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Cernia Bruna - Epinephelus marginatus

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Gorgonia Rossa

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Castagnola Nera - Chromis chromis

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Corallo Rosso - Corallium Rubrum

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Polpo Comune - Octopus Vulgaris

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Posidonia Oceanica

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Algae

Algae (/ˈældʒi, ˈælɡi/; singular alga /ˈælɡə/) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic. ...

Corallina seaweed - Officinalis caespitosa

Alga Corallina "Officinalis Caespitosa" la troviamo subito sotto la superficie del mare dove forma un tappeto compatto nelle zone costiere rocciose del Mar Mediterraneo ...

Green algae - Flabellia petiolata

Flabellia petiolata is a green algae in the Udoteaceae family. Flabellia petiolata is native to the Mediterranean Sea and also occurs in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. Lives at a depth between 10 and 60 meters; ...

Green Ball - Codium bursa

Codium bursa, also known as the "Green Ball", belongs to the class Ulvophyceae, to the order Codiales, family Codiaceae, species Codium Bursa ...

Green sea finger - Codium fragile

Codium fragile, comunemente conosciuta come Alga Candelabro Verde, è una delle alghe più comuni del Mediterraneo, noi l'abbiamo incontrata in pochi centimetri di profondità poco sotto la zona interditale, ...

Halimeda Tuna

L’Halimeda tuna è un’alga marina verde della famiglia delle Halimedacae. Halimeda tuna alga marina verde famiglia Halimedacae intotheblue.it ...

Mucilage - Oscillatoriales Algae

The Mucilage caused by marine heating. Nobody can deny that the warming of our planet Earth is now evident even to those who still harbor doubts and uncertainties. Climate change is present at all levels of our ecosystems: from tropical forests to the...

Ostreopsis ovata

Ostreopsis ovata is a marine microalga that belongs to the Ostreopsidaceae family. It is a typical species of warm and tropical climates ...

Peacock tail - Padina pavonica

The Peacock or Peacock tail, (Thivy 1960) is a brown seaweed from the Dictyotaceae family. Pavonia coda di pavone Padina pavonica Dictyotaceae intotheblue.it ...

Red algae - Lithophyllum stictiforme

This red alga, Lithophyllum stictiforme, is commonly called Marine Lichen and obviously has nothing to do with lichens, although I remember them for its limestone and rather rigid structure. ...

Sea grapes - Caulerpa racemosa

Caulerpa racemosa is a species of edible green alga, a seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae. It is commonly known as sea grapes ...

Sphaerococcus coronopifolius

Sphaerococcus coronopifolius is a dark red alga at the base and carmine red to the exterior. It has an arborescent shape and is attached to the substrate ...

Udotea

L’Udotea è un’alga marina verde della famiglia delle Udoteaceae. Udotea alga marina verde Udoteaceae intotheblue.it ...

Umbrella Seaweed - Acetabularia Acetabulum

Acetabularia J.V.Lamour., 1812 is a genus of algae of the Polyphysaceae family, widespread in the waters of warm and subtropical temperate zones including the Mediterranean sea where the species Acetabularia acetabulum, Umbrella Seaweed is present .....

Ascidians - Ascidiacea

Ascidiacea (commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts) is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. ...

Ascidia mentula

Ascidia mentula is a species of solitary tunicate. It is found in the north east Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It occurs round the coasts of Britain but is seldom seen on the east coast of England or Scotland. Ascidia mentula has a...

Red Sea Squirt - Halocynthia papillosa

Halocyntia papillosa, also known as the red sea squirt is a sea peach or sea squirt, a species of tunicate. Pyuridae family. Ascidia Viola Halocynthia papillosa Pyuridae intotheblue.it ...

Attinopterigi - Actinopterygii

Gli Attinopterigi (Actinopterygii Cope, 1887) sono una classe di vertebrati, comprendente la maggior parte dei pesci ossei viventi. Il loro nome ...

Acanthuridae

La famiglia Acanthuridae comprende 81 specie di pesci d'acqua salata, conosciuti comunemente come Pesci chirurgo e Pesci unicorno. Acanthuridae Pesci chirurgo Pesci unicorno www.intotheblue.link ...

