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Pelagic Stingray – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/pelagic-stingray/

Pteroplatytrygon violacea This unique stingray is named for its preference for a pelagic habitat, the open sea instead of near shore or ocean bottom, like most stingrays. It has a dark purple to blue-gray, wedge-shaped pectoral disc, which it flaps to ‚fly‘ through the water, and can grow to over
Danger to Humans There is one or more venomous spines located about a third of the

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Longnose Skate – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/longnose-skate/

Raja rhina This angular skate has a very pointed snout and triangle pectorals fins, with lobed pelvic fins alongside a stout tail. It is a dark brown, deal for living on a sandy bottom partially submerged in sand, and there are two small dark eye spots on its fins, each with a light center and li
thorns near its eyes and down along its tail, but it is shy and not considered a danger

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The Adventures of Jenna and Mandy: Mission Impossible? – Invertebrate Zoology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/iz/2015/05/13/the-adventures-of-jenna-and-mandy-mission-impossible/

Our mission, should we choose to accept it, will be to find the worm Chaetopterus pergamentaceus from its type locality of „Antilles.“ Armed with that informative location description (thanks, Cuvier), Jenna’s keen sense of worm-dar, and Google Earth, we gladly accepted the mission and headed off to
current, the right amount of protection from the waves, and, to add an element of danger

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Five Facts: Sawfishes in Florida – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five-facts-sawfishes-in-florida/

Sawfishes live in coastal tropical and subtropical waters, including estuaries and river systems. Once ranging from New York to Texas, the smalltooth sawfish is now largely limited to the waters off the Florida coasts. With populations of sawfishes in decline, all information about these species is
They are in danger of extinction due to overfishing and habitat modification and

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Threatened + Endangered Species – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/freshwater-marshes/endangered-species/

Everglades snail kite, American alligator, eastern indigo snake, wood stork, and Florida panther are among the threatened and endangered species found in freshwater marsh habitats. Threatened wildlife includes species, subspecies, or isolated populations that are likely to become endangered
isolated population is considered endangered that is, or soon may be, in immediate danger

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King Mackerel – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/king-mackerel/

Scomberomorus cavalla This elongated torpedo-shaped fish usually folds its first dorsal fin and pectoral fins into grooves, and keeps its second dorsal fin, anal fin, and finlets up to help with speed and maneuvering. It has a pointed snout and a distinctly forked caudal (tail) fin, and is usuall
a popular game fish, but are also one of the four fish at the top of the FDA’s danger

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Irma’s Impacts – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/irmas-impacts/

Plants flowering at the wrong time of year suggest the approach of a powerful wind. Dolphins inexplicably abandon the harbor. Familiar birds are suddenly nowhere to be seen. Such observations have been recounted by local fisherfolk and Native Americans as signs that a serious storm is on the way. W
Pineland Road and meant that we sprang into action post-storm immediately after the danger

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Importance of Mangroves – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/mangroves/importance-mangroves/

Shoreline Protection Mangroves protect shorelines from erosion. Mangroves protect shorelines from damaging storm and hurricane winds, waves, and floods. Mangroves also help prevent erosion by stabilizing sediments with their tangled root systems. They maintain water quality and clarity, filterin
endangered species: a species in danger of becoming extinct that is protected by

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Little Skate – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/little-skate/

Leucoraja erinacea These little skates have very rounded diamond-shaped pectoral discs that are dark brown or grey with cloudy splotches, and white to grey undersides. They grow to around 20 inches long, and have thorny spines on shoulders, tails, and backs–sometimes more or less thorns dependin
Danger to Humans There is little danger associated with the little skate.

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