Kingfishers are typically stocky, with short tails and bodies. The bill is large and strong and their…
The jaguar can spend a great deal of time in trees, but are known to also hunt fish. They range from…
This bird lives on fish so is commonly found near water. Its nest is composed of sticks, seaweed, and…
Herons are found on the edges of rivers, lakes and marshes and live on fishes, reptiles and sometimes…
The Flying Fish is enabled to fly by having fins which approach in extent the wings of a bird, (Hooker,…
The swordfish is found in every part of the Mediterranean Sea. Its "sword" is an elongation of the upper…
The seahorse is the only fish as yet known to have a prehensile tail. It has been found in the Hudson…
The sturgeon, although a cartilaginous fish, has externally rows of bony plates. Almost every part of…
The pine marten lives most of its life in trees, but does hunt on the ground. It feeds primarily on…
In skimmers the upper beak is shorter than the lower beak, allowing it to pick up shrimp and small fish…
Herons are found on the edges of rivers, lakes and marshes and live on fishes, reptiles and sometimes…
Oyster-catchers are noisy birds. The bill is powerful for opening mussels, oysters and other shell-fish.
This bird lives on fish so is commonly found near water. Its nest is composed of sticks, seaweed, and…
The jaguar can spend a great deal of time in trees, but are known to also hunt fish. They range from…
This lamprey eel has a row of holes on its neck; these are openings that lead to its lungs; there are…
Herons are found on the edges of rivers, lakes and marshes and live on fishes, reptiles and sometimes…
This singularly formed fish, the torpedo, has two electrical batteries-that is, machines for making…
"The scales, you know, lap over one another, as you see here in the herring. They thus make quite a…
Lampreys are widely distributed. They are found along the Atlantic coast and ascend the rivers. They…
Common skate (ray). The skates and rays have a broad body, partly due to the merging of the body into…
The perch is typical of a large group of fishes, all of which have spiny rays. The perch is widely distributed…
The salmon is well known both from its commercial importance and from its remarkable migrations up rivers…
Flounder keep near the bottom, swimming on one side, and the two eyes are both on the side that is uppermost.
The gar fish has a cylindrical body covered by rhomboidal bony scales that are coated with enamel, making…
the sturgeon has a cylindrical body covered by rhomboidal bony scales that are coated with enamel, making…
The bowfin, a primitive freshwater fish, also known as the freshwater dogfish is a voracious fish.
In the lungfish, the development of the air bladder as a lung is much more complete than others in the…
The common starfish is a five rayed star. The central body is called the disk and the arms are the rays.
The common starfish is a five rayed star. The central body is called the disk and the arms are the rays.…