Blackspot surgeonfish - Acanthurus bariene

Acanthurus bariene is a tropical fish also commonly known as the bariene surgeonfish, blackspot surgeonfish, or eyespot surgeonfish. It was first named by René Primavère Lesson in 1831. This species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from Mozam...

Blackstreak surgeonfish - Acanthurus nigricauda

Il Pesce Chirurgo coda nera, Acanthurus nigricauda, è un pesce osseo marino appartenente alla famiglia Acanthuridae. Questa specie è diffusa nell’Indo-Pacifico tropicale dalle coste dell’Africa orientale comprese le isole Mascarene a ovest alle alle i...

Blue surgeon fish - Paracanthurus hepatus

Paracanthurus hepatus Bleeker, 1863, commonly known as blue surgeon fish, is a marine water fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae. It is the only species of the genus Paracanthurus. Paracanthurus hepatus Pesce Chirurgo Blu intotheblue.it ...

Brown Surgeonfish - Acanthurus nigrofuscus

Il Pesce chirurgo, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, è un pesce osseo marino appartenente alla famiglia Acanthuridae. L’areale della specie comprende l'intero Indo-Pacifico tropicale compreso il mar Rosso. Vive sia nelle lagune degli atolli che lungo le pareti est...

Convict Surgeonfish - Acanthurus triostegus

Il Pesce Chirurgo Pentastriato, Acanthurus triostegus, è un pesce osseo marino appartenente alla famiglia Acanthuridae. L'areale della specie comprende l'intero Indo-Pacifico tropicale. Si trova a nord fino al Giappone meridionale e a sud fino alle Kermadec. ...

Lined Surgeonfish - Acanthurus lineatus

Acanthurus lineatus, the Lined Surgeonfish, is a member of the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes. Other common names include blue banded surgeonfish, blue-lined surgeonfish, clown surgeonfish, pyjama tang, striped surgeonfish, and zebra surgeonfish. ......

Orange-spine unicornfish - Naso litoratus

Naso lituratus is a species of fish in the family Acanthuridae, the tangs and unicornfishes. Its common names include barcheek unicornfish, naso tang, and orange-spine unicornfish. Unique to members of Acanthuridae, including Naso lituratus, are the E...

Palelipped surgeonfish - Acanthurus leucocheilus

Acanthurus leucocheilus, also known as the Palelipped surgeonfish or the white-spine surgeonfish is a species of tropical fish It is used commercially in aquariums. Is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, u...

Powder-blue surgeonfish - Acanthurus leucosternon

Acanthurus leucosternon, Bennet 1833, conosciuto comunemente come Pesce chirurgo gola bianca, è un pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia Acanthuridae. Lo si può trovare presso le acque cristalline e poco profonde delle barriere coralline de...

Sailfin surgeonfish - Zebrasoma desjardinii

The Desjardin's sailfin tang, or Sailfin surgeonfish, Red Sea sailfin tang, (Zebrasoma desjardinii) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. Zebrasoma desjardinii grows to a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), with sexual dimorphism producing male...

Short-nosed unicornfish - Naso brevirostris

Short-nosed unicornfish or spotted unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) is a species of unicornfish in the family Acanthuridae. Naso brevirostris is widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Another species, Naso maculatus , may also be called ...

Zebra tang - Acanthurus polyzona

Acanthurus polyzona, commonly known as the black-barred surgeonfish or zebra tang, is a tropical fish found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean. It was first described in 1868 by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, who gave it the name Rhombotides poly...

Bluespotted cornetfish - Fistularia commersonii

Bluespotted Cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), also known as smooth cornetfish or smooth flutemouth, is a marine fish which belongs to the family Fistulariidae. ...

Brown meagre - Sciaena umbra

Brown meagre or corb (Sciaena umbra) is a species of fish found in Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea occurring in shallow waters and rocky bottoms. Corvina Sciaena Umbra Sciaenidae Brown Meagre IntotheBlue.it ...

Cardinalfish - Apogon imberbis

Il pesce cardinale (Apogon imberbis), noto anche come cardinale mediterraneo o re di triglie, è una specie appartenente alla famiglia degli Apogonidi (pesci cardinali). ...

Common Sole - Solea solea

Common sole, Dover sole, or black sole (Solea solea) is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea ...

Coral Rabbitfish - Siganus corallinus

Coral Rabbitfish, (Siganus corallinus), or blue-spotted spinefoot, ocellated spinefoot or orange spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific where it is often caught as...

