2014 FISH IDENTIFICATION

AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL

2014 FISH IDENTIFICATION CLASS OF MR. ARINGTON

JISU LEE

5/14/2014

Fish Identification Research Project TABLE OF CONTENTS

SALTWATER/MARINE FISH ........................................................................................................................ 1 25

B C ALFISH ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 IPPO TAN ..............ANGGAI ARDINH G ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

LA LOWNPERCU C ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 OTHERN W LFFISH ......N O ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 OMINO DAMSEL D ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 ALIFORNIA SC HEEPHEAD ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 CKEY SALMON ...SO E ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7

SESTRIPED A‐BASS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 REAT BARRACUG DA........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 ED DRUM ..... ..................R ... .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 CHILLE ANA S T G ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 OPPERBAN BUTTC D ERFLY .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 LLOW T NG ............YE A .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 ORCUPINE PUFFER P .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 MPERO ANGEE R LFISH ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 EACOCKP FLOUNDER ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 CEAN SUNFISO H ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 AILFISHS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 D SNAPPER .RE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19

M LLETSTRIPED U ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 HALE KW SHAR ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21

SHAR ........BLACKTIP K ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 REAT WHIG TE SHARK ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 HAMMERHEAD SHARK ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 SAW SHARK ................................................................................................................................................................................... 25

FRESHWATER FISH .................................................................................................................................... 26 50

S FISH [MALE] .............................................................................................................................................. 26 FIGHTING

IAMESE FIGHTING SIAMESE FISH [FEMALE] ......................................................................................................................................... 27

ETTACROWNTAIL B ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 WIN TT AIL BETTA ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 UTTERFLY B TA ..B ET .................................................................................................................................................................... 30 SCAR ....... .........O ... ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 REEN NEOG N TETRA ................................................................................................................................................................... 32 RCA DINAL TETRA ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 NGELFISH ..... ........A ... .................................................................................................................................................................... 34 OI ... ............ .........K .... ... .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 RISTLENOSE B PLECO ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 OLD N GGET PLE O .....G U C ............................................................................................................................................................ 37 EBRA PLECO .......Z ........................................................................................................................................................................ 38 EEN PH NTOM PLECO ...............GR A ............................................................................................................................................ 39 OW ALL P COSN B LE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 40 OTORO RESHM F WATER STINGRAY ........................................................................................................................................... 41 ALA SHARK FISH ..B ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42 OLDEN T OUTG R ............................................................................................................................................................................ 43 LBINO CORYDORA .....A ................................................................................................................................................................ 44 EARDED ORY .....B C ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45 HARPTOOTH CATFS ISH ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 LECTRIC CE ATFISH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47 HANNEL ATFISH ..............................................................C C ........................................................................................................ 48 SHEATFISH .................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 YELLOW BULLHEAD .................................................................................................................................................................... 50

Fish Identification Research Project SALTWATER/MARINE INVERTEBRATE ............................................................................................... 51 65

M JEL ................................................................................................................................................................................ 51 RIED EGG JELLYFISH ..............................................................OON LY..

F .................................................................................................... 52 ’ ANE ...LION S M ............................................................................................................................................................................. 53

UNFLOW R SEASTS E AR................................................................................................................................................................. 54 LUE S ARFISHB T ............................................................................................................................................................................ 55 USHION SEASC TAR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 56 LASS G SPONGE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 57 EA ANEMO ..... ..............S NE .... ....................................................................................................................................................... 58 RAIN CORAL .........B ...................................................................................................................................................................... 59

RE OCTOPCARIBBEAN EF US ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 CONUT O OPUCO CT S ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 IANT PACIFIC OCTOPUSG ............................................................................................................................................................ 62 UMBOLD SQUIDH T ....................................................................................................................................................................... 63

JAPANESE FLYING SQUID ............................................................................................................................................................ 64 COLOSSAL SQUID .......................................................................................................................................................................... 65

FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATE .............................................................................................................. 66 75

R ISH ................................................................................................................................................................. 66 BBIE RAYFISHED CLAW CRAYFYA C ........................................................................................................................................................................ 67

NAL C AYFISH .SIG R ....................................................................................................................................................................... 68 OBLE RAYFN C ISH ......................................................................................................................................................................... 69 ARBLE C AYFISM R H ...................................................................................................................................................................... 70 INJA S IMP N HR .............................................................................................................................................................................. 71 AMPIRE SH IMP ...V R ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 RASS SH IMP ....G R ......................................................................................................................................................................... 73 BAY GHOST SHRIMP .................................................................................................................................................................... 74 TADPOLE SHRIMP ........................................................................................................................................................................ 75

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 1 Common Name: Banggai Cardinalfish Scientific Name: Pterapogon Kauderni Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes

Family: Apogonidae

Geography / Habitat: Banggai Cardinalfish is found only at selected sites around the coasts of 33 islands in the Banggai Archipelago, an island group in Indonesia. the Banggai cardinalfish occupies shallow coastal waters at depths between 1.5 to 5 meters, but is rarely found deeper than 2.5 meters, and water temperatures ranging from 28 to 31 degrees Celsius. Food / Feed Strategy: Eats benthic crustaceans, zoobenthos, small fish and mobile invertebrates. In Aquariums, they will also eat shrimp, small fishes and other fresh and frozen meaty foods. But dry prepared foods, such as pellets and flakes, will not be able to sustain.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/banggaicardinalfish.php • http://www.arkive.org/banggai-cardinalfish/pterapogon-kauderni/

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/banggaicardinalfish.php

http://www.arkive.org/banggai-cardinalfish/pterapogon-kauderni/

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 2 Common Name: Hippo Tang Scientific Name: Paracanthurus Hepatus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata


Family: Acanthuridae

Geography / Habitat: Lives in the Indo-Pacific. Its geographical range stretches from East Africa (including the Mascarene Islands) to Kiribati, and northwards up to southern Japan at depths of 10 to 40 meters. It inhabits clear, current-swept terraces of seaward reefs. Food / Feed Strategy: In the wild, it feeds on benthic and planktivorous invertebrate and attached algae. In the aquarium, it should be kept on a varied omnivore diet to ensure optimal health. This is a curious creature that will give most type of food a try and is therefore easy to train onto new food types.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/tangs/BlueTang.php • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Surgeonfish/Blue-Hippo-Tang.php

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/tangs/BlueTang.php

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Surgeonfish/Blue-Hippo-Tang.php

Fish Identification Research Project

Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 3 Common Name: Percula Clown Scientific Name: Amphiprion Percula

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata


Family: Pomacentridae

Geography / Habitat: Clownfish live at the bottom of the sea in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons, usually in pairs. They live in the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. They are also found in northwest Australia, southeast Asia, Japan and the Indo-Malaysian region. There are no clownfish in the Caribbean. Food / Feed Strategy: Clownfish are omnivores, feeding on a varied diet consisting of algae, zooplankton, worms, and small crustaceans. At the Aquarium, they will eat small, cut-up pieces of shrimp and smelt, as well as krill. Also they eat the algae from anemone.


• Citation: http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=3390 • http://aqua.org/explore/animals/clownfish

http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=3390

http://aqua.org/explore/animals/clownfish

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 4 Common Name: Northern Wolffish Scientific Name: Anarrhichthys ocellatus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata


Family: Anarhichadidae

Geography / Habitat: Wolf-eels are found in the temperate North Pacific in coastal waters from the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan to the Aleutian islands and along the western coast of North America to Baja California. They have been found in depths as low as 226 meters, but are generally found in shallow water. Food / Feed Strategy: Wolf-eels use their robust jaws and teeth to eat hard-shelled invertebrates, such as crabs, snails, sand dollars, sea urchins, mussels, clams, and abalone, especially Haliotis kamtschatkana.

