitat: White catfish are primarily a tidal water species that inhabit waters having a salinity of 5 percent, but also is found in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.

Food/ Feed Strategy: White catfish are omnivores, which feed on anything from fish to insects to crustaceans.

Body Form or Style: Long thick body with large fins Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: Subterminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishfacts/whitecatfish.asp

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 63

Common Name: Yellow Bullhead

Scientific Name: Ameiurus natalis

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Geography/ Habitat: Yellow bullhead are bottom dwellers, living in areas with muck, rock, sand, or clay substrates. Its habitat includes river pools, backwaters, and sluggish current over soft or mildly rocky substrate in creeks, small to larger rivers, and shallow portions of lakes and ponds.

Food/ Feed Strategy: most commonly consisting of insects, snails, minnows, clams, crayfish, other small aquatic organisms, and decaying animal matter.

Body Form or Style: Long thick body with a large head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_bullhead#Habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 64

Common Name: Black Acara

Scientific Name: Cichlasoma bimaculatum

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acanthopterygii

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: Its region spans from the Amazon River to northeastern and northern South America.

Food/ Feed Strategy: It feeds on small fish, insects, and invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Small round body with large eye. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 65

Common Name: Brook Trout

Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis

Kingdom:Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography/ Habitat: The brook trout inhabits large and small lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, and spring ponds. They prefer clear waters of high purity and a narrow pH range and are sensitive to poor oxygenation, pollution, and changes in pH caused by environmental effects such as acid rain.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Insects, snails, and invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: long body with small head and a red belly. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_trout#Habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 66

Common Name: Grass Carp

Scientific Name: Ctenopharyngodon idella

Kingdom: Aminalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Geography/ Habitat: Eastern Asia from the Amur River of eastern Russia and China south to West River of southern China

Food/ Feed Strategy: Pretty much anything.

Body Form or Style: long thin body with large eyes. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 67

Common Name: Jaguar Guapote

Scientific Name: Parachromis managuenise

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: South America.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Anything.

Body Form or Style: Round body with large fins and small eyes. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: superior

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachromis_managuensis#Diet

Title: Freswater Fish Species # 68

Common Name: Mayan Cichlid

Scientific Name: Cichlasoma urophthalmus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: It is native to the Atlantic slope of tropical Mesoamerica (Central America), ranging from eastern Mexico southward to Nicaragua (Miller 1966).

Food/ Feed Strategy: Snails, small fish, frogs, and other invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: Shorter body with a false eye and red markings.

Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlasoma_urophthalmus#Range_and_habitat

Title: Freswater Fish Species # 69

Common Name: Midas Cichlid

Scientific Name: Amphilophus citrinellus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: They live under sunken trees and other plants in the water.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Snails, insects, small fish, frogs.

Body Form or Style: Round body with a hump on the head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.tbep.org/isteachersguide/PDF/MidasCichlid.pdf

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 70

Common Name: Red-Bellied Piranha

Scientific Name: pygocentrus nottereri

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: characiformes

Family: Serrasalmidae

Geography/ Habitat: The red-bellied piranha is distributed widely throughout the South American continent and is found in the Neotropical freshwater rivers of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Frogs, insects, snails, invertebrates, small fish.

Small round body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: superior

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_piranha#Distribution_and_habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 71

Common Name: Suckermouth Catfish

Scientific Name: Hypostomus plecostomus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Geography/ Habitat: This species' native range is tropical South America; it naturally occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname though it has been widely introduced to several countries around the world.

Food/ Feed Strategy: plants.

Body Form or Style: long body with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: subterminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 72

Common Name: Spotted Tilapia

Scientific Name: Tilapia mariae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: Spotted mangrove cichlids are native to Africa from the Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana, and Benin to Cameroon. They have also established large feral populations outside of their native ranges, such as in Florida and Australia.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Insects, small fish, snails, frogs, and invertabrtes.

Body Form or Style: oval shaped body with black spots Swim/ Locomotion Style: Manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_tilapia#Habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species #73

Common Name: Walking catfish

Scientific Name: Clarias batrachus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Clariidae Geography/ Habitat: The walking catfish is a tropical species native of Southeast Asia. The native range of true Clarias batrachus is only confirmed from the Indonesian island of Java, but three closely related and more widespread species have frequently been confused with this species.

Food/ Feed Strategy: this creature is omnivorous; it feeds on smaller fish, molluscs and other invertebrates as well as detritus and aquatic weeds.

Body Form or Style: long thick body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_catfish#Diet_and_eating_habits

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 74

Common Name: Common Carp

Scientific Name: Cyprinus carpio

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order:

Family:

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

Food/ Feed Strategy: Common carp are omnivorous. 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: long thick body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carp#Habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 75

Common Name: Brown Hoplo

Scientific Name: Hoplosternum littorale

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order:

Family:

Geography/ Habitat: Occur in a variety of freshwater habitats including muddy bottom and slow moving rivers, streams, side channels, ponds, marshes, and man-made waterways such as ditches and borrow pits.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Primarily feeds on benthic invertebrates and detritus.