Double Bar Rabbitfish - Siganus virgatus

Double Bar Rabbitfish, Siganus virgatus, the Barhead spinefoot, or Double Bar Spinefoot is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Siganus virgatus has a deep and late...

Dussumier's halfbeak - Hyporhamphus dussumieri

Il Pesce Mezzobecco, mezzobecco di Dussumier (Hyporhamphus dussumieri), noto anche come aguglia sottile, vive nelle scogliere e nelle lagune poco profonde. È una specie che vive nell’Oceano Indiano e nell’Oceano Pacifico ed è possibile incontrarlo dalle Sey...

European anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) is a forage fish somewhat related to the herring. It is a type of anchovy; anchovies are placed in the family Engraulidae. ...

European Conger - Conger conger

The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the largest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Eyed flounder - Botus ocellatus

Eyed Flounder (Bothus ocellatus) is a species of fish in the family Bothidae. The species is found on or near the sandy seabed in relatively shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, its range extending from ...

Flathead grey mullet - Mugil cephalus

The flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. Muggine Cefalo - Mugil cephalus - IntotheBlue.it ...

Forkbeard - Phycis phycis

Phycis phycis, commonly known as forkbeard or white hake, is a salt water fish of the Gadidae family. ...

Garfish - Belone belone

L’Aguglia (Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) è un pesce osseo di mare appartenente alla famiglia Belonidae. ...

Goldspotted Rabbitfish - Siganus punctatus

Il Pesce Coniglio dorato, Siganus punctatus, è una specie di pesce marino con pinne raggiate appartenente alla famiglia Siganidae. Si trova nella regione del Pacifico indo-occidentale. Siganus punctatus fu formalmente descritto per la prima volta nel...

Indian ocean oriental sweetlips - Plectorhinchus orientalis

Indian Ocean Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus orientalis), also known as the oriental sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae. It is n...

Mahsena emperor - Lethrinus mahsena

Pesce Imperatore del cielo, Lethrinus mahsena, noto anche come Imperatore mahsena, o pesce Imperatore spietato, è una specie che cresce fino a 65 cm di lunghezza, ma si trova comunemente tra 35 e 45 cm. Questo pesce può avere colori che vanno dal giallo al...

Moray eels - Muraenidae

I Murenidi (Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1810) sono una famiglia di pesci dell'ordine Anguilliformes, comprendente svariate specie di pesci conosciuti in italiano con il nome di murene. ...

Giant moray - Gymnothorax javanicus

La murena gigante (Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)) è un pesce appartenente alla famiglia Muraenidae. ...

Laced moray - Gymnothorax favagineus

Laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus) also known as the leopard moray, tessellate moray or honeycomb moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. ...

Moray eel - Muraena helena

La Murena (Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758) è un pesce osseo marino appartenente alla famiglia Muraenidae. ...

Ribbon eel - Rhinomuraena quaesita

Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), also known as the leaf-nosed moray eel or bernis eel, is a species of moray eel. The only member of the genus Rhinomuraena. What is now known as R. quaesita also includes the former R. amboinensis. R. quaesita ......

Orange-spotted spinefoot - Siganus guttatus

Il Pesce Coniglio a macchie arancioni, Siganus guttatus, noto anche come pesce coniglio dalla sella dorata, pesce coniglio dorato, o pesce coniglio a macchie gialle, è un pesce appartenente alla famiglia Siganidae. Si trova nell'Oceano Indiano orientale e nel...

Perciformi - Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, are the largest order of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. ...

Blennids - Blenniidae

I Blenniidae sono una famiglia di pesci ossei principalmente marini appartenenti all'ordine Perciformes. Sono comunemente noti in italiano come bavose. ...

Longstriped blenny - Parablennius rouxi

Parablennius rouxi, conosciuta comunemente come bavosa bianca è un piccolo pesce marino appartenente alla famiglia Blenniidae. ...

Mystery blenny - Parablennius incognitos

The Mediterranean Mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus) is a sea fish belonging to the Blenniidae family. Bavosa mediterranea Parablennius incognitus Blenniidae intotheblue.it ...

Peacock blenny - Salaria Pavo

La Bavosa Pavone, Peacock blenny, Salaria Pavo, Lipophrys pavo, è un blennidae comune in tutto il mar mediterraneo. Popola le acque basse della zona interditale e le piccole pozze di acqua. ...

