Title: Saltwater/ Marine fishes Species #: 01
Common Name: Angelfish
Scientific Name: Holacanthus ciliaris
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Geography / Habitat: Angelfish can be found in reefs and are common around Florida.
Especially near the Florida Keys, Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico.
Life Strategy: Adults are found in pairs year round. The pair reproduces by rising up in
the water. Bringing their bellies together and releasing clouds of sperm and eggs. The eggs
are transparent and buoyant. They hatch after 15 to 20 hours effective lacking eyes, fins or
even a gut. After 48 hours they yolk sack is absorbed the larvae develop fish characteristics
then the larvae feed on plankton.
Food / Feed Strategy: The angelfish feed primarily on sponges. They also feed on jellyfish,
coral and plankton and algae. Juveniles work as cleaners and feed on the parasites of
larger fish.
Body Form or Style: Globiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater fish / Marine fishes Species #: 02
Common Name: cocoa damselfish
Scientific Name: Stegastes variabilis
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Geography / Habitat: Cocoa damselfish can be found on coral and rocky reefs in the
Caribbean Sea and neighboring areas of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Life Strategy: In the breeding season the female lays eggs on the seabed where they are
attached to empty shells, stones and other objects. The male fertilizes the eggs and guards
them chasing away intruders.
Food / Feed Strategy: Adult cocoa damselfish feed on benthic algae but also on sponges and
anemones. Juveniles feed on invertebrates like Nemertea
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater Fish Species #: 03
Common Name: Great Hammerhead shark
Scientific Name: Sphyrna mokarran
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Sphyrnidae
Geography / Habitat: The Great Hammerhead shark inhabits tropical waters around the
world it can be found form North Carolina to Uruguay. Including the Gulf of Mexico and
the Caribbean Sea it can also be found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
Life Strategy: Great Hammer head sharks like other hammerhead sharks are viviparous.
Great hammerhead sharks mate near the surface unlike most sharks. The gestation period
is 11 months the litter ranges from 6 to 55 pups with 20 to 40 being typical. The typical life
span for the species is 20 to 30 years.
Food / Feed Strategy: Great hammerhead sharks have a varied diet including invertebrates
such as crabs, lobsters, squid, and octopus. They also eat bony fishes like tarpon, sardines,
sea catfishes and toadfish. The species is also cannibalistic they`re favorite prey however is
rays and skates by biting the pectoral fins crippling them.
Body Form or Style: Saggittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater fish Species #: 04
Common Name: Cookie Cutter shark
Scientific Name: Isistius brasiliensis
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Squaliformes
Family: Dalatiidae
Geography / Habitat: It has been reported from off the Bahamas and southern Brazil in
the west. It has been found in the central and eastern Pacific.
Life Strategy: Like other dog fish sharks aplacental viviparous. The developing embryos
and sustained form birth females have two functional uteruses and give birth to 6 to 12
pups. Males attain sexual maturity at a length of 36 cm and females at 39 cm.
Food / Feed Strategy: Pretty much any medium to large sized oceanic animal sharing the
habitat of the cookie cutter shark is open to attack. Bite scars have been found on
porpoises, dolphins, beaked whales, sperm whales and baleen whales. Bite scars have been
found on seals and hunt and eat squids.
Body Form or Style: Saggittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostraciiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater fish Species #: 05
Common Name: Humpback Angler fish
Scientific Name: Melanocetus johnsonii
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Melanocetidae
Geography / Habitat: They live worldwide in the deep sea and some are even bottom
dwellers.
Life Strategy: The male humpback angler fish attaches itself to the rear of the female and
lives off of her and becomes a sperm provider sharing blood.
Food / Feed Strategy: They eat small squid’s turtle’s crustaceans and arrow worms and
seabirds.
Body Form or Style: Globiform
Swim / Locomotion Style:
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine fishes Species #:06
Common Name: Great Barracuda
Scientific Name: Sphyraena barracuda
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Geography / Habitat: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and east coast to Africa to Hawaii Western
Atlantic Bermuda thorough the Caribbean Sea.
Life Strategy: Great Barracuda reproduce when ocean waters begin to warm by swimming
into shallow waters to mate. They are pelagic spawners which means they gather in one
area to release sperm and eggs. Baby great barracuda seek shelter in weedy coastal areas
until they are big enough to defend themselves
Food / Feed Strategy: Great Barracuda are the top predator of reefs and feed on fish
cephalopods and sometimes shrimp. It waits till a animal has it`s guard down then with a
burst of speed chases after the prey tearing it into pieces.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=108
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=104
Title: Saltwater fish Species #: 07
Common Name: Longnose Gar
Scientific Name: Lepisosteus osseus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteidae
Family: Lepisosteidae
Geography / Habitat: Longnose gar is found in rivers and lakes thorough the eastern half
of the United States as far north as Southern Quebec and Southern Ontario
Life Strategy: Longnose gars swim upstream in the spring because of the high waters they
prefer mating in shallow waters Mating can involve up to fifteen males to a single female. A
single female lays about 30000 eggs a year.
