Ecology Notes Marine Vertebrates

Name Phylum or Class Habitat Diet Predators Special Features Great White Chondrichthyes Coastal and Fish People Sense of smell Shark (cartilaginous offshore Mammals Orca Regrow teeth fish) waters Sea turtles Birds Cod Osteichthyes Cruises along Crabs People Strong jaws (bony fish) bottom Clams Salmon Actinopterygii Barnacles Other fish (ray-finned fish) Blue Whale Mammalia Migrate Baleen sifts Young killed by Largest animal Mexico to out krill orcas today Arctic Endangered

Sea Turtle Reptilia Migrate vast Jellyfish Tiger shark Flippers for distances Crustaceans Eggs eaten by feet Lay eggs on raccoons and Endangered beach birds Gull Aves Along coast Scavenger: Adults have Noisy Near dumps Fish, crabs few Aggressive, live Garbage in colonies Sea Horse Osteichthyes Along calm Sucks in small Cod Swim upright (bony fish) coastal waters plankton Rays Male carries Actinopterygii Grassy seas Fish eggs Larger fish eggs until they (ray-finned hatch fish) Clown Fish Osteichthyes Live in Plankton Shark Immune to (bony fish) anemone Dead anemone Barracuda sting – Actinopterygii parts protective (ray-finned mucus fish) Flounder Osteichthyes Bottom of Worms Osprey One eye (bony fish) sandy coastal Small benthic Rays migrates – Actinopterygii seas organisms Cod camouflage (ray-finned fish) Manatee Mammalia Inner coastal Marine grass No natural Harmed by waterways and and weeds predators boats and bays pollution Endanged

Sea Otter Mammalia Cold Pacific Sea star, Orcas Thick brown Coastal waters clams, crab, fur sea urchins Endangered

Name Phylum or Class Habitat Diet Predators Special Features Tuna Osteichthyes Open seas Fish Predatory fish Fast swimmers (bony fish) Crustaceans Toothed Actinopterygii Squid whales (ray-finned fish) Shad Osteichthyes Born in & Smaller fish People Migrate like (bony fish) spawn in river salmon Actinopterygii Live mostly in (ray-finned ocean fish) Dolphin Mammalia Coastal and Fish Orcas Has beak open water Very intelligent

Sea Lion Mammalia Many in Alaska Dive for fish Polar bears Thick come up on and squid Orcas insulating fur shore Endangered American Eel Osteichthyes Rivers, bays Other fish People Migrate (bony fish) Ocean to Insect larvae Bigger fish Actinopterygii spawn (ray-finned fish) Puffin Aves Cold, rocky Fish Hawks, large Plump, orange coastlines fish triangular beak, dive into sea Parrot Fish Osteichthyes Coral reefs Coral is Sharks Strong beak - (bony fish) crushed to get like jaws Actinopterygii algae and (ray-finned organisms fish) Orca Mammalia Coastal and Fish No natural Hunt in pods open seas Seals predators Sea Lions Otters Sting Ray Chondrichthyes Warm, shallow Worms Shark Can use stinger (cartilaginous bottom Crabs once fish)

Osprey Aves Coastal- Salmon and No natural Nests high up marshy areas flounder predators Huge wing span

Penguin Aves Southern Fish Aquatic Flightless hemisphere Crustaceans mammals Can drink salt Cephalopods water