Red blenniidae - Lipophrys nigriceps

The red blenniidae (Lipophrys nigiceps) is a small fish belonging to the Blenniidae family. red blenniidae bavosa rossa blennidi specie endemica mediterraneo ...

Ringneck blenny - Parablennius pilicornis

The African Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis) is a sea fish belonging to the Blenniidae family. Bavosa Africana Parablennius pilicornis Blennidae intotheblue.it ...

Tentacled Blenny - Parablennius tentacularis

Tentacled Blenny (Parablennius tentacularis), is a very common fish in the Mediterranean Sea. Bavosa Cornuta Tentacled Blenny Parablennius tentacularis intotheblue.it ...

Blueface Angelfish - Pomacanthus xanthometopon

Pomacanthus xanthometopon is aray-finned fish in the family Pomacanthidae found in shallow parts of the Indo-Pacific. It is commonly known as the blueface angelfish or the yellowface angelfish because of its striking facial colouration. ...

Dogtooth tuna - Gymnosarda unicolor

Dogtooth tuna, Gymnosarda unicolor, also known as white tuna, is a species of pelagic marine fish which belongs to the family Scombridae. The dogtooth tuna can reach a length of 190 to 248 centimetres (75 to 98 in) in males and a weight of 130 kilograms (...

Emperor Angelfish - Pomacanthus imperator

Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Red Sea to Hawai and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations ...

Goby - Gobiidae

Gobiidae is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera, sometimes referred to as the "true gobies". ...

Anemone Goby - Gobius incognitus

Gobius incognitus, the incognito goby or anemone goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea and perhaps the Black Sea. ...

Giant goby - Gobius cobitis

The giant goby (Gobius cobitis) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of from 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft). ...

Leopard goby - Thorogobius ephippiatus

In these two dives we met the Leopard Goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus) a sea fish belonging to the Gobidae family. In the first we are on a 45 meter seabed made up of coral reefs that rise from a sandy bottom, in the second we are on a patch full of gorgonians...

Indian mackerel - Rastrelliger kanagurta

Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) is a species of mackerel in the scombrid family (family Scombridae) of order Perciformes. It is commonly found in the Indian and West Pacific oceans ...

Moorish idol - Zanclus cornutus

La famiglia degli Zanclidi conta un’unica specie, lo Zanclus cornutus, conosciuto in tutto il mondo con il nome comune di idolo moresco o zanclo cornuto (nome dovuto alla forma della testa, simile ad alcuni totem di popolazioni africane). Anatomicamente questi ...

Mullids - Mullidae

The Mullidae family includes over 80 species of saltwater fish, commonly known as red mullets, belonging to the order Perciformes. Goatfishes, Mullets, Mullets, Oceans, Oceans ...

Dash-and-dot Goatfish - Parupeneus barberinus

The dash-and-dot goatfish has the twin chin barbels typical of goatfishes. The body color is white with a black to dark brown stripe (dash) reaching from the upper lip through the eye and along the body, followed by a black spot (dot) at the base of ...

Goldsaddle goatfish - Parupeneus cyclostomus

Goldsaddle Goatfish or yellowsaddle goatfish, (Parupeneus cyclostomus), are Perifomes fish of the family Mullidae. ...

Red mullet - Mullus barbatus

Mullus barbatus (red mullet) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, where its range extends from Scandinavia to Senegal. They are fished, mostly by trawling, ...

Striped red mullet - Mullus surmuletus

The striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, ...

Yellow mullet - Mulloidichthys flavolineatus

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacépède, 1801) is a fish belonging to the Mullidae family from the tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific. ...

Percoidei

Percoidei is one of 18 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are contained in this suborder, ...

Bluefish - Pomatomus saltatrix

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as tailor in Australia .....

Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae

Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) are a family of marine bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes. Butterflyfish Pesci farfalla Chaetodontidae intotheblue.it ...

Black-tailed Butterflyfish - Chaetodon austriacus

Black-tailed butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus), also known as Blacktail butterflyfish or exquisite butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish native to the Middle East ...

