Fish & Marine Life
27 entries in the Living Planet compendium.
Fish & Marine Life — Era Chart
Great White SharkA living shark related to mako sharks, known for attacking prey from the soft underside.Hammerhead SharkA group of sharks with distinctive flattened, T-shaped heads called cephalofoils, found woManta RayGentle giants of the ocean with the largest brains of any fish.Giant OctopusA master of disguise and intelligence ruling the cold, dark depths of the North Pacific.Sea AnemonePredatory marine invertebrates with stinging tentacles, related to corals and jellyfish.Atlantic SalmonThe iteroparous salmon of the North AtlanticSeahorseThe only fish where the father carries the young to term.Sea LionCoastal masters: agile walkers on land and silent hunters beneath the waves.ManateeLarge, gentle, herbivorous marine mammals of warm coastal waters and rivers.LobsterAncient armored scavengers that shape the ocean floor through decades of slow growth.CrabPolyphyletic decapod crustaceans including true crabs and crab-like anomuransStarfishFive-armed sentinels of the tide, rebuilding their own bodies from broken limbs.Moon JellyfishA translucent ghost of the tides, pulsing silently through the deep.Giant Pacific OctopusThe largest octopus species, found in the coastal North Pacific.Whale SharkThe ocean's gentle giant, a spotted leviathan that feeds on the sea's smallest treasures.Moray EelSaltwater species from all over the world.StingraySilent ghosts of the seabed, armed with a venomous tail for defense.Tiger SharkA predator Backshall has dived with outside the cage.LionfishVenomous marine ray-finned fish of the genus Pterois, native to Indo-Pacific coral reefs aNarwhalThe unicorn of the sea, a deep-diving Arctic whale with a spiralled tusk.Leafy SeadragonA living piece of seaweed that drifts through the ocean in silent, graceful disguise.ClownfishThe symbiotic reef dweller with a size-based hierarchy and sex-changing ability.Atlantic Bluefin TunaA warm-blooded leviathan defying the cold, hunting the abyss with internal fire and relentAmerican LobsterAn ancient armored titan that outgrows its own shell every year.Chambered NautilusThe pearly nautilus: a living cephalopod with a spiral shell, not a living fossil.Common StarfishThe most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic.West Indian ManateeGentle giants of warm coastal waters, the West Indian manatee navigates with whiskers and
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