Fish

Freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters. Popular in Cajun and Nordic cuisine. The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp (from Ancient Greek καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, “shrimp”), are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both […]

Decapod crustaceans with short tails folded under their bodies and a thick, protective exoskeleton. The blonde ray or blonde skate (Raja brachyura) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the skate family Rajidae. It is found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Description Like all rays, the blonde ray has a flattened body with

The European conger is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea.

Large marine gastropods with distinctive spiral shells, eaten in Caribbean cuisine. Aliger gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas or more recently as Lobatus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches, the Strombidae. This species is one of the

Bivalve molluscs with two hinged shells, burrowing in sand or mud. Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consisting of a hinged pair of half-shells known as valves.

Any of about 3,000 ray-finned fish in the order Siluriformes. Known for their prominent barbels (“whiskers”) and smooth, scaleless skin. Catfish are a diverse group of ray-finned fish of the order Siluriformes (historically Nematognathi). Catfish are named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat’s whiskers, though not all catfish have prominent barbels. All Siluriformes

The burbot, also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Lota, and is the only freshwater.

Filter-feeding crustaceans that cement themselves to rocks, ships, and other hard surfaces. Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates; many species live in shallow and tidal waters. Some 2,100 species have been described. Barnacle adults

Single-shelled marine snails valued for their meat and iridescent shells. Haliotis cracherodii, the black abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. This species is relatively small compared with most of the other abalone species from the eastern Pacific, and it has a relatively

The yellowtail snapper is an abundant species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Although they have been found as far north as Massachusetts, their normal range is along Florida south to the West Indies and Brazil.