Atlantic Blue Crab

 

Atlantic Blue Crab | The Chesapeake and Atlantic blue crab is a crustacean found in the waters of the western Atlantic, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. Its Latin name, Callinectes sapidus (from the Greek calli = "beautiful", nectes = "swimmer", and Latin sapidus = "savory"). On the Pacific coast of Central America, Atlantic blue crab was largely ignored as a source of food and choosing the meat is considered too difficult. It is the Maryland state crustacean and the subject of an extensive fishery.

Mangrove Horseshoe Crab

 

Mangrove Horseshoe Crab | The Mangrove horseshoe crab is a marine chelicerate arthropod. Despite its name, it is more closely related to spiders and scorpions (all in the subphylum Chelicerata) than to crab. It is the only species in the genus Carcinoscorpius. These Mangrove horseshoe crabs can be found in the entire Asia Pacific region in shallow waters with a soft, sandy soils or extensive mudflats. The Mangrove horseshoe crab is benthopelagic, most of his life close to or at the bottom of a body of their brackish, swampy water habitats such as mangroves.

Japanese Spider crab

 

Japanese Spider crab | The Japanese spider crab is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. Japanese spider crabs are mainly located on the southern shores of the Japanese island of Honshu from Tokyo to Kagoshima Prefecture. Rural populations are found in Iwate Prefecture and off Su-ao in Taiwan. Adults can be found at a depth of 600 meters, or as shallow as 50 meters. It has the largest leg span of all arthropods, up to 3.8 meters and weighing up to 41 pounds. It is the subject of small-scale fisheries.

Chinstrap Penguin

 

Chinstrap Penguin | The Chinstrap penguin is a kind of penguin which is found in the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, South Georgia, Bouvet Island and Balleny. Chinstrap penguin usually breeds on hill slopes and rocky areas in colonies, sometimes huge. Their name is derived from the narrow black band under their heads, making it seem like they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily recognized species of penguins. Other names for them are "Ringed penguins," "Bearded penguins", and "Stone cracker penguins" because of their hard call.

Humboldt Penguin

 

Humboldt Penguin | The Humboldt penguin, also called Peruvian Penguin, or Patranca is a South American penguin, which breeds in coastal Peru and Chile. The closest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. Humboldt penguin is named after the cold water swims in the current, which in turn is named after Alexander von Humboldt, an explorer. They enjoy the warmer climate compared with many other species of penguins out there. They live on the rocky areas around the banks.

Moorish Idol

 

Moorish Idol | The Moorish idol is a small marine fish, the only existing representative of the family Zanclidae (from the Greek zagkios, "oblique") to Perciform. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific. Some Coral Butterflies (genus Heniochus) closely resemble the Moorish idol. It is closely related to, if not a direct descendant of the extinct Eozanclus brevirhostris, from the Middle Eocene of Monte Bolca. The Moorish idol was named by the Moors of Africa who supposedly believed the fish on a bringer of happiness. Moorish idols are popular aquarium fish, but despite their popularity, they are notorious for short life aquarium and sensitivity.

Reef Triggerfish

 

Reef Triggerfish | The reef, rectangular or wedge-tail triggerfish, also known by its Hawaiian name, humuhumunukunukuāpuaa, also spelled Humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short, which means "triggerfish with a snout like a pig," is one of several types triggerfish. Classified as Rhinecanthus rectangulus, is endemic to the salt water coasts of various central and south Pacific islands. It is often claimed that the Hawaiian name is one of the longest words in the Hawaiian language, and that "the name is longer than the fish." The Reef triggerfish is also known as the Wedge-tail triggerfish, the rectangular triggerfish and the V-line Humu Humu. It is often confused with the Picasso Trigger. The Reef triggerfish is the official state fish of Hawaii.