Food / Feed Strategy: Longnose gars eat other fish they are ambush predators.
Body Form or Style Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/simon_anth/reproduction.htm
http://www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater Marine fishes Species #: 08
Common Name: Blue Shark
Scientific Name: Prionace glauca
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Geography / Habitat: Found worldwide in deep temperate oceans and tropical waters lives
far north as Norway and far south as Chile.
Life Strategy: Blue sharks are vivarpious with a yolk shaped placenta Courtship is believed
to involve biting by the male as a result females have evolved to have 3 times thicker skin
than males.
Food / Feed Strategy: Squid including other invertebrates like cuttlefish and pelagic
octopus
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Subterminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_shark
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 09
Common Name: Great White shark
Scientific Name: Carcharodon carcharias
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Geography / Habitat: Great white sharks live almost in all costal and offshore waters in
the United States, South Africa, Japan, Chile and the Mediterrean
Life Strategy: Great whites reach sexual maturity around 15 years of age. Maximum
lifespan is believed to be around 30 years. Great white sharks are Ovoviviparous.
Food / Feed Strategy: Great whites are carnivores who eat tuna, rays and other sharks and
dolphins porpoises. They also eat seabirds’ seals and sea otters.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater fish/Marine fish Species #: 10
Common Name: Lemon Shark
Scientific Name: Negaprion brevirostris
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Geography / Habitat: Lemon shark mostly live in tropical waters and the Atlantic Pacific
coasts of North and South America.
Life Strategy: Lemon sharks are viviparous females giving birth between four and 17
young. The young have to fend for themselves at birth and stay near mangroves in shallow
water until they get older.
Food / Feed Strategy: Lemon sharks eat mullet, crayfish, stingrays, jacks and catfish.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish Species #: 11
Common Name: Wahoo
Scientific Name: Acanthocybium solandri
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
Geography / Habitat: Wahoo move with the seasons traveling into cooler waters during
warm summer months the Wahoo is disturbed worldwide in tropical and subtropical
waters.
Life Strategy: Both sexes are capable of reproducing during their first year of life with
males maturing at 34 inches and females at 40 inches.
Food / Feed Strategy: Wahoo’s diet consists of other pelagic fish and squid capturing the
fish with bursts of speed.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org http://www.justsportfishing.com/wahoo.html
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 12
Common Name: Striped Bass
Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Moronidae
Geography / Habitat: Striped Bass are native to Atlantic Coastline of North America
Life Strategy: Spawning is triggered by an increase in water temperature. Male bass reach
sexual maturity at two years females usually don`t spawn until age four.
Food / Feed Strategy: Striped Bass are nocturnal feeders larval striped bass feed on
zooplankton juveniles eat insect larvae, mayflies Adult striped bass eat almost any kind of
small fish and crab and squid.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/factsheets/stripedbass.html www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish Species #: 13
Common Name: Striped Marlin
Scientific Name: Tetrapturus audax
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Istiophoridae
Geography / Habitat: Striped Marlin roams tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Indian
and Pacific oceans
Life Strategy: Little is known about Striped Marlin reproducing.
Food / Feed Strategy: Striped marlin use their bill for feeding swimming through the
crowd thrashing from side to side injuring fish food they eat include squid ,anchovies,
sauries and mackerel
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.justsportfishing.com/striped_marlin.html
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 14
Common Name: White croaker
Scientific Name: Genyonemus lineatus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes,
Family: Sciaenidae
Geography / Habitat: White croaker can be found in the Eastern Pacific
Life Strategy: Adults spawn in near shallow water from November until May eggs can
range from 800 to 37000
Food / Feed Strategy: White croakers eat squid, shrimp, worms, small clams
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Carngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes Species #: 15
Common Name: Short finned Eel
Scientific Name: Anguilla australis
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Geography / Habitat: The shortfinned eel is native to lakes, dams and coastal rivers of
south eastern Asia, New Zealand and much of the South Pacific.
Life Strategy: Short finned eels migrate from freshwater to the sea so they can spawn
Mature females about a meter length can contain up to 3 million eggs.
