221 Amazing Marine Animals Encyclopedia

Common name : Common sea pens, Phosphorescent sea pens Scientific name : Pennatula phosphorea Family : Pennatulidae Native to : Worldwide Oceans Interesting fact : Each sea pen is a colony of either male or emale polyps that release sperms and eggs in the water column for fertilization. Conservation status : Endangered Sea pens are […]

Common name : Short snouted seahorse Scientific name : Hippocampus hippocampus Family : Syngnathidae Native to : Oceans worldwide Interesting fact : The male has a pouch on the ventral side, used for carrying the eggs. Conservation status : Data Deficient The seahorse has a horse-like head and lives in seagrass beds, estuaries and coral

Common name : Demon stinger, Devil stinger Scientific name : Inimicus didactylus Family : Synanceiidae Native to : Western Indo-Pacific Ocean Conservation status : Not Evaluated Masters of camouflage, sea goblins are venomous fish with spines on their backs. Found buried in sandy areas or on coral outcrops, they wait for their prey and catch

Common name : Leopard sea cucumber Scientific name : Bohadschia argus Family : Holothuriidae Native to : Indian and Pacific Oceans Interesting fact : Sea cucumbers communicate by sending hormone signals through the water. Conservation status : Least Concern Shaped like a cucumber, the sea cucumber lives on the sea floor. They have leathery skins

Scientific name : Sphyrna lewini Family : Sphyrnidae Native to : Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans Interesting fact : The hammer of the shark is made of cartilage and has sensory organs that detect changes in the water. Conservation status : Endangered The shark has a hammer on its head with the eyes and nostrils

Common name : Atlantic Salmon Scientific name : Salmo salar Family : Salmonidae Native to : North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Interesting fact : The age of a salmon can be determined by the rings on the otolith, its earbone. Conservation status : Least Concern Salmons, being anadromous, are born in freshwater, migrate to the

Common name : Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock,Red perch, Red bream, Golden redfish, Hemdurgan Scientific name : Sebastes marinus Family : Sebastidae    Native to : North Atlantic Ocean Interesting fact : The young ones of therose fish are brown in colour. Conservation status : Not Evaluated The rose fish is bright red, flattened sideways with a

Common name :Ribbon moray, Black ribbon eel, Blue ribbon eel, Yellow ribbon eel Scientific name : Rhinomuraena quaesita Family : Muraenidae Native to : Indo-Pacific Ocean Interesting fact : They are sequential hermaphrodites,developing female parts as they grow, until they are able to lay eggs. Conservation status : Least Concern Ribbon eels are found in

Common name : Sawtooth shark Family : Carcharhinidae Native to : Temperate and tropical oceans worldwide Interesting fact : Requiem sharks are the second largest group of sharks and are highly dangerous to humans. Conservation status : Near Threatened Requiem sharks are migratory sharks found in warm coastal waters and coral reefs. They are 3-18

Common name : Fish stone, Reef stone, Poisonscorpionfish, Dornorn Scientific name : Synanceia verrucosa Family : Synanceiidae Native to : Indo-Pacific Ocean and Northern Australia Interesting fact : The reef stonefish is highly venomous, with spines in its dorsal fin that inject venom into its prey and even humans. Conservation status : Critically Endangered The

Common name : Red beadlet anemone,Cherry anemone, Kotore anemone Scientific name : Actinia tenebrosa Family : Actiniidae Native to : Eastern Australia and New Zealand Interesting fact : The anemone is viviparous, brooding its young ones inside the column, releasing them through the mouth whenthey are fully developed. Conservation status : Not Evaluated This small,

Common name : Galapagos batfish, Rosy-lipped batfish Scientific name : Ogcocephalus darwini Family : Ogcocephalidae Native to : South-East Pacific Oceans Interesting fact : The lure on its head secretes achemical that attracts the prey. Conservation status : Least Concern The red-lipped batfish really looks like it’s wearinglipstick and rests partially covered in sand. It

Common name : Australian prowfish, Red foreheadfish Scientific name : Pataecus fronto Family : Pataecidae Native to : Australia Interesting fact : The red Indianfish sheds its skin periodically to get rid of parasites. Conservation status : Not Evaluated True to its name, the red Indianfish is brown to reddish-orange in colour with dark blotches.

Common name : White-spotted hermit crab, Spotted hermit crab Scientific name : Dardanus megistos Family : Diogenidae Native to : Oceans worldwide Interesting fact : As the crab grows in size, it looks for a larger shell and abandons the old one. Conservation status : Not Evaluated The red face hermit crab is not a