● Body Form or Style: Anguilliform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Anarrhichthys_ocellatus/ • http://eol.org/pages/984152/details

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Anarrhichthys_ocellatus/

http://eol.org/pages/984152/details

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 5 Common Name: Domino Damsel Scientific Name: Dascyllus Trimaculatus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata


Family: Pomacentridae

Geography / Habitat: The Domino Damsel lives in the Indo-Pacific. Its range stretches from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line and Pitcairn islands. Northwards, you Domino Damsels can be found up to southern Japan. Southwards, its range proceeds down to Sydney, Australia. The Domino Damsel is a day-active (diurnal) species that inhabits coral reefs and rocky reefs and can form small to large aggregations. Food / Feed Strategy: In the wild, the omnivore Domino Damsel feeds chiefly on algae and copepods and other planktonic crustaceans. It will readily accept virtually any kind of food in the aquarium, including dry food. Keep it on a varied diet that contains both algae/vegetables and meaty foods.


• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Damselfish/DominoDamsel.php • http://archive.today/udcJ

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Damselfish/DominoDamsel.php

http://archive.today/udcJ

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 6 Common Name: California Sheephead Scientific Name: Semicossyphus Pulcher Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata


Family: Labridae

Geography / Habitat: California can be found on eastern Pacific. Ranges from Point Conception in California, to Guadalupe Island located off northern central Baja California and the Gulf of California, Mexico. Inhabits rocky reefs, especially where there are kelp beds. The fish tend to stay in the same reef and do not move around a lot. Food / Feed Strategy: California Sheephead consumes benthic invertebrates including the purple sea urchins, Pacific rock crabs, acorn barnacles, mussels, clams, and bryozoans. They also eat snails, squids, common sand dollars, eccentric sand dollars, and sea cucumbers.


• Citation: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/61340/0 • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Semicossyphus_pulcher/

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/61340/0

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Semicossyphus_pulcher/

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 7 Common Name: Sockeye Salmon Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus Nerka


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: Sockeye Salmon are native to the western coast of North America in the Pacific Ocean. They can be located as far north as northern Alaska and as far south as northern California. During the mating season, Sockeye salmon travel inland as far as mid-west Idaho. born in lakes, rivers, or streams, which are calmer than the Pacific Ocean. After fry, or young salmon, develop, they migrate to the Pacific Ocean where they spend most of their life. Food / Feed Strategy: While in the ocean, sockeye salmon primarily consume zooplankton. In freshwater environments, they are known to eat insects, and, when upstream, occasionally snails.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oncorhynchus_nerka/ • http://eol.org/pages/205251/data

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oncorhynchus_nerka/

http://eol.org/pages/205251/data

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 8 Common Name: Striped Sea-Bass Scientific Name: Morone Saxatilis



Family: Moronidae

Geography / Habitat: Along the Atlantic Coast, the striped bass ranges from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to St. John's River in Florida. Striped bass have been successfully introduced in numerous inland lakes and reservoirs and to the Pacific coast. Striped bass spend the majority of their adult life in coastal estuaries or the ocean. Food / Feed Strategy: Striped bass eat a variety of foods, including fish such as alewives, flounder, sea herring, menhaden, mummichogs, sand lance, silver hake, tomcod, smelt, silversides, and eels, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, annelids (sea worms), and squid.


• Citation: http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/fish-facts/striped-bass • http://www.aquariussportfishing.com/striper.htm

http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/fish-facts/striped-bass

http://www.aquariussportfishing.com/striper.htm

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 9 Common Name: Great Barracuda Scientific Name: Sphyraena Barracuda



Family: Sphyraenidae

Geography / Habitat: Great Barracuda found in the tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific, and Atlantic oceans, with an absence only from the Eastern Pacific. They have been found in the Red Sea and as far as the Bermudas in the Western Atlantic. Adult great barracudas live in and around the edges of coral reefs. They tend to avoid brackish water unless they are getting ready to spawn. Food / Feed Strategy: It eats fish, octopuses, and shrimp, but will also dive down and eat animals sitting on the ocean floor. As juveniles, these fish compete with needlefishes and small snapper for food. They consist of killifishes, herrings, sardines, gobies, silversides, anchovies small mullets, and lizardfishes to name a few.

● Body Form or Style: Sagittiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Sphyraena_barracuda/ • http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=104#Diet

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Sphyraena_barracuda/

http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=104#Diet

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 10 Common Name: Red Drum Scientific Name: Sciaenops Ocellatus



Family: Sciaenidae

Geography / Habitat: Red Drum are found Gulf wide, from low-salinity or even freshwater estuaries out to offshore waters at least 50 feet deep. Red drum are not fussy about bottom type, being found on everything from soft mud to hard bottoms of shell hash and oyster reefs. Often, large schools of large red drum will congregate at near shore artificial reefs and oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf. Food / Feed Strategy: Red Drum are generally bottom feeders that eat small crabs and shrimp but also will feed in the water column on small fish. Eating ghost shrimp known as mysids, and eventually consume grass shrimp and panaeid shrimps.

● Body Form or Style: Fusiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform ● Mouth Position: Subterminal

• Citation: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/drum_red • http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gulffish.asp?cmd=view&FishID=34

http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/drum_red

http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gulffish.asp?cmd=view&FishID=34

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 11 Common Name: Achilles Tang Scientific Name: Acanthurus Achilles




Geography / Habitat: Found from the oceanic islands of Oceania to the Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands. It is also found in Wake, Marcus Island and the Marianas. It is also found in the Eastern Tropical Pacific from Mexico and other offshore islands such as Clipperton. Also it is found in shallow water, generally less than about 5m, along rocky shores or coral reefs exposed to wave action. Food / Feed Strategy: Eating fresh and frozen food including brine shrimp and mysis shrimp and also it grazes on algal turf mainly on thallate and filamentous red and green algae.


• Citation: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/177960/0 • http://www.fish-species.org.uk/aquarium-fish/06-achilles-tang.htm


http://www.fish-species.org.uk/aquarium-fish/06-achilles-tang.htm

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 12 Common Name: Copperband Butterfly Scientific Name: Chelmon Rostratus



Family: Chaetodontidae

Geography / Habitat: The Copperbanded Butterfly lives in the Western Pacific, from the Andaman Sea to the Ryukyu Islands and Australia. It is typically found along rocky shores and coral reefs, but can also be seen in estuaries and silty inner reefs. Food / Feed Strategy: In the wild these fish feed on small crustaceans, worms, and coral polyps. They are often sought after by the reef aquarist for their ability to rid a reef tank. Live adult brine shrimp, if available, mixed with frozen mysis will often entice them to eat. They may also be tempted by live black worms.


• Citation: http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/past-issues/2009/august-2009/article/6-fish-

profile- • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Butterflyfish/Copperbanded.php

http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/past-issues/2009/august-2009/article/6-fish-profile-

http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/past-issues/2009/august-2009/article/6-fish-profile-

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Butterflyfish/Copperbanded.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 13 Common Name: Yellow Tang Scientific Name: Zebrasoma Flavescens




Geography / Habitat: Reef fish that are found in the waters west of Hawaii and east of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. They mainly live off the coast of Hawaii, but are also found in the more western ranges of their habitat, including the islands Ryukyu, Mariana, Marshall, Marcus, and Wake. Food / Feed Strategy: A yellow tang will eat just about everything presented to it, but it requires a high degree of vegetable matter in its diet. It should be fed prepared herbivore diets, and there should always be some nori, romaine lettuce or zucchini on a clip on the side of the tank on which it can graze.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Zebrasoma_flavescens/ • http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-species/saltwater-profiles/yellow-tang-2.aspx

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Zebrasoma_flavescens/

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-species/saltwater-profiles/yellow-tang-2.aspx

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 14 Common Name: Porcupine Puffer Scientific Name: Diodon Holocanthus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Diodontidae

Geography / Habitat: Natural geographic location is Indo-Pacific, Southern Australia from central New South Wales to a similar latitude in Western Australia. Most are found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters, but some species live in brackish and even fresh water. Food / Feed Strategy: It mostly invertebrates and algae. Large specimens will even crack open and eat clams, mussels, and shellfish with their hard beaks. Poisonous puffers are believed to synthesize their deadly toxin from the bacteria in the animals they eat.

