Credit for the video: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Site and video channel founder) This video was filmed at mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Introduction: The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) which belongs to the family Cheloniidae has a worldwide distribution and occur in tropical and subtropical waters …
Tag: feeding habits
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Apr 24 2014
Japanese giant spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi (introduction – habitats – biology – utilization)
Introduction This photo of the Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) was filmed by Samart Detsathit (Thailand) (shown in the photo) at Kamogawa Sea World, Japan. The name of this marine crab goes to its existence in the water around Japan. The crab is known in Japan as “Taka-ashi-gani” which means “tall legs crab”. The Japanese Spider …
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Apr 15 2014
European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Description, feeding, reproduction, threats and conservation)
Credit of the photos: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal These photos have been taken in the recovery plan of European eel (Spain) Introduction: The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a catadromous snake-like species of eels, that belongs to the family “Anguillidae”. This species is a popular food fish of high …
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Apr 07 2014
Round Stingray, Urobatis sp. (Description, feeding, reproduction, threats to human)
Photo credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This photo was taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Introduction: The round stingrays are which belong to the family “Urolophidae” and the genus “Urobatis” are cartilaginous fishes. It is also known as raya redonda (in Spanish). Due to …
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Mar 19 2014
Clownfish, Amphiprion sp. (Biology – Clownfish and anemone – changing sex) – Video
This video was filmed in Alexandria marine aquarium (National Institute of Oceanography and Fishery), Egypt Clownfish includes a group of species that belongs to the family Pomacentridae. These species whether caught from the wild or bred in captivity make up about 40% of the global marine ornamental trade. They are about 30 known species which …
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Mar 17 2014
Spotted Scorpionfishes, Scorpaena plumieri (biology – camouflage – venom)
The photos were taken by Glenda Vélez Calabria at in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Scientific review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal General: The spotted scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri is also known as the pacific spotted scorpionfish, stone scorpionfish, stinging groupers, and spotted stone scorpionfish. The species is used as an aquarium fish and they are also …
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Mar 13 2014
Jaguar Cichlid, Parachromis managuensis (habitats, description, feeding, and reproduction)
Photo credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Introduction: Jaguar cichlid, Parachromis managuensis which belongs to the family Cichlidae is also known as Jaguar guapote and guapote tigre (in Spanish) is native to Nicaragua in Central America and from there it was introduced to several adjacent countries in Latin America and elsewhere. …
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Mar 06 2014
Abalone crawling – Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org The specimen shown in this video is Omani abalone, Haliotis mariae. In nature and in situations of abundant algae supply, the adult abalone tends to stay in their location, waiting for their food to of the algae to be drifted to them by water currents. However, if food turns scarce, abalone crawls over …
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Mar 05 2014
Giant hermit crab, Petrochirus diogenes (Distribution – Feeding – reproduction – associates)
Photo credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This photo was taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia General: This species is a large marine hermit crab which was originally described as Cancer diogenes. These crabs which are red in color may show sexual dimorphism in regard …
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Mar 03 2014
Short-nosed unicornfish (Description – habitats – feeding habits – reproduction)- Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org The video was taken in the Sea World, San Diego, USA Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) General: The short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) which belongs to the family Acanthuridae has other names including spotted unicornfish, and brown unicornfish. In general, it is a very peaceful fish whether in the wild …
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