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Yellow tangs in their natural habitat in Kona, Hawaii The larvae of the yellow tang can drift more than 100 miles and reseed in a distant location. [2] In a zoo aquarium. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes ...
The Wild Kratts need to resupply the Tortuga, but Chris and Martin want to have an adventure on the African savanna. Before travelling to a nearby town to buy supplies, the rest of the team drops the Kratt Brothers-who promise not to call for help or ask Aviva for new Creature Powers-off on the savanna.
A tuna (pl.: tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae family.The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, [2] the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna (max length: 50 cm or 1.6 ft, weight: 1.8 kg or 4 lb) up to the Atlantic bluefin tuna (max length: 4.6 m or 15 ft, weight: 684 kg or 1,508 lb), which ...
Krill(Euphausiids)[ 1 ] (sg.: krill) are small and exclusively marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, found in all the world's oceans. [ 2 ] The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning "small fry of fish", [ 3 ] which is also often attributed to species of fish. Krill are considered an important trophic level connection ...
[23] [24] As open ocean voyagers, eels need the carrying capacity of the swimbladder (which makes up 3–6% of the eel's body weight) to cross the ocean on stored energy alone. Because the eels are catadromous (living in fresh water but spawning in the sea), dams and other river obstructions can block their ability to reach inland feeding grounds.
Wild Kratts. Wild Kratts is a live-action / animated educational children's television series that uses a hybrid of live action and animation. The series was created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin, and produced by The Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Media Group, with it being presented by PBS Kids in the United States and TVOKids in ...
Selachii. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and they have pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha[ 1 ] (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin).
Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet. Marine organisms, mostly microorganisms, produce oxygen and sequester carbon.