Blackwedged butterflyfish - Chaetodon falcula

Chaetodon falcula, il pesce farfalla dalla doppia sella o il pesce farfalla falcula, è una specie di pesce marino con pinne raggiate; un pesce farfalla appartenente alla famiglia Chaetodontidae, che vive nell'Oceano Indiano. Ha un corpo bianco contrassegnato da ...

Eritrean butterflyfish - Chaetodon paucifasciatus

Eritrean butterflyfish or crown butterflyfish (Chaetodon paucifasciatus) is a species butterflyfish belongns Chaetodontidae family. It is essentially just known in theRed Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but has been reported in East Africa ...

Indian Butterflyfish - Chaetodon Mitratus

Butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) are a family of marine bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes. Pesce Farfalla Indiano Indian Butterflyfish intotheblue.it chaetodon mitratus...

Masked Bannerfish - Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish, Heniochus monoceros, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific area ...

Raccoon Butterflyfish - Chaetodon lunula

Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marin...

Red Sea Bannerfish - Heniochus intermedius

Red Sea Banner Butterflyfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a bony marine fish belonging to the order Perciformes. It lives in the waters of the Red Sea and around East Africa and the Middle East. ...

Schooling bannerfish - Heniochus diphreutes

Schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), also known as the false moorish idol, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterfyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific area ...

Scrawled Butterflyfish - Chaetodon meyeri

Scrawled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Line Islands; north to the Ryukyu Islands; south to the Great Barrier Reef; ...

Caranx - Carangidae

The Carangidae are a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, and scads.Carangidi Caranx Carangidae family jacks intotheblue.it ...

Amberjack or Yellowtail - Seriola dumerili

Seriola dumerili, commonly known as Amberjack or Yellowtail, is a marine fish belonging to the family Carangidae. Ricciola Seriola dumerili Amberjack Yellowtail Carangidae carangidi ...

Bigeye trevally - Caranx sexfasciatus

Il Caranx sexfasciatus è un pesce marino molto diffuso classificato nella famiglia dei Carangidi. Questo carangide è distribuito nelle acque tropicali dell’Oceano Indiano e del Pacifico; può raggiungere una lunghezza massima di 120 cm e i 18 Kg di ...

Black jack - Caranx lugubris

Il black jack, Caranx lugubris, o trevally nero è una specie di grandi pesci dell'oceano appartenente alla famiglia Carangidae. La specie vive in tutte le acque tropicali del mondo. Si trova infatti al largo delle acque oceaniche ...

Blue trevally - Carangoides ferdau

The blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau), also known as the banded trevally, barred trevally, Ferdau's trevally or Forskaal's jackfish, is a common, widespread species of pelagic marine fish classified in the jack family Carangidae. ...

Bluefin trevally - Caranx melampygus

The bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus (also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu and spotted trevally) ...

Giant trevally - Caranx ignobilis

Caranx ignobilis, conosciuto comunemente come Carango gigante indopacifico è un grosso pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia Carangidae. ...

Leerfish or Garrick - Lichia amia

We had been trying for a long time to film Leerfish or Garrick - Lichia amia - one of the most beautiful and most elusive Carangidae endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is a pelagic species but, like all carangids, Leerfish usually approaches the coast ...

Mediterranean carango Golden carango - Caranx crysos

Caranx crysos, commonly known as Mediterranean carango, golden carango or bluestripe jack, Egyptian scad, hardtail jack or hardnose, is a sea fish of the Carangidae family. Carango Mediterraneo Carango Dorato Caranx Crysos intotheblue.it ...

Pilot Fish - Naucrates ductor

The pilot fish congregates around sharks, rays, and sea turtles, where it eats ectoparasites on, and leftovers around the host species; younger pilot fish are usually associated with jellyfish and drifting seaweeds. They are also known to follow ships,...

Pompano - Palometa blanca - Trachinotus ovatus

The Pompano, Palometa blanca (Trachinotus ovatus) is a sea fish belonging to the Carangidae family. Leccia Stella Trachinotus ovatus Palometa blanca intotheblue.it ...

Smallspotted dart - Trachinotus Baillonii

Smallspotted dart (Trachinotus baillonii) is a species of jack in the family Carangidae. Leccia Stella Maculata Trachinotus Baillonii Smallspotted dart intotheblue.it ...

Yellow Jack - Carangoides bartholomaei

Yellow Jack (Carangoides bartholomaei), also known as coolihoo, is a species of marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. It is one of only two representatives of its genus present in the Atlantic Ocean, inhabiting waters off the east coast of the A...

Common Remora - Remora remora

Common Remora (Remora remora) is a pelagic marine fish belonging to family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup, creating a vacuum to allow it to attach to larger marine animals, such as whales, dolphins, sharks, ...

Fusilier Fishes - Caesionidae

Caesionidae (Fusilier Fishes) are a family of bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes, known as riflefishes. This family is endemic to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, in the tropical areas. They are also present in the Red Sea. They...

Lunar Fusilier - Caesio lunaris

Lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris) is a species of marine fish in the family Caesionidae. The lunar fusilier is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo/West Pacific area, including the Rea Sea. ...

Variable-lined fusilier - Caesio varilineata

The variable-lined fusilier, Caesio varilineata, or thin-lined fusilier, is a species of pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Caesio varilineata was first formally des...

Yellowback Fusilier - Caesio xanthonota

Yellowback Fusilier beloning to the family casionidae, is a small to medium-sized fish which grows to about 40 cm. The mouth is small and terminal and is protusible, being able to be extended forward to swallow food. The body is fusiform or spindle-shaped....

Live sharksucker - Echeneis naucrates

Live Sharksucker or Slender Sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates, is a species of marine fish in the family Echeneidae. The species is considered as circumtropical, as it occurs in all tropical and warm temperate waters around the world, except for the ea...

Mahi-mahi - Dorado - Coryphaena hippurus

Mahi-mahi, or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called Dorado (not to be confused with Salminus brasiliensis, ...

Sea bass - Dicentrarchus labrax

Dicentrarchus labrax, nota comunemente come spigola (nell'Italia peninsulare e insulare) o branzino (prevalentemente nell'Italia settentrionale) ...

Serranids - Serranidae

Serranidae is a family of marine bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes which includes 530 species of fish commonly known as Serranidi. ...

Atlantic goliath grouper - Epinephelus itajara

La cernia gigante atlantica (Epinephelus itajara Lichtenstein, 1822) è un grande pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia Serranidae.

Black Grouper - Epinephelus caninus

Black Grouper (Epinephelus caninus) is a sea fish belonging to the Serranidae family, rare in Italian seas. Cernia Nera Black Grouper Epinephelus caninus intotheblue.it ...

Bluespotted Grouper - Cephalopholis argus

Cephalopholis argus, also known as roi, Bluespotted Grouper, and celestial grouper, is a fish from the Indo-Pacific which is variously a commercial gamefish, an invasive species, and occasionally an aquarium resident. Its species name comes from its resemblance...

Comber fish - Serranus cabrilla

Comber fish (Serranus cabrilla Linnaeus, 1758) is a marine bony fish belonging to the Serranidae. family.Perchia Serranus cabrilla Comber fish intotheblue.it ...

Dusky grouper - Epinephelus marginatus

The dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus Lowe, 1834) is a fish belonging to the family Serranidae. Cernia Bruna Epinephelus marginatus Dusky Grouper Serranidae. Cernia Bruna Epinephelus marginatus Dusky Grouper Serranidae ...

Goldblotch grouper - Golden Grouper - Epinephelus costae

Goldblotch grouper - Golden Grouper - Epinephelus costae. It is an extremely wary species towards humans, therefore difficult to approach and photograph. ...

Greasy grouper - Epinephelus tauvina

Greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina), also known as the Arabian grouper, is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the Serranidae family. Greasy grouper Epinephelus tauvina Cernia Maculata intotheblue.it ...

Honeycomb grouper - Epinephelus merra

La Cernia a nido d'ape (Epinephelus merra), è una cernia della famiglia Serranidae. Ha una vasta distribuzione nell’Oceano Indiano e nell’Oceano Pacifico dove vive sia nelle scogliere costiere che al largo in acque poco profonde. Questa cernia è una de...

Marine goldfish - Anthias anthias

Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758), is a marine bony fish belonging to the family Serranidae. Anthias anthias castagnola rossa famiglia Serranidae family. ...

Nassau grouper - Epinephelus striatus

Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) or striped grouper is one of several perciform fishes in the Serranidae family, commonly referred to as groupers. It is the most important grouper for commercial fisheries in the West Indies, but has been endangered...

Painted comber - Serranus