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Grunion are two fish species of the genus Leuresthes: the California grunion, L. tenuis, and the Gulf grunion, L. sardinas.They are sardine-sized teleost fishes of the New World silverside family Atherinopsidae, found only off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico, where the species are found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts.
Fish migrations between coral reef, macroalgae, seagrass and mangrove habitats: [134] (a) diel and tidal foraging migrations, (b) ontogenetic migration of juvenile coral reef fish. The ecosystem cascade to structure the stock-taking and scenario analysis steps in the marine spatial planning process.
The Gulf of Oman is a gulf that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz which then runs to the Persian Gulf. The Laccadive Sea lies off the southwest coast of India , north of a line extending from the southern point of Sri Lanka to the southernmost of the Maldive Islands , and east of the Maldives and the Laccadive Islands belonging ...
The gafftopsail catfish (Bagre marinus) is a species of marine catfish found in the waters of the western central Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has long, venomous spines which can cause painful wounds. It feeds on crustaceans and other fish.
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...
Hardhead catfish are found mostly in the near-shore waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean, around the southeast coast of the United States, around the Florida Keys and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Hardhead catfish are also found in brackish estuaries and river mouths where the bottom is sandy or muddy, [ 6 ] but only occasionally ...
Mahi-mahi can be found in the Caribbean Sea, on the west coast of North and South America, the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast of Florida and West Africa, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea and Southeast Asia, Hawaii, Tahiti, and many other places worldwide. [9] [10] [11]
In all parts of the ocean, deep ocean temperatures range between −2 °C (28 °F) and 5 °C (41 °F). [14] Constant circulation of water in the ocean creates ocean currents . Those currents are caused by forces operating on the water, such as temperature and salinity differences, atmospheric circulation (wind), and the Coriolis effect . [ 15 ]