● Body Form or Style: Globiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/pufferfish/#close-modal • http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/porcupine.php

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/pufferfish/#close-modal

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/porcupine.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 15 Common Name: Emperor Angelfish Scientific Name: Pomacanthus Imperator



Family: Pomacanthidae

Geography / Habitat: The Emperor Angelfish lives in the Indo-Pacific. Its range stretches from East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaii, the Equatorial Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. The Emperor Angelfish is a reef-associated species. Juveniles prefer to stay hidden under ledges or inside holes of outer lagoon patch reefs Food / Feed Strategy: In the wild, the Emperor Angelfish feeds primarily on sponges and other encrusting organisms, but it is also fond of tunicates, other animals, algae, and vascular plants.


• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Marine-angelfish/Emperor.php • http://www.qualitymarine.com/News/Species-Spotlight/Emperor-Angelfish-%2804/27/09%29

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Marine-angelfish/Emperor.php

http://www.qualitymarine.com/News/Species-Spotlight/Emperor-Angelfish-%2804/27/09%29

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 16 Common Name: Peacock Flounder Scientific Name: Bothus lunatus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Geography / Habitat: It lives in the West Atlantic Ocean in both tropical and subtropical regions. They are found off the coasts of Florida, Bermuda, and down the coast of South America to Brazil. They have also been recorded in the Central Atlantic near the shelf of Ascension and the St. Helen Islands as well as in the Eastern Atlantic in the Gulf of Guinea. Peacock Food / Feed Strategy: The diet should consist of chopped marine meats. They are active predators, mostly eating other fish; however, peacock flounders can also feed on marine invertebrates, such as crustaceans and sometimes octopi.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Bothus_lunatus/ • http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+1830&aid=1965

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Bothus_lunatus/

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+1830&aid=1965

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 17 Common Name: Ocean Sunfish Scientific Name: Mola Mola


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Molidae

Geography / Habitat: a pelagic species which lives at the surface of open seas. While this species is mainly oceanic, it can occasionally be found near the shore near kelp beds where they apparently go to be cleaned. They have also been spotted floating near kelp mats and oil platforms, leading some to believe they are attracted to structure. Food / Feed Strategy: Ocean sunfish eat crustaceans, starfish, jellyfish, sponges, mollusks, algae, plankton, squid, and small fish. They will eat basically anything. To eat, the ocean sunfish will slurp in food through its beak, shred the food to pieces, spit it out, and then repeat the process until the food is small enough for it to swallow.


• Citation: http://sanctuarysimon.org/species/mola/mola/ocean-sunfish • http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/tetra/oceansunfish.html

http://sanctuarysimon.org/species/mola/mola/ocean-sunfish

http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/tetra/oceansunfish.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 18 Common Name: Sailfish Scientific Name: Istiophorus Platypterus



Family: Istiophoridae

Geography / Habitat: The Atlantic sailfish is widely distributed throughout the coastal tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, with occasional sightings offshore in more temperate waters and in the Mediterranean Sea. During the winter, the Atlantic sailfish is restricted to the warmer parts of its range. Food / Feed Strategy: The Atlantic Sailfish munches on small pelagic fish mackerels, tunas, jacks, half beaks and needlefish. Sometimes they even eat octopuses and squids. This eat on the surface sometimes but, usual feedings occur in the mid waters .They eat mostly near coral reefs edge.

● Body Form or Style: Fusiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://www.arkive.org/atlantic-sailfish/istiophorus-albicans/ • http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/CooperES/Teacher_Websites/Watson_Web/fifth_tuesday_marine_biolo

gy_site/chiemeka.html

http://www.arkive.org/atlantic-sailfish/istiophorus-albicans/

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/CooperES/Teacher_Websites/Watson_Web/fifth_tuesday_marine_biology_site/chiemeka.html

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/CooperES/Teacher_Websites/Watson_Web/fifth_tuesday_marine_biology_site/chiemeka.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 19 Common Name: Red Snapper Scientific Name: Lutjanus Campechanus



Family: Lutjanidae

Geography / Habitat: The adult northern red snapper lives offshore on the continental shelf, over deep reefs, banks, and rocky bottoms. The young live over sandy and muddy bottoms that provide a rich food supply of shellfish for the foraging juvenile fish. As the juveniles mature, they seek cover in the form of ledges, rocky outcroppings, and wrecks. Food / Feed Strategy: they eat smaller creatures from the reefs. Interestingly, most of their diet has been found to consist of creatures that live on mud bottoms. Also eaten are tiny pinhead-size zooplankton and bottom worms. Shrimp make up only a very small portion of their diet.


• Citation: http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/biological/snapper/redsnapper.htm • http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/ichthyology/gallery/Descript/RedSnapper/Redsnapper.html

http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/biological/snapper/redsnapper.htm

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/ichthyology/gallery/Descript/RedSnapper/Redsnapper.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 20 Common Name: Striped Mullet Scientific Name: Mugil Cephalus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugilidae

Geography / Habitat: A coastal species that often enters estuaries and freshwater environments. Adults form huge schools near the surface over sandy or muddy bottoms and dense vegetation. They migrate offshore to spawn in large aggregations. Food / Feed Strategy: Mullet are diurnal feeders, consuming mainly zooplankton, dead plant matter, and detritus. Also they feed on microorganisms such as bacteria, unicellular diatoms, and unicellular algae found on aquatic plants, in mud, silt, and sand, and in decaying plant material.


• Citation: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/StripedMullet/StripedMullet.html • http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/21striped-mullet2011

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

http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/21striped-mullet2011

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 21 Common Name: Whale Shark Scientific Name: Rhincodon Typus


Class: Chondrichtyes Order: Orectolobiformes

Family: Rhincondontidae

Geography / Habitat: Whale sharks are a highly migratory, pelagic species distributed throughout the world's tropical seas, typically being found between 30°N and 35°S latitude and occasionally as high as 41°N and 36.5°S. Nearly every coastal nation within these latitudes has recorded whale sharks in its waters. Food / Feed Strategy: The whale shark is a filter feeder that sieves small animals from the water. As it swims with its mouth open, it sucks masses of water filled with prey into its mouth and through spongy tissue. After closing its mouth, the shark uses gills rakers that filter the nourishment from the water. Anything that doesn't pass through the gills is eaten. The prey includes plankton, krill, small fish, and squid.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Rhincodon_typus/ • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Whaleshark.shtml

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Rhincodon_typus/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Whaleshark.shtml

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 22 Common Name: Blacktip Shark Scientific Name: Carcharhinus Limbatus


Class: Chondrichtyes Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Carcharhinidae

Geography / Habitat: Inhabits shallow coastal waters and estuaries and offshore surface waters. Blacktip sharks use shallow inshore waters from South Carolina to Texas as nursery areas for their pups in spring and summer. They can be found in groups as young or adults feeding in shallow water. Food / Feed Strategy: Blacktip Sharks supplement their diets with sardines, herring, anchovies, ladyfish, sea catfish, cornetfish, flatfish, threadfins, mullet, mackerel, jacks, groupers, snook, porgies, mojarras, emperors, grunts, butterfish, tilapia, triggerfish, boxfish, and porcupinefish. They also feed on rays and skates.


