Animals of the Coral Reef

This page  is for use by third-graders-and-up to discover the features, habits, and relationships of animals in a coral reef.

Animals with backbones

REPTILES  
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sea Turtle
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Loggerhead

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Olive Ridley

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Leatherback

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Black Sea Turtle

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Hawksbill

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Land Turtles
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Yellow spotted turtle

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Spur-thighed Tortoise

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Common Snapping Turtle

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Map Turtle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mammals
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Whales and Dolphins
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Whales
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Humpback

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Grey

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BelUGA

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Sperm

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Blue

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Dolphins
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Orca

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Seals and Sea lions

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Walruses

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Manatees

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Sea Otters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish

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Jawless Fish
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Lamprey

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Hagfish

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Cartilage Skeleton Fish
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Skates and Rays
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Manta Ray

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Stingray

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Skate
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Common Skate

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Starry Skate

http://www.nefmc.org/skates/ 

meetsum/skate_ID_guide.PDF
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Sharks
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Sawfishes

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Angel sharks 

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Bramble Sharks

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Sleeper Sharks

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Dog Sharks

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Ground Sharks

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Mackerel Sharks

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Carpet Sharks

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Bullhead Sharks

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Horn Sharks

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Cow Sharks

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Frill Sharks

 

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Bony Skeleton Fish    

(Ray finned Fishes)

Needlefish
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flyingfish

Perchlike Fish
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Billfish
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Blue marlin

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Sailfish

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bUTTERFLY FISH
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Copper-banded Butterflyfish

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Threadfin butterflyfish

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yellow dotted butterflyfish

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Yellow Long nosed butterflyfish

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aNGELFISH
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flame angelfish

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bannerfish

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tANG & Surgeonfish
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Powder blue tang

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 Yellow-Tailed Blue Tang

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DAMSELFIsh
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Percula cLOWN fISH

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four stripe damselfish

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Saddle brown clownfish

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mOORISH iDOL

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Salmon

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bonito

Pipefish & Seahorses
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sEAHORSEs
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Barbour's Seahorse

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Narrow-bellied Seahorse

http://seahorses.netfirms.

com/species.html

Eels and Morays
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Moray eEL

The Coral Reef Habitat

Zones of Life

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Sunlit Zone   

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Twilight Zone

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The Deep Zone

The Food Chain

Animals in the Coral Reef Habitat

Classification of animals is based upon:

grouping animals according to characteristics they have in common and separating them on the basis of differences they have.

Approximately 23,500 species of bony fish are known today. Many species may yet be discovered as we investigate the deep sea.

Bony fishes are cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe through gills and use fins for swimming.

They have skeletons of bone, scales, paired fins, one pair of gill openings, jaws, and paired nostrils.

They inhabit almost every body of water and 58% live in marine (saltwater) environments.

 

The Reef Environmental Education Foundation

Classification of Fish

Scott Aquarium Coral Reef Resource Guide

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