Food / Feed Strategy: Eels eat fish, insects, frogs, and shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Anguilliform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
http://www.nativefish.asn.au/sfeel.html
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 16
Common Name: Grass rockfish
Scientific Name: Sebastes rastrelliger
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Geography / Habitat: Grass rockfish are a shallow water species juveniles can be found in
tide pools they are usually found in kelp beds.
Life Strategy: Male and female rockfish reach maturity at different lengths and ages
Females produce at least 80 thousand eggs per season release all larvae at the same time.
Food / Feed Strategy: Juveniles and adult rockfish feed on crustaceans. Adults are
nocturnal feedings.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/nearshorefinfish/grassrockfish.asp
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 17
Common Name: Tiger Grouper
Scientific Name: Mycteroperca tigris
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Geography / Habitat: Tiger grouper inhabit coral reefs and rocky bottoms up to 132 feet or
more.
Life Strategy: Groupers have the ability to change sexy after reaching sexual maturity.
Food / Feed Strategy: Tiger groupers are ambush predators
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 18
Common Name: Bonefish
Scientific Name: Albula vulpes
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Geography / Habitat: Bonefish prefer reefs, shallows, estuaries, bays, grass flats The
bonefish can be found worldwide in subtropical warm seas in the Pacific it`s range includes
California to Peru.
Life Strategy: Bonefish spawning occurs year round. Sexual maturity is reached around
two years Bonefish are less reproductively active in the hotter summer months but
spawning peaks around November through June.
Food / Feed Strategy: Bonefish feed on benthic worms, fry, and crustaceans. Bonefish
sometimes follow stingrays looking for small prey disturbed by the rooting rays.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/bonefish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonefish
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/bonefish/bonefish.html
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 19
Common Name: Arctic Char
Scientific Name: (Salvelinus alpinus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Geography / Habitat: In freshwater Arctic Char are found in pools and runs of deep cold
rivers.
Life Strategy: Both species of Arctic char obtain sexual maturity at the age of 10 years they
spawn during September and October. Arctic char stay at the bottom of the gravels until
they reach 6-7 inches. Arctic char lifespan are usually long from 20 to 24 years.
Food / Feed Strategy: Arctic char fish in their very early age diet on organic matter and
plankton at the bottom of the water body when they increase in size they switch to smaller
fish and other small water animals.
Body Form or Style: Saggitiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Carngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.animalspot.net/arctic-char.html#Reproduction
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 20
Common Name: Atlantic Cod
Scientific Name: Gadus morhua
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Geography / Habitat: Atlantic Cod can be found around North Carolina and both coasts
of Greenland. Atlantic Cod can also be found in the Baltic sea, the north sea and areas
around Iceland
Life Strategy: Adult Cod spawn from late winter to spring females’ release their eggs in
batches males compete to fertilize the eggs. Cod can live past 13 years.
Food / Feed Strategy: Smaller bottom dweller cods on small crustaceans such as shrimp.
Adults will eat anything that can fit into their mouth including clams, mussels, and
mollusks.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal.
Citation: http://www.cptdave.com/atlantic-cod.html www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 21
Common Name: Cobia
Scientific Name: Rachycentron canadum
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Rachycentridae
Geography / Habitat: Cobia can be found in the western Atlantic they can be found from
Nova Scotia to Argentina including the Caribbean sea.
Life Strategy: Cobia is pelagic spawners they release tiny eggs into the water which become
part of plankton the eggs float with the current until they hatch larvae are helpless until
eyes and mouths develop.
Food / Feed Strategy: Cobia feed on crabs, squid and other fish Cobia will also follow
larger animals like sharks, turtles and manta rays in hopes of scavenging a meal.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/cobia
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 22
Common Name: Bluefish
Scientific Name: Pomatomus saltatrix
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomatomidae
Geography / Habitat: Bluefish are widely distrusted around the world in tropical and
subtropical waters bluefish are found in Florida off of the coast of Florida
Life Strategy: Bluefish reproduce during the spring and summer and can live up to 9 years
bluefish fry are zooplankton and float around in currents.
Food / Feed Strategy: Bluefish are fast swimmers that prey on schools of forage fish
depending on the area and season they can eat shrimp, sardine-like fish and squid they are
also cannibalistic and have been known to destroy their own young.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 23
Common Name: Cabazon
Scientific Name: Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Geography / Habitat: They are found between southern Alaska and Baja California
Cabazon inhabit the intertidal zone usually close to shore older fish live in deeper water
Life Strategy: They spawn off the California coast between October and March peaking in
January females lay eggs on algae free rocky surfaces.
Food / Feed Strategy: Cabazon is an ambush predator that eats fish, crustaceans, and
mollusks they sit on reefs or kelp blades and lunge out at prey.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/cabezon
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 24
Common Name: Nalolo
Scientific Name: Ecsenius nalolo
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Geography / Habitat: Nalolo can be found in the Western Indian Ocean and Western
Central Pacific
Life Strategy: Nalolo are oviparous and use external fertilization.
Food / Feed Strategy: Nalolo eat zooplankton and algae in captivity they can be trained to
eat pellets.
Body Form or Style: Anguilliform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Carngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/nalolo.php
http://www.fishbase.us/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=25451&GenusName=E
csenius&SpeciesName=nalolo&fc=392&StockCode=20100
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 25
Common Name: Nurse Shark
Scientific Name: Ginglymostoma cirratum
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Ginglymostomatidae
Geography / Habitat: The nurse shark is a bottom dweller found in tropical and
subtropical waters its common habitats are reefs.
Life Strategy: Mating season runs from late June to the end of July nurse sharks are
ovoviviparous.
Food / Feed Strategy: Nurse Sharks are nocturnal animals nurse sharks that feed on
crustaceans
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: subterminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 26
Common Name: Golden Dorado
Scientific Name: Salminus brasiliensis
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Geography / Habitat: Golden Dorado live in freshwater in Southern Brazil, Paraguay,
Bolivia and Northern Argentina.
Life Strategy: Golden Dorado migrates upstream to spawn during October, November
and December. Reproduction is external and occurs once a year.
Food / Feed Strategy: Golden Dorado is piscivores eating a wild variety of prey fish one of
their favorite prey is salabo
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dorado
http://www.flydreamers.com/en/species/106/golden-dorado
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 27
Common Name: Barramundi
Scientific Name: Lates calcarifer
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Geography / Habitat: Barramundi can be found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the
Persian Gulf through Southeast Asia.
Life Strategy: At the start of the monsoon males migrate downriver to meet females which
lay very large numbers up around the millions.
Food / Feed Strategy: Barramundi feed on crustaceans, mollusks and smaller fish including
its own species. Juveniles feed on zooplankton
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barramundi
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 28
Common Name: Lingcod
Scientific Name: Ophiodon elongatus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hexagrammidae
Geography / Habitat:
Life Strategy: Lingcod migrate to offshore spawning grounds males migrate fish establish
nest sites in strong current areas in rock crevices.
Food / Feed Strategy: Lingcod are voracious predators that will eat anything that can fit
into their mouths including invertebrates and species of fish like herring
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/lingcod
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 29
Common Name: Atlantic Halibut
Scientific Name: Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Geography / Habitat: Temperate waters of the Northern Atlantic from Labarador and
Greenland to Iceland
Life Strategy: Males reach sexual maturity at seven to eight years old. Females at 10 to 11
years spawning is seasonal spawning happens in March in the Eastern Atlantic
Food / Feed Strategy: Atlantic halibut eat cod, haddock, herring, pogge, sand eels.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostracifform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/halibut-atlantic
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 30
Common Name: Red Drum
Scientific Name: (Sciaenops ocellatus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Geography / Habitat: Red drum are commonly found along the Southern Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States including coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, and Florida
Life Strategy: Mature Red drum spawns in near shorelines from Mid August to Mid
October the eggs incubate in a 24 hour period A female lays about 1.5 million eggs per
batch.
Food / Feed Strategy: In the summer and fall Adult red drum feed on crabs, shrimp, and
sand dollars during spring and winter feed on mullet, flounder and Atlantic croaker.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Sub Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Drum_(Sciaenops_ocellatus).jpg
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 31
Common Name: Atlantic Halibut
Scientific Name: Paralichthys californicus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae
Geography / Habitat: Halibut can be found in kelp beds and soft sandy ocean floors less
than 15 fathoms deep and on the West coast of North America
Life Strategy: Males mature at when 2 or 3 years of age, but females don’t mature around
4 or 5. Spawning takes place in shallow water during April through July.
Food / Feed Strategy: California Halibut eat crustaceans, mollusks, anchovies and similar
small fish.
Body Form or Style: Depressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostracifform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/halibut-california
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 32
Common Name: Albacore
Scientific Name: Thunnus alalunga
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
Geography / Habitat: Albacore are found thought tropical and temperate oceans of the
world
Life Strategy: Albacore reach sexual maturity around the age of 5.
Food / Feed Strategy: Albacore eat small baitfish
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation:
http://www.topp.org/ask_a_researcher/humans_eat_albacore_tuna_what_do_albacore_tun
a_eat http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/albacore
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 33
Common Name: Starry Flounder
Scientific Name: Platichthys stellatus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Geography / Habitat: They can be found in Korea and Japan and the coast of Alaska
Life Strategy: Starry flounder reproduce via external fertilization
Food / Feed Strategy: Starry flounder eat benthic invertebrates larvae eat plankton and
crustaceans.
Body Form or Style: Deprissiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Ostracifform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 34
Common Name: Bullshark
Scientific Name: Carcharhinus leucas
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Geography / Habitat: Bullshark thrive in both salt and fresh water environments In the
Atlantic it is found from Massachusetts to Southern Brazil
Life Strategy: Bull shark`s reproduce during late summer and early autumn after gestating
for 12 months they give live birth of 4 to 10.
Food / Feed Strategy: Bull shark`s eat bony fish and sharks including other bull sharks but
they also eat stingrays, turtles, birds.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark
` Title: List of Saltwater and Marine Fish Species #: 35
Common Name: Tiger Shark
Scientific Name: Galeocerdo cuvier
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Geography / Habitat: Tiger sharks can be found in the Western Pacific ocean the shark
has been found as far north as Japan and far south as New Zealand. They can also be
found in the Gulf of Mexico.
Life Strategy: Tiger shark is oviparous its eggs hatch internally and the young are born
live when fully developed the young develop inside the body for up to 16 months litter
ranges from 10 to 80 pups.
Food / Feed Strategy: The tiger shark is nocturnal solitary hunter that eats crustaceans, sea
birds, smaller sharks and seals and dolphins.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://www.fishhound.com/fishspecies/shark-tiger
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 36
Common Name: Lemon Shark
Scientific Name: Negaprion brevirostris
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Geography / Habitat: Lemon sharks are found in tropical and subtropical parts of the
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North and South America and around Pacific islands.
Life Strategy: Lemon sharks are viviparous females giving birth between 4 and 17 young
every other year in shallow and warm lagoons.
Food / Feed Strategy: Lemon shark feed on bony fish such as catfish, mullet, jacks,
porcupine fish, stingrays sometimes Lemon sharks will eat seabirds and smaller sharks.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=490
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 37
Common Name: Short fin Mako Shark
Scientific Name: Isurus oxyrinchus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Geography / Habitat: Mako shark are found around the world in warm and temperate
seas.
Life Strategy: Female Mako shark become sexually mature at a length of approximately 10
feet embryos feed on fertilized eggs in the uterus during the gestation of 15 to 18 months.
Food / Feed Strategy: Mako shark feed on Bonito, swordfish mackerel and tuna.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortfin_mako_shark
Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish Species #: 38
Common Name: Leopard Shark
Scientific Name: Triakis semifasciata
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Geography / Habitat: They can be found in the North eastern Pacific Ocean from Oregon
to the Gulf of California in Mexico
Life Strategy: The young hatch inside the uterus and are nourished by yolk
Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on benthic invertebrate and small fish their diet includes
crabs, shrimp inn keeper worms
Body Form or Style: Fusiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_shark
Title: Saltwater/marine fish Species #: 39
Common Name: Chain Pickerel
Scientific Name: Esox reticulatus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Esociformes
Family: Esocidae
Geography / Habitat: Its range is along the eastern coast of North America from Southern
Canada
Life Strategy: Chain pickerel spawn in spring in shallow waters over submerged vegetation
then they scatter the eggs.
Food / Feed Strategy: The chain pickerel feeds on smaller fish which it ambushes from
cover with a rapid lunge and secures it with its sharp teeth. Chain pickerel also eat frogs,
worms, and crayfish.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=22745
Title: Saltwater/Marinefish Species #: 40
Common Name: Atlantic Tarpon
Scientific Name: Megalops atlanticus)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Elopiformes
Family: Megalopidae.
Geography / Habitat: They inhabit both sides of the Atlantic Ocean they have been found
from Senegal to the Condo.
Life Strategy: Atlantic tarpon head to deeper water to breed the young hide in Estuaries.
Food / Feed Strategy: They feed on schooling fish and crabs.
Fun Fact: Tarpon is the Alabama state fish.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: www.wikipedia.org
Title: Saltwater/Marine fish Species #: 41
Common Name: Black Grouper
Scientific Name: Mycteroperca bonaci
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Geography / Habitat: It can usually be found around rocky reefs and can be found in the
Western Atlantic Ocean
Life Strategy: These fish spawn between May and August.
Food / Feed Strategy: Adults feed on other fish and squid juveniles feed on crustaceans
especially shrimp.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform
Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarngiform
Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_grouper
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