• Citation: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_blacktipshark.htm • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/blacktip-shark/#close-modal

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_blacktipshark.htm

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/blacktip-shark/#close-modal

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 23 Common Name: Great White Shark Scientific Name: Carcharodon Carcharias


Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes

Family: Lamnidae

Geography / Habitat: Found mostly in temperate seas throughout the world's oceans. It makes infrequent visits to cold waters and has been recorded off Alaska and Canada. It lives mainly in the upper part of the water column, near the shore. However, it ranges from the surf line to well offshore and from the surface and to depths of over 250m. Food / Feed Strategy: The white shark is a macropredator, and is active during the daytime. Its most important prey are marine mammals, such as seals, sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins, and other sharks and rays.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://www.great-white-shark.com/shark-habitat.html • http://www.great-white-shark.com/shark-food.html

http://www.great-white-shark.com/shark-habitat.html

http://www.great-white-shark.com/shark-food.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 24 Common Name: Hammerhead Shark Scientific Name: Sphyrna


Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Sphyrnidae

Geography / Habitat: This large coastal/semi-oceanic shark is found far offshore to depths of 300 m as well as in shallow coastal areas such as over continental shelves and lagoons. The great hammerhead migrates seasonally, moving poleward to cooler waters during the summer months. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat a variety of foods including small fish, sting rays, small sharks, and squid. There are reports that when food is scarce the hammerheads will eat each other as a last resort in order to survive.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://www.sharks-world.com/hammerhead_shark/ • http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/greathammerhead/GHammerhead.html

http://www.sharks-world.com/hammerhead_shark/

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/greathammerhead/GHammerhead.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Fish Species # 25 Common Name: Saw Shark Scientific Name: Pristiophorus Cirratus


Class: Chonfrishthyes Order: Pristiophoriformes

Family: Pristiophoridae

Geography / Habitat: A narrow range within the Western Central Atlantic, between Cuba, Florida and the Bahamas. Marine habitats, although temperate species inhabit estuaries and shallow bays. Range from temperate to tropical zones: western Atlantic (Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba), the southwestern Indian Ocean (off South Africa), and the western Pacific. Food / Feed Strategy: like eats small fish and invertebrates that live on the ocean bottom. Both the tapered snout and the sensitive barbels are adaptations that could help with finding prey items buried in sand and mud on the sea floor.

● Body Form or Style: Compressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform ● Mouth Position: Subterminal

• Citation: http://www.sharksavers.org/en/education/biology/different-types-of-sharks/saw-sharks/ • http://www.sharksider.com/bahamas-sawshark.html

http://www.sharksavers.org/en/education/biology/different-types-of-sharks/saw-sharks/

http://www.sharksider.com/bahamas-sawshark.html


Title :Freshwater Fish Species # 26 Common Name: Siamese Fighting Fish [Male] Scientific Name: Betta Splendens



Family: Osphronemidae

Geography / Habitat: The Betta Splendens is native to the Mekong delta in south-east Asia. Living in thickly overgrown ponds and in only very slowly flow waters such as shallow rice paddies, stagnant pools, polluted streams, and other types of areas in which the water has low oxygen content. Food / Feed Strategy: The diet Betta Splendens is meat based. It mainly eats insects and brine shrimp and also the larger food particles that are part of the plankton in the water.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Betta_splendens/ • http://a-z-animals.com/animals/siamese-fighting-fish/

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Betta_splendens/

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/siamese-fighting-fish/


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 27 Common Name: Siamese Fighting Fish [Female] Scientific Name: Betta Splendens




Geography / Habitat: The Siamese fighting fish is native to the Mekong delta in south-east Asia. Living in thickly overgrown ponds and in only very slowly flow waters such as shallow rice paddies, stagnant pools, polluted streams, and other types of areas in which the water has low oxygen content. Food / Feed Strategy: The diet Siamese fighting fish is meat based. Siamese fighting fish mainly eats insects and brine shrimp and also the larger food particles that are part of the plankton in the water.






Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 28 Common Name: Crowntail Betta Scientific Name: Betta splendens










Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 29 Common Name: Twin Tail Betta Scientific Name: Betta Splendens










Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 30 Common Name: Butterfly Betta Scientific Name: Betta Splendens










Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 31 Common Name: Oscar Scientific Name: Astronotus Ocellatus



Family: Cichlidae

Geography / Habitat: These fish are found in the Amazon River basin, from the Orinoco River to the Rio Paraguay, throughout Venezuela, Guyana, and Paraguay. Found in the tropical lowlands of South America, they prefer the floodplains and swamps of the Amazon River basin. Food / Feed Strategy: a wild Oscar’s diet consists of insects and crustaceans such as freshwater shrimp and crawfish. Fish actually comprise a minor portion of their diet. Oddly enough, the primary fish prey of Oscars in the wild is catfish.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Astronotus_ocellatus/ • http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/oscars/170-oscar-fish-diet-feeding-an-oscar-fish.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Astronotus_ocellatus/

http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/oscars/170-oscar-fish-diet-feeding-an-oscar-fish.html


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 32 Common Name: Green Neon Tetra Scientific Name: Paracheirodon simulans


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Geography / Habitat: Green Neon Tetra is native to the neotropical region. They are mainly found in black water rivers of the South American tropics. They have been found in northwest Brazil in the River Negro to Colombia and Venezuela in the upper Orinoco River basin. Food / Feed Strategy: Green Neon Tetra is omnivorous and they tend to eat small live foods such as crustaceans, fish larvae, and insects.


• Citation:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Paracheirodon_simulans/#food_habits • http://www.fishandtips.com/displaydb.php?ID=73

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Paracheirodon_simulans/#food_habits

http://www.fishandtips.com/displaydb.php?ID=73


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 33 Common Name: Cardinal Tetra Scientific Name: Paracheirodon Axelrodi

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Paracheirodom

Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Geography / Habitat: Cardinal tetras live in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, in the upper Orinoco and Negro River drainages. Individuals prefer slow moving, middle layer water in shoals. They prefer a slightly acidic pH (5.8) and a temperature of 24°C. Cardinal tetras do not migrate and are generally found in open water Food / Feed Strategy: Wild Cardinal tetras feed on small crustaceans and worm. They will usually accept most types of food in the aquarium and display a healthy appetite. You can for instance use a high-quality tropical flake food as a base and also include small worms in their diet.

● Body Form or Style: Fusiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Paracheirodon_axelrodi/ • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/tetrafish/cardinaltetra.php

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Paracheirodon_axelrodi/

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/tetrafish/cardinaltetra.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 34 Common Name: Angelfish Scientific Name: Pterophyllum Altum



Family: Cichlidae

Geography / Habitat: Pterophyllum altum is known only from black and clear water tributaries of the upper Rio Negro and upper Rio Orinoco in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. Pterophyllum leopoldi has been collected in only a few localities along the middle Amazon River and in the upper Essequibo drainage. Food / Feed Strategy: Prepare to give live foods to these fish on a regular basis. Even then, wild caught Altum Angels may not accept the food. For some reason they are more likely to go for regurgitated/waste food from other fish


• Citation: http://www2.nrm.se/ve/pisces/acara/pterophy.shtml • http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pterophyllum-altum/

http://www2.nrm.se/ve/pisces/acara/pterophy.shtml

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pterophyllum-altum/


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 35 Common Name: Koi Scientific Name: Cyprinus Carpio Haematopterus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Geography / Habitat: Koi have been accidentally or deliberately released into the wild in every continent except Antarctica. They quickly revert to the natural coloration of common carp within a few generations. In many areas, they are considered an invasive species and pests. Food / Feed Strategy: Koi are an omnivorous fish, and will eat a wide variety of foods, including peas, lettuce, and watermelon. Koi food is designed not only to be nutritionally balanced, but also to float so as to encourage them to come to the surface.


• Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi • http://www.koifeeding.com/koi_feeding_koi_treats.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi

http://www.koifeeding.com/koi_feeding_koi_treats.html


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 36 Common Name: Bristlenose Pleco Scientific Name: Hypostomus Cirrhosus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Geography / Habitat: Found in the rivers and floodplains of the Amazon region, this fish prefers acidic, warm water. Bristlenose plecos have adapted to live in caves and crevices on the bottom of their river or stream. A proper aquarium layout for the Bristlenose is preferably a planted aquarium. Food / Feed Strategy: Main diet should be composed of a spirulina based sinking pellet, since they tend to mainly eat on the bottom of the tank. This should be supplemented with vegetables, as they need a large amount of plant matter in their diet.

