Marine Life Encyclopedia | Oceana
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Ocean Fishes | Oceana
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Whale Shark - Oceana
WEBWhale sharks are highly migratory animals and are found through all tropical and warm temperate seas, apart from the Mediterranean. Despite their large size, whale sharks are filter feeders and feed on tiny prey such as plankton, small crustaceans, and schooling fish. A five-foot wide mouth with filtering pads inside allows whale sharks to feed ...
Oceana | Protecting the World's Oceans
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Great Hammerhead Shark - Oceana
WEBThe great hammerhead shark is the largest of all nine hammerhead species, reaching an average length of 13.1 feet (4 m) and weight of 500 pounds (230 kg). The longest great hammerhead shark ever recorded was 20 feet (6.1 m) long, and the heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded was 991 pounds (450 kg).
Open Ocean | Oceana
WEBFun Facts About the Open Ocean. 1. Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and half of those waters are at least 1.86 miles (3 km) deep. 2. As far as we know, the ocean is 36,200 feet (11,000 m or almost 7 miles) deep at its deepest point. On average, the ocean is about 12,100 feet (3,688 m) deep. 1. 3.
Colossal Squid - Oceana
WEBReaching combined body and tentacle lengths up to 46 feet (14 m) and weights of at least 1100 pounds (500 kg), the colossal squid is a very large deep-sea predator. Like in many large species, all the largest individuals are female. They eat small and large fishes (including the Patagonian toothfish) and other squids.
Narwhal - Oceana
WEBNarwhals grow up to 18 feet (5.5 m) long and 3,530 pounds (1.6 metric tons). 1. 2. Narwhals are toothed whales but differ from other species in the toothed whale family because they have no teeth in their mouths. 3. Male narwhals have an ivory, spiralized tooth (often referred to as a “tusk”) that protrudes up to 9.8 feet (3 m) from their ...
Coelacanth - Oceana
WEBCoelacanths live in deep waters off of southeastern Africa. Only once fishers started fishing deeper and deeper was this species discovered. Before that time, this entire family of fishes was only known from fossils. Coelacanths reach lengths over 6.5 feet (2 m) and are nocturnal predators. They spend daylight hours hiding in caves and other ...
Lion's Mane Jellyfish - Oceana
WEBThe lion’s mane jellyfish cannot be missed in the open ocean where it prefers to float about. With tentacles up to 120 feet long, some individuals even rival in size the blue whale, the largest animal in the world. Most lion’s mane jellyfish live in the Arctic and North Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Washington where the waters are cool.