Body Form or Style: long thick body. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: subterminal

Citation:

http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/freshwater/nonnatives/brown-hoplo/

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 76

Common Name: Bullseye Snakehead

Scientific Name: Channa marulius

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Channidae

Geography/ Habitat: snakehead native to South Asia, but has been introduced to the United States. In South India, it is commonly found in reservoirs.

Food/ Feed Strategy: snakeheads will eat anything.

Body Form or Style: long body with large fins. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: terminal

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

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 77

Common Name: BlueTilapia

Scientific Name:oreochromis aureus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: Oreochromis aureus is native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East, from the Senegal, Niger, Benue and lower Nile rivers in Africa to the Jordan River in the Middle East, Also found in North America.

Food/ Feed Strategy: the invasive species consumes plantton.

Body Form or Style: round body with small head Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreochromis_aureus#Range

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 78

Common Name: Oscar Cichlid

Scientific Name: Astronotus ocellatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Geography/ Habitat: A. ocellatus is native to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and French Guiana, and occurs in the Amazon river basin, along the Amazonas, Içá, Negro, Solimões, and Ucayali river systems, and also in the Approuague and Oyapock drainages.

Food/ Feed Strategy: insects, frogs, invertebrates, small fish, snails.

Body Form or Style: round body and is not orange in the wild. Swim/ Locomotion Style: manverability Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(fish)#Distribution_and_habitat

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 79

Common Name: Bigmouth Buffalo

Scientific Name: lctiobus cyprinellus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Catostomidae

Geography/ Habitat: Bigmouth buffalo live in lakes, large rivers, and swamps. They can live in shallow, slow-moving water with a silty, muddy bottom and can tolerate low oxygen and high temperatures (up to 90 degrees).

Food/ Feed Strategy: These big fish support themselves largely on a diet of tiny foods: zooplankton, algae, plants, insect larvae, and other small invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: long body with a small head. Swim/ Locomotion Style: continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal

Citation: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/bigmouthbuffalo.html

Title: Freshwater Fish Species # 80

Common Name: Spotted Gar

Scientific Name: Lepisosteus oculatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteiformes

Family: Lepisosteidae

Geography/ Habitat: Spotted gar prefer clear, quiet, vegetated waters of streams, swamps and lakes. They sometimes enter brackish waters along the Gulf Coast.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Fish, insects, and invertebrates.

Body Form or Style: long body with a long nose. Swim/ Locomotion Style:continous swimming Mouth Position: terminal.

Citation: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/spottedgar/

Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 81

Common Name: Green Sea Anemone

Scientific Name: Anthopleura xanthogrammica

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria

Family: Actiniidae

Geography/ Habitat: A. xanthogrammica prefers to inhabit sandy or rocky shorelines, where water remains for most of the day.

Food/ Feed Strategy: zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: round green. Swim/ Locomotion Style: moves with water motion Mouth Position:

Citation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthopleura_xanthogrammica#Habitat

Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 82

Common Name: Solitary Anemone

Scientific Name: Anthopleura sola

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria

Family: Actiniidae

Geography/ Habitat: prefers to inhabit sandy or rocky shorelines, where water remains for most of the day.

Food/ Feed Strategy: zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: round, pink. Swim/ Locomotion Style: moves with water motion Mouth Position:

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http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Cnidaria/Class-Anthozoa/Subclass_Zoantharia/Order_Actiniaria/Anthopleura_sola.html

Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 83

Common Name: Bat Sea Star

Scientific Name: Asterina miniate

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria

Family: Actiniidae

Geography/ Habitat: : prefers to inhabit sandy or rocky shorelines, where water remains for most of the day.

Food/ Feed Strategy: Zooplankton.

Body Form or Style: Star shape. Swim/ Locomotion Style: walks Mouth Position:

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Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 84

Common Name: Moon Jelly

Scientific Name: Aurelia aurita

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae

Family: Ulmaridae

Geography/ Habitat: The genus Aurelia is found throughout most of the world's oceans, from the tropics to as far north as latitude 70°N and as far south as 40°S.

Food/ Feed Strategy: feed on plankton that includes organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, tunicate larvae, rotifers, young polychaetes, protozoans, diatoms, eggs, fish eggs, and other small organisms.

Body Form or Style: round top Swim/ Locomotion Style: Pulsating Mouth Position:

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_aurita#Distribution

Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 85

Common Name: Orange Cup Coral

Scientific Name: Balanophyllia elegans

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa Order: Scleractinia

Family: Dendrophylliidae

Geography/ Habitat: Documented in 1943 on Caribbean reefs in Curacao and Puerto Rico. It is an invasive species that was documented to have spread as far north as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in 2004.

Food/ Feed Strategy: These corals are not photosynthetic. It does not host zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae the provides energy to the coral via photosynthesis.

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Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 86

Common Name: Pelagic ctenophore

Scientific Name: Beroe forskalii

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Ctenophora

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Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 87

Common Name: Sea Nettles

Scientific Name: Chrysaora fuscescens

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Scyphozoa Order:Semaeostomeae

Family: Pelagiidae

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Title: Marine Invertebrates Species # 88

Common Name: Light bulb Tunicate

Scientific Name: Clavelina huntsmani

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