Fish

Flat-bodied rays with whip-like tails carrying venomous barbs. Stingrays are a group of rays, a type of cartilaginous fish. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eleven families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingrays), Gymnuridae (butterfly rays), Plesiobatidae (deepwater stingrays), Urolophidae (round stingrays), Myliobatidae (eagle rays), Aetobatidae (pelagic eagle rays), Mobulidae […]

Marine molluscs with elongated bodies, eight arms and two longer tentacles. Related to octopus and cuttlefish. A squid (pl. squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite

Family of eel-like fish that burrow tail-first into sandy bottoms. Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term “Ophichthidae” comes from Greek ophis (“serpent”) and ichthys (“fish”). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for their physical appearance, as they have long, cylindrical,

Gastropod molluscs with coiled shells. Escargot is prepared land snail. Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus

Flat-bodied cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae, related to rays. Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. More than 150 species have been described, in 17 genera. Softnose skates and pygmy skates were previously treated as subfamilies of Rajidae (Arhynchobatinae and Gurgesiellinae), but are now considered as

Shrimp are decapod crustaceans with elongated bodies, long antennae, and ten legs. They are harvested commercially worldwide both from wild stocks and by aquaculture. Shrimp species include penaeid shrimp (tropical warmwater, most commonly farmed), caridean shrimp, and deep-sea pandalid shrimp. Shrimp is not kosher under Jewish dietary law. The Torah requires that a kosher aquatic

Cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes) with skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. Their skin is covered in placoid scales, which are anatomically similar to teeth. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fishes characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused

Spiny, globular echinoderms. The edible part is the gonads, served as “uni” in Japanese cuisine. Sea urchins or urchins () are the class Echinoidea within the echinoderms. Approximately 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal zone which actually is not a fixed number but varies greatly, usually

Soft-bodied marine gastropods, often brilliantly colored. Eaten in parts of East Asia. Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match,

Soft-bodied marine invertebrates with elongated bodies, eaten as a delicacy in parts of Asia. Starfish or sea stars are a class of marine invertebrates generally shaped like a star polygon. (In common usage, these names are also often applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars.) Starfish are also