● Body Form or Style: Bottom Rovers ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform ● Mouth Position: Superterminal

• Citation: http://www.seymourfish.com/how-to-care-for-a-bristlenose-pleco/ • http://www.everythingaquatic.net/forum/articles/care-sheet-library/freshwater-fish-library/149920-

bristlenose-pleco-care-sheet

http://www.seymourfish.com/how-to-care-for-a-bristlenose-pleco/

http://www.everythingaquatic.net/forum/articles/care-sheet-library/freshwater-fish-library/149920-bristlenose-pleco-care-sheet

http://www.everythingaquatic.net/forum/articles/care-sheet-library/freshwater-fish-library/149920-bristlenose-pleco-care-sheet


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 37 Common Name: Gold Nugget Pleco Scientific Name: Baryancistrus Sp.




Geography / Habitat: Origin to South American lakes and rivers. Needs places to hide or it may become aggressive with other bottom dwellers, as it can become territorial. Nocturnal, need to provide caves and bogwood as a retreat for the fish during daylight hours. Food / Feed Strategy: Will take prepared foods. Will graze on algae and chew on bogwood to supplement its diet with fiber. Also eats meaty foods like bloodworms, granules, vegetables, tablets, algae wafers and vitamin-rich food.

● Body Form or Style: Bottom Rovers ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform ● Mouth Position: Superterminal

• Citation: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/fishfreshwateraquarium/goldnuggetpleco.htm • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/goldennugget.php

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/fishfreshwateraquarium/goldnuggetpleco.htm

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/goldennugget.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 38 Common Name: Zebra Pleco Scientific Name: Hypancistrus Zebra




Geography / Habitat: The Zebra pleco lives in Rio Xingú, a tributary of the Rio Amazon located in north-eastern Brazil . Food / Feed Strategy: The Zebra pleco is not an efficient algae eater for the aquarium and it needs plenty of protein rich food in its diet to stay healthy. As it's a loricariid, you might think this species eats algae and wood or suchlike. It doesn't. Analyses of L046 stomach contents show it eats anything; particularly insects, aquatic larvae, little shrimps, fruits and even meat.

● Body Form or Style: Bottom Rover ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform ● Mouth Position: Superterminal

• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/zebra.php • http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=273

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/zebra.php

http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=273


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 39 Common Name: Green Phantom Pleco Scientific Name: Hemiancistrus subviridis




Geography / Habitat: Originates from the Rio Orinoco in Venezuela. Ranges South America, upper Rio Orinoco between Minicia and Rio Ventuari and Rio Ventuari, in the borderregion between Venezuela and Colombia. Food / Feed Strategy: This species is an Aufwuchs eater. Aufwuchs is the organic layer, part plant, part animal (small crustaceans, fresh water sponges, small insects and their eggs, plankton), that over time develops on submerged surfaces.


• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/l200.php • http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=L200b

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/l200.php

http://www.piranha-info.com/default.php?lang=en&id=L200b


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 40 Common Name: Snowball Pleco Scientific Name: Baryancistrus Sp.




Geography / Habitat: The Snowball pleco lives in Rio Negro in Venezuela . Rio Negro is a soft and acidic and you should therefore ideally provide your Snowball pleco with such conditions in the aquarium. Snowball plecos have been collected from rapids and it is therefore reasonable to guess that they like strong currents and high levels of oxygen in the aquarium. Food / Feed Strategy: The Snowball pleco is an omnivore species that feeds on animals, algae, detritus and seeds in the wild. Provide your Snowball pleco with a combination of meaty foods and algae based foods in the aquarium. The Snowball pleco is not a very good algae eater.

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• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/snowball.php

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/snowball.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 41 Common Name: Motoro Freshwater Stingray Scientific Name: Potamotrygon Motoro


Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Rajiformes

Family: Potamotrygonidae

Geography / Habitat: Most studies on this species have been conducted in the Brazilian Amazon region, and while its presence has been confirmed in the rivers of other South American nations. Habitat generalists of tropical freshwater rivers. As a bethopelagic animal, habitat depth varies with the depths of the rivers they inhabit Food / Feed Strategy: They can be feed a long row of different foods such as cut beef heart, fish fillet, earth worms, krill, blood worms, cocktail shrimp, clams and live fish. Don’t feed to much goldfish feeders as they lack necessary nutrients.

● Body Form or Style: Depressiform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Rajiform ● Mouth Position: Superterminal

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Potamotrygon_motoro/ • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/motorostingray.php

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Potamotrygon_motoro/

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/motorostingray.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 42 Common Name: Bala Shark Fish Scientific Name: Balantiocheilos Melanopterus


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniormes

Family: Cyprinidae

Geography / Habitat: Lots of vegetation to hide and swim, bottom rocks without outcrops these fish will need room to swim freely. Wild Bala sharks are found in streams and rivers in Southeast Asia, where aquatic plants provide shelters and hiding spots. The aquarium must be safely covered since the Bala shark is a very strong jumper. Food / Feed Strategy: It will eat almost anything you feed it and will readily accept flake foods. Its natural diet consists of phytoplankton, rotifers, insects, insect larvae and tiny crustaceans and it will appreciate live foods. The Bala shark is an omnivorous species and will eat meaty foods as well as algae and vegetables.


• Citation: http://aquariumcorner.net/bala-shark/ • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/sharkfish/balashark.php

http://aquariumcorner.net/bala-shark/

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/sharkfish/balashark.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 43 Common Name: Golden Trout Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus Aguabonita


Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Geography / Habitat: The Golden trout is native to only two streams, the South Fork of the Kern River and Golden Trout Creek, just south of Mt. Whitney in the Inyo and Sequoia National Forests. The water is generally clear and cold and substrates are composed of cobble, gravel, and sand. Favorable reaches include pools that provide cover in the forms of undercut banks and aquatic vegetation. Food / Feed Strategy: The golden trout consists mainly of surface water-dwelling insects, principally small ones such as caddis flies and midges. Small crustaceans such as tiny fresh water shrimp as well as some terrestrial insects contribute to the diet as well.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oncorhynchus_aguabonita/ • http://calfish.ucdavis.edu/species/?uid=117&ds=241

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oncorhynchus_aguabonita/

http://calfish.ucdavis.edu/species/?uid=117&ds=241


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 44 Common Name: Albino Corydora Scientific Name: Corydora Aeneus



Family: Callichthyidae

Geography / Habitat: The Albino Cory is a captive bred variety of the Peppered Cory Corydorus paleatus, which was described by Jenyns in 1842. They are found in the La Plata river basin in southeast Brazil. They are not listed on the, and there are no wild populations of this color morph. Food / Feed Strategy: Feed upon any small bits of flake that fall to the bottom of the aquarium, some algaes, and their diet can be supplemented with sinking shrimp pellets.


• Citation: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/catfish/acory.php • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/albinocorydoras.php

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/catfish/acory.php

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/albinocorydoras.php


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 45 Common Name: Bearded Cory Scientific Name: Scleromystax Barbatus



Family: Callichthyidae

Geography / Habitat: Their natural habitat is the fast flowing rivers that empty into Guanabara Bay in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The water need not be heated at all provided it is not going to be subjected to periods of extreme cold for any length of time. Food / Feed Strategy: Sinking tablet and granulated prepared foods with occasional pre-soaked flake will provide a staple diet. Careful feeding of live tubifex, bloodworm or chopped earthworm will promote growth and bring the fish into breeding condition.


• Citation:http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm.php?species=scleromystax+barbatus&article_id

=106

http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm.php?species=scleromystax+barbatus&article_id=106

http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm.php?species=scleromystax+barbatus&article_id=106


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 46 Common Name: Sharptooth catfish Scientific Name: Clarias gariepinus



Family: Clariidae

Geography / Habitat: They are found as far south as South Africa and north into northern Africa. Living in a variety of freshwater environments, including quiet waters like lakes, ponds, and pools. They are also very prominent in flowing rivers, rapids, and around dams. They are very adaptive to extreme environmental conditions Food / Feed Strategy: Feed on fish, crabs, frogs, snails, snakes, plants and insects, and small birds. They are not specific in their food requirements. They are known to feed on insects, plankton, snails, crabs, shrimp, and other invertebrates.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Clarias_gariepinus/ • http://www.ecotravel.co.za/african-wildlife/animals/fishes-pisces/sharptooth-catfish-clarias-

gariepinus.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Clarias_gariepinus/

http://www.ecotravel.co.za/african-wildlife/animals/fishes-pisces/sharptooth-catfish-clarias-gariepinus.htm

http://www.ecotravel.co.za/african-wildlife/animals/fishes-pisces/sharptooth-catfish-clarias-gariepinus.htm


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 47 Common Name: Electric Catfish Scientific Name: Malapterurus Electricus



Family: Malapteruridae

Geography / Habitat: Found throughout western and central tropical Africa and the Nile River. They can generally found among rocks or roots in turbid and/or black waters with low visibility; they favor sluggish or standing water. Food / Feed Strategy: They eagerly eat small feeder fish, worms and krill. They are hunting and stunning its prey using its paralyzing electrical organ discharge. It is an opportunistic feeder and will feed on the most readily available prey within its habitat.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Malapterurus_electricus/ • http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/species-info/catfish/electric-catfish.aspx

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Malapterurus_electricus/

http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/species-info/catfish/electric-catfish.aspx


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 48 Common Name: Channel Catfish Scientific Name: Ictalurus Punctatus



Family: Ictaluridae

Geography / Habitat: Inhabit rivers, reservoirs, small to large streams, backwaters, swamps, and oxbow lakes. It is ranging from slow to moderate currents over sand, gravel, and silt and around submerged trees and aquatic vegetation. Food / Feed Strategy: Channel catfish are omnivorous, which means they eat a wide variety of food items depending on what is available in their environment. They are most attracted to foods that have a strong odor and they have a strong sense of smell to guide them.


• Citation: http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/catfish/channel/ • http://www.fishwagon.com/Fish_Wagon/Channel_Catfish.html

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

http://www.fishwagon.com/Fish_Wagon/Channel_Catfish.html


Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 49 Common Name: Sheatfish Scientific Name: Wallago attu.



Family: Siluridae

Geography / Habitat: Inhabit fast running as well as sluggish water of deep and shallow poois, beels, haors, rivers, and streams of Bangladesh. It cannot be stocked in pond with other fishes because it is voracious, carnivorous, and predatory. Food / Feed Strategy: Eating small ducks, dogs, and small children

● Body Form or Style: Anguilliform ● Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform ● Mouth Position: Terminal

• Citation: http://en.bdfish.org/2011/01/boal-wallago-attu/ • https://www.google.com/search?q=wallago+attu&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-

US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=3olxU5CyLNGxyASnuYCwBQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1440&bih=739&dpr=1#channel=fflb&q=wallago+attu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

http://en.bdfish.org/2011/01/boal-wallago-attu/

https://www.google.com/search?q=wallago+attu&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=3olxU5CyLNGxyASnuYCwBQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1440&bih=739&dpr=1#channel=fflb&q=wallago+attu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official





Title : Freshwater Fish Species # 50 Common Name: Yellow Bullhead Scientific Name: Ameiurus Natalis



Family: Ictaluridae

Geography / Habitat: It ranges throughout the eastern United States, extending north to southeastern Canada and west to the Great Plains and Rio Grande drainage. Prefer backwaters with slow current in rivers and streams. They can be found in the shallow parts of streams, lakes, ponds, or large bays. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat almost anything that they can, including scavenging. Yellow bullheads feed at night. They have been known to eat minnows, crayfish, insects and insect larvae, aquatic invertebrates, and worms. Yellow bullheads also eat aquatic vegetation. The young will feed on aquatic invertebrates.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ameiurus_natalis/ • http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Ameiurus_natalis/

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ameiurus_natalis/

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Ameiurus_natalis/

Fish Identification Research Project Title :Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 51 Common Name: Moon Jelly Scientific Name: Aurelia Aurita

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae

Family: Ulmaridae

Geography / Habitat: Found near the coast, in mostly warm and tropical waters. Their habitat includes the coastal waters of all zones, and they occur in huge numbers. They are known to live in brackish waters. Decreased salinity in the water diminishes the bell curvature, and vice versa. Food / Feed Strategy: The moon jellyfish (both medusa and larva) kills its prey by stinging it with the nematocysts found on its long tentacles. Prey items include organisms such as crustaceans, protozoans, diatoms, molluscs, rotifers, tunicate larvae, polychaetes, other small medusas, and eggs from animals like fish.

● Body Form or Style: ● Swim / Locomotion Style: ● Mouth Position:

• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Aurelia_aurita/ • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/jellyfish/moon.php

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Aurelia_aurita/

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/jellyfish/moon.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 52 Common Name: Fried Egg Jellyfish Scientific Name: Phacellophora Camtschatica

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca


Family: Phacellophoridae

Geography / Habitat: Can be found worldwide in temperate oceans. It alternates between benthic,lowest level of the ocean, and pelagic, region far from shore and ocean floor, stages depending on its reproductive cycle. Food / Feed Strategy: The diet of Fried gg jellyfish is a small fish and small crabs. Jellyfish is so weak, many small crustaceans, including larval crabs (Cancer gracilis) and Amphipoda, often riding on the bell and even steal food from its oral arms and tentacles.


• Citation: http://scienceyoucanlove.tumblr.com/post/56513617534/fried-egg-jellyfish-common-

name-fried-egg • http://life-sea.blogspot.com/2011/07/life-of-fried-egg-jellyfish.html

http://scienceyoucanlove.tumblr.com/post/56513617534/fried-egg-jellyfish-common-name-fried-egg

http://scienceyoucanlove.tumblr.com/post/56513617534/fried-egg-jellyfish-common-name-fried-egg

http://life-sea.blogspot.com/2011/07/life-of-fried-egg-jellyfish.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 53 Common Name: Lion's Mane Scientific Name: Cyanea Capillata



Family: Cyaneidae

Geography / Habitat: Can be found in the cooler regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, North Sea and Baltic. They are especially prevalent near the east coast of Britain. They are found in the pelagic zone as medusae and then benthic zone as polyps. Food / Feed Strategy: The Lion's mane jellyfish is a voracious predator, an outstanding predator that many organisms under the sea fear. One of the Lion's Mane's favorite meals is the moon jelly. Another very important organism the Lion's mane consumes is the Comb jelly.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Cyanea_capillata/ • https://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2013/gyorfi_mich/nutrition.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Cyanea_capillata/

https://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2013/gyorfi_mich/nutrition.htm

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 54 Common Name: Sunflower Seastar Scientific Name: Pycnopodia Helianthoides

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida

Family: Asteriidae

Geography / Habitat: Commonly found in marine environments ranging from the shallow waters of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to San Diego, California. They can be found on various substrates like mud, sand, gravel, boulders and rock. They are found from the intertidal zone. Food / Feed Strategy: The sunflower star eats just about anything in its path. Its prey include green and red sea urchins, clams dug from sandy substrates by excavating large pits, scallops, abalone, snails, barnacles and occasionally, other sea stars.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Pycnopodia_helianthoides/ • http://www.seastarsofthepacificnorthwest.info/species/sunflower_star.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Pycnopodia_helianthoides/

http://www.seastarsofthepacificnorthwest.info/species/sunflower_star.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 55 Common Name: Blue Starfish Scientific Name: Linckia Laevigata

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Asteroidae Order: Valvatida

Family: Ophidiasteridae

Geography / Habitat: An inhabitant of shallow coral reefs exposed to sunlight, rocks and sea grass beds. It is quite common in the Indo-West Pacific region. They are found throughout the Indo-Pacific region from eastern Africa to Hawaii, the South Pacific Islands, Australia, Thailand, and Japan. Food / Feed Strategy: The blue sea star is thought to be a detritivore, feeding on detritus, small invertebrates living on algal mats and dead animals. It is predominantly a scavenger, living on dead organisms within the coral reef and on rocks, but also feeds on algae and microbes.


