Raja binoculata These diamond-shaped skates live in the colder waters of the northeastern Pacific, growing as large as almost 8 feet long from pointed snout to stout tail. Usually a mottled reddish-brown to dark grey on top, and scattered with small pale spots and larger dark blotches, they also
Danger to Humans The big skate is harmless to humans and will remain motionless
Nebrius ferrugineus This large (up to 10 feet long) and bulky carpet shark tends to be gray-brown but can modify its color based on background. It sleeps in a favorite crevice or cave during the day, often piled up with other sharks, and hunts the sea floor during the night. It hunts for small fi
Danger to Humans This nurse shark is quite docile, allowing itself to be touched
Epinephelus itajara This large, solitary fish will defend its territory when threatened, with aggressive body language and a rumbling sound it makes with its swim bladder. Its large, thick, elongated body can grow to over 8 feet long (and up to 800 pounds), from rounded snout and small eyes, to s
Danger to Humans Very large goliath grouper have been observed to stalk divers and
Triaenodon obesus The Whitetip Reef Shark is a smaller, greyish brown shark with a distinctive white tip on its dorsal and caudal fins. (Compagno, 2005) It prefers caves and coral reefs, often be found resting by the bottom of the ocean by day and hunting by night (Compagno, 2005). Unlike many sh
(Compagno, 2005) Danger to Humans This shark rarely shows aggression (Compagno,
Galeorhinus galeus This abundant, migrating, schooling shark is a strong swimmer that can travel 35 miles in a day and is found from the open sea all the way inshore to the surf zone. It is slender and dusky colored, with large eyes and mouth in a pointed snout, triangular fins, and a strong, asy
Danger to Humans The tope shark is considered harmless to humans due to its small
On February 2, 1887, residents of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania consulted a large rodent regarding the arrival of spring, marking the first official celebration of Groundhog Day. According to Rob Guralnick, curator of biodiversity informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, our ability to pred
Life on Earth Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger
Squatina californica This flattened benthic shark ambushes prey from beneath the sand. Unlike rays, angelsharks have tubular tails with asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin and lack a venomous spine. Order – Squatiniformes Family – Squatinidae Genus – Squatina Species – californica Common Names
Danger to Humans Although this shark is a bottom dweller and appears harmless, it
Squalus cubensis This slender, schooling shark prefers deeper, warm waters of the Western Atlantic where it eats smaller bony fish and invertebrates and can grow to around 76.2 cm (30 in) long (Compagno et al., 2005). It has large eyes set close to its pointed snout, spines at the front of each d
Danger to Humans Although this dogfish has dorsal fin spines that can cause painful
Epinephelus striatus These large, oblong fish can change both color and gender, and live at the rocky reef bottom of tropical Western Atlantic waters. They are usually a light buff to pink color with striking darker bars and spots, but can change to very light or very dark quickly. There is some
Danger to Humans There have been reports of ciguatera poisoning from human consumption
Hemiscyllium ocellatum This carpet shark is a long, slender shark that tends to be creamy or brown with small dark spots (Compagno 2005). They often forage for food in tidal pools and risk being stranded, but they can survive for up to an hour without any oxygen (Stenslokken et al., 2004) and eve
Danger to Humans The epaulette shark is considered harmless to humans although it
