Fish

Fish able to inflate themselves by swallowing water. Prized in Japanese cuisine as fugu despite the deadly toxin. Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfishes, puffers, balloonfishes, blowfishes, blowers, blowies, bubblefishes, globefishes, swellfishes, toadfishes, toadies, botetes, toadle, honey toads, sugar […]

Large decapod crustaceans, often used interchangeably with “shrimp” though anatomically distinct. Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns (though this may be ambiguous). There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the

Small marine snails common on rocky shores, eaten in parts of Europe and West Africa. The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles. This is a robust

Large freshwater fish with a long, paddle-shaped snout. Closely related to sturgeon. The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the last living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). This family is most closely related to the sturgeons; together they make up

Marine bivalve molluscs with rough, irregular shells. Some species produce pearls; all are non-kosher. Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all

Soft-bodied, eight-armed marine molluscs known for intelligence and camouflage. An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ok-TOP-ə-də). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two

One of the heaviest bony fish in the world, with a distinctive flattened body and absent tail fin. The ocean sunfish (Mola mola), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus Mola, and one of five extant species in

Elongated, eel-like fish of the Northwest Atlantic, not related to true eels but similarly disqualified by absence of scales. The ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New England and eastern Canada. The fish has antifreeze proteins in its

Elongated bivalve molluscs, typically filter feeders attached to rocks or other surfaces. Modiolus modiolus, common name northern horsemussel (Scottish Gaelic: clabaidh-dubh, Scots: clabbydoo), is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae. Nomenclature In Scottish Gaelic, the species is called ‘clabaidh-dubha’ (‘clabby doos’), meaning ‘big black mouths’. More recently in Scotland the species

Family of eels (Muraenidae) found in tropical and temperate seas, known for their snake-like bodies and powerful jaws. The giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is the largest moray eel; however, the slender giant moray