• Citation: http://www.supergreenme.com/go-green-environment-eco:Blue-Sea-Star--Linckia-

laevigata----Reef-Reality-Episode-- • http://www.deepseawaters.com/deep_sea_blue-sea-star.htm

http://www.supergreenme.com/go-green-environment-eco:Blue-Sea-Star--Linckia-laevigata----Reef-Reality-Episode--

http://www.supergreenme.com/go-green-environment-eco:Blue-Sea-Star--Linckia-laevigata----Reef-Reality-Episode--

http://www.deepseawaters.com/deep_sea_blue-sea-star.htm

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 56 Common Name: Cushion Seastar Scientific Name: Oreaster Reticulatus


Class: Asteroidea Order: Valvatida

Family: Oreasteridae

Geography / Habitat: The cushioned star occurs in the eastern and western Atlantic, from North Carolina to Brazil and Cape Verde Islands in western Africa. Food / Feed Strategy: An omnivore and also a deposit feeder. It feeds on echinoids, holothuroid juveniles, and other invertebrates including polychaete worms, copepods, ostracods, crab larvae and sponge tissue.


• Citation: http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Oreaster_reticulatus.htm • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oreaster_reticulatus/#a92e88b3d5285e2f21dc2e

16aa0a1ce4

http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Oreaster_reticulatus.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oreaster_reticulatus/#a92e88b3d5285e2f21dc2e16aa0a1ce4

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Oreaster_reticulatus/#a92e88b3d5285e2f21dc2e16aa0a1ce4

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 57 Common Name: Glass Sponge Scientific Name: Euplectella Aspergillum


Class: Hexactinellida Order: Hexactinellid

Family: Euplectellidae

Geography / Habitat: This species is found attached to rocky areas of the seafloor. It is found from 100 to 1000 m below the surface, and is most common at depths greater than 500 m. Glass sponges are deep sea marine animals. This species is found attached to rocky areas of the seafloor. Food / Feed Strategy: Staple food is microscopic organisms and organic debris. These are filtered out of the water that flows through the sponge.


• Citation: http://eol.org/pages/1033413/details#habitat • http://eol.org/data_objects/18647709

http://eol.org/pages/1033413/details#habitat

http://eol.org/data_objects/18647709

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 58 Common Name: Sea Anemone Scientific Name: Anemonia sulcata


Class: Anthozoa Order: Actiniaria

Family: Actiniidae

Geography / Habitat: Sea anemone found in coastal waters worldwide, in shallow waters, on coral reefs and even in deep oceans. Sea Anemones are found in both temperate and tropical seas in many different habitats in both high and low currents. Tropical anemones tend to be larger in size than the temperate ones. Food / Feed Strategy: Sea anemones are mostly carnivorous, and their feeding methods and digestive abilities are adapted for intake and processing of live prey. They also eat small fish and shrimp.


• Citation: http://www.oceanario.pt/cms/985/ • http://www.users.on.net/~jamesmosby/anemone/habitat.html • http://www.asnailsodyssey.com/LEARNABOUT/ANEMONE/anemFood.php

http://www.oceanario.pt/cms/985/

http://www.users.on.net/%7Ejamesmosby/anemone/habitat.html

http://www.asnailsodyssey.com/LEARNABOUT/ANEMONE/anemFood.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 59 Common Name: Brain Coral Scientific Name: Lobophyllia sp.


Class: Anthozoa Order: Scleractinia

Family: Faviidae

Geography / Habitat: Massive corals like the brain corals stand up to strong currents and wave action in shallow water areas. They are usually found on the upper reef slopes and in lagoons. Brain corals live in the warm parts of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Food / Feed Strategy: Sweeping the sea with their tentacles, coral polyps eat zooplankton or tiny animals and phytoplankton or tiny plants, which drift on ocean currents.


• Citation: http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=91#Habitat • http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=91#Diet

http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=91#Habitat

http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=91#Diet

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 60 Common Name: Caribbean Reef Octopus Scientific Name: Octopus Briareus


Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda

Family: Octopodidae

Geography / Habitat: Found in relatively warm, shallow water, including the tropical waters of the western Atlantic, the southeastern U.S., the Bahamas, the Caribbean islands, northern South America, and western Central America Food / Feed Strategy: eat a wide variety of animals, but their diet consists primarily of crabs and shrimp. Crabs are preferred because shrimp are much faster and more difficult to catch. Lobsters, polychaetes and a wide variety of fish are also consumed. Octopus briareus are known to hunt at dawn or dusk.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Octopus_briareus/#geographic_range • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Octopus_briareus/#food_habits

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Octopus_briareus/#geographic_range

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Octopus_briareus/#food_habits

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 61 Common Name: Coconut Octopus Scientific Name: Amphioctopus Marginatus



Family: Octopodidae

Geography / Habitat: Usually live in rocks, coral, or burrows and because they are invertebrates, the can squeeze through narrow passageways giving them a bigger variety of possible homes. Their homes provide them with protection and give females a place to keep their eggs. Food / Feed Strategy: It commonly preys upon shrimp, crabs, and clams, and displays unusual behavior, including bipedal walking and gathering and using coconut shells and seashells for shelter.


• Citation: http://justinlp6.weebly.com/habitat.html • http://factspod.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-beautiful-coconut-octopus.html

http://justinlp6.weebly.com/habitat.html

http://factspod.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-beautiful-coconut-octopus.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 62 Common Name: Giant Pacific Octopus Scientific Name: Enteroctopus Dofleini



Family: Octopodidae

Geography / Habitat: Northern Pacific Ocean from southern California, north along the coast of North America's Pacific northwest and south to Japan. The giant Pacific octopus inhabits a wide range of depths, from shallow coastal waters to depths of at least 1,500 meters. Food / Feed Strategy: They feed four to five times per week on a variety of seafood. These animals are considered scavengers and will eat anything from fish to shellfish.


• Citation:http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/invertebrates/facts/cephalopods/factsheets/pacificoctop

us.cfm • http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/ppganimal.aspx?id=68

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/invertebrates/facts/cephalopods/factsheets/pacificoctopus.cfm

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/invertebrates/facts/cephalopods/factsheets/pacificoctopus.cfm

http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/ppganimal.aspx?id=68

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 63 Common Name: Humboldt Squid Scientific Name: Dosidicus Gigas


Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuithida

Family: Ommastrephidae

Geography / Habitat: Normally calls the tropical and subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific ocean home. Ranging from Tierra del fuego to mid-Baja California, the Humboldt squid can most commonly be found at depths of 200-700 meters in the mesopelagic zone during the day Food / Feed Strategy: Generally feeds upon krill and various types of small fish. They tend to look for food close to the surface of the water even though they spend most of their time deeper down. They come up at night to feed because that is when they find their prey to be readily available.


• Citation: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/bonis_alis/habitat.htm • http://www.squid-world.com/humboldt-squid/

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/bonis_alis/habitat.htm

http://www.squid-world.com/humboldt-squid/

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 64 Common Name: Japanese Flying Squid Scientific Name: Todarodes Pscificus



Family: Ommastrephidae

Geography / Habitat: The Japanese squid can live in water from 5 to 27°C, and tend to inhabit the upper layers of the ocean. Native to the northern Pacific Ocean the coasts of Japan, China, Russia, Canada, Vietnam and Alaska. Food / Feed Strategy: The planktonic larvae are believed to feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton until they grow large enough to begin feeding on fish. When the squid mature more, they will eat mainly fish and crustaceans, but will also resort to cannibalism, especially when trapped in nets together.


• Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Flying_Squid#Habitat • http://www.factzoo.com/invertebrates/japanese-flying-squid-leaphing-cephalopod.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Flying_Squid#Diet

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

http://www.factzoo.com/invertebrates/japanese-flying-squid-leaphing-cephalopod.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Flying_Squid#Diet

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Saltwater/Marine Invertebrate Species # 65 Common Name: Colossal Squid Scientific Name: Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni



Family: Cranchiidae

Geography / Habitat: Occurs in the Southern Ocean from Antarctica to the southern tips of Africa, South America, and New Zealand. This species’ range coincides with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The early stages are concentrated beneath the surface layer in the upper zone of the warm deep water, perhaps because at this depth biological activity is high resulting from spikes in phytoplankton biomass. Food / Feed Strategy: It is thought to be an ambush predator that depends on its hooks to catch prey. Because of its size and probable energy intake, it most likely does not expend energy actively chasing its prey.


• Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni/#habitat • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni/#food_habits

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni/#habitat

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni/#food_habits

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 66 Common Name: Red Claw Crayfish Scientific Name: Cherac Quadricarinatus

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Crustacea Order: Decapoda

Family: Parastacidae

Geography / Habitat: These freshwater shellfish occur naturally in a range of different habitats to depths of 5m in rivers and streams in northern Queensland and NT. The commercial supplies are farmed in culture ponds along Queensland’s east coast. They are endemic to Australia. Food / Feed Strategy: These crayfishes main diet should be vegetable matter but they will filter feed debris and pellets off the bottom, as well as, eat live plants.They will eat dying or dead fish. Brine shrimp, tubifex worms, and bloodworms will also work.


• Citation: Cite • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/crayfish/redclaw.php

http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Information/SpeciesInfo/tabid/91/xmmid/620/xmid/709/Default.aspx

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/crayfish/redclaw.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 67 Common Name: Yabbie Crayfish Scientific Name: Cherax Destructor


Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda

Family: Parastacidae

Geography / Habitat: The yabby is capable of living in virtually any body of fresh water including rivers, streams, dams and even some temporary waters. Yabbies actively burrow into dam walls and are very hardy creatures. They are able to withstand poor water quality, fluctuating temperatures and long periods of drought. Food / Feed Strategy: Principally vegetarian and will survive well on a diet of waterweed and almost any thinly cut vegetables such as pumpkin, potato, celery (including leaves), and apples and other fruits.


• Citation: http://www.blueyabby.com/the-yabby • http://australianmuseum.net.au/Crayfish

http://www.blueyabby.com/the-yabby

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Crayfish

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 68 Common Name: Signal Crayfish Scientific Name: Pacifastacus Leniusculus



Family: Astacidae

Geography / Habitat: The signal crayfish occurs both in still and slow-flowing freshwater environments, including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs and canals. This species is also known to be able to tolerate slightly salty water. It is usually found in water along the shoreline of the various aquatic areas it inhabits, often over stony bottoms or other substrates which can provide hiding places. Food / Feed Strategy: They are eating mainly dead creatures.


• Citation: http://www.arkive.org/signal-crayfish/pacifastacus-leniusculus/ • http://www.lowimpact.org/factsheet_crayfish.html

http://www.arkive.org/signal-crayfish/pacifastacus-leniusculus/

http://www.lowimpact.org/factsheet_crayfish.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 69 Common Name: Noble Crayfish Scientific Name: Astacus Astacus


Class: Crustacea Order: Decapoda

Family: Astacidae

Geography / Habitat: Previously prolific throughout Europe, the noble crayfish now has a scattered distribution through northern Europe and western Russia. A freshwater invertebrate, the noble crayfish is found along the banks of well oxygenated streams, rivers, lakes and ponds. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeding at night on worms, aquatic insects, molluscs and plants, the noble crayfish spends the day resting in a burrow. It undergoes periodic moults, shedding the hard exoskeleton in order to grow slightly larger, and then forming a new shell.


• Citation: http://www.arkive.org/noble-crayfish/astacus-astacus/ • http://www.arkive.org/noble-crayfish/astacus-astacus/

http://www.arkive.org/noble-crayfish/astacus-astacus/

http://www.arkive.org/noble-crayfish/astacus-astacus/

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 70 Common Name: Marble Crayfish Scientific Name: Procambarus Fallax



Family: Cambaridae

Geography / Habitat: Marble Crayfish are found throughout the southern parts of the united states inhabiting a variety of water ways ranges from creeks to marsh areas. Food / Feed Strategy: Feeding them has proven not to be a problem at all. Marble crays are to be counted among the omnivores, they devour vegetables and fruit as enthusiastically as frozen food, earthworms or conventional crayfish and fish food.


• Citation: http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewFreshwaterInvertSpecies.php?invert_freshwater_id=1 • http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/thread-713.html

http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewFreshwaterInvertSpecies.php?invert_freshwater_id=1

http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/thread-713.html

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 71 Common Name: Ninja Shrimp Scientific Name: Caridina Serratirostris



Family: Cambaridae

Geography / Habitat: It is found in Asia and is imported virtually. As with most wild caught species, it can be difficult to keep the Ninja Shrimp if the capturing procedures and shipment have stressed the shrimp before acquiring it. Food / Feed Strategy: Instance combine prepared foods like algae wafers, shrimp pellets and flakes with blanched greens, lettuce, zucchini and spinach. Occasional servings of meaty foods, bloodworms, are beneficial.


• Citation: http://www.planetinverts.com/ninja_shrimp.html • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/shrimp/ninja.php

http://www.planetinverts.com/ninja_shrimp.html

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/shrimp/ninja.php

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 72 Common Name: Vampire Shrimp Scientific Name: Atya Gabonensi

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthopoda


Family: Atyoidea

Geography / Habitat: The species lives in larger low-land rivers, often with fast currents and on a rocky substrate. They are a non-aggressive species that does well in community tanks that have areas to hide during the molting process. Another requirement is a moderate to strong current where the shrimp can sit and catch food. Food / Feed Strategy: Filter feeder that will filter substrate and cave systems. Readily accepts pellets, crab bites, wafers, and food sticks. It is best to keep a current through the water as they prefer to filter from the water not the substrate however.


• Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/shrimp/vampire.php • http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/198241/0

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/shrimp/vampire.php


Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 73 Common Name: Grass Shrimp Scientific Name: Palaemonetes Paludosus



Family: Palaemonidae

Geography / Habitat: Naturally found in freshwater ponds, lakes, and streams in the coastal plain of North American east of the Allegheny Mountains, from Florida to New Jersey. The California Department of Fish and Game introduced Palaemonetes paludosus in the lower Colorado River, it is now established in various locations in California. Food / Feed Strategy: The diet of grass shrimp is dominated by algae, diatoms and green algae, but they also consume vascular plants, detritus, aquatic insects, and other benthic coarse particulate organic matter.


• Citation:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Palaemonetes_paludosus/#geographic_rang

e • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Palaemonetes_paludosus/#food_habits

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Palaemonetes_paludosus/#geographic_range

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Palaemonetes_paludosus/#geographic_range

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Palaemonetes_paludosus/#food_habits

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 74 Common Name: Bay Ghost Shrimp Scientific Name: Neotrypaea Californiensis



Family: Callianassidae

Geography / Habitat: Itcan be found at intertidal locations within the regions of the North American West Coast ranging from Mutiny Bay, Alaska to Tijuana River, San Diego County, California and El Estuario de Punto Banda, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Food / Feed Strategy: Ghost shrimp ingest plankton and detritus deposits scraped from the sediments during burrowing. Plankton is also obtained as water and detrital materials pass over the body and are collected on the hairs of their second and third walking legs.


• Citation:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Neotrypaea_californiensis/#geographic_ran

ge • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Neotrypaea_californiensis/#food_habits

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Neotrypaea_californiensis/#geographic_range

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Neotrypaea_californiensis/#geographic_range

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Neotrypaea_californiensis/#food_habits

Fish Identification Research Project Title : Freshwater Invertebrate Species # 75 Common Name: Tadpole Shrimp Scientific Name: Lepidurus Packardi



Family: Triopsidae

Geography / Habitat: The species is widely distributed in Europe through to Russia, and from the Middle East to India. In Great Britain it was recorded during the 18th and 19th centuries from Kent. This species lives in temporary ponds that dry out in summer. Food / Feed Strategy: Adults are omnivorous. They feed primarily on detritus found on the substrate of temporary pools, but they capture living organisms, such as fairy shrimp Anostraca and other invertebrates.


• Citation: http://www.arkive.org/tadpole-shrimp/triops-cancriformis/image-A6406.html • http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Lepidurus_packardi/#food_habits

http://www.arkive.org/tadpole-shrimp/triops-cancriformis/image-A6406.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Lepidurus_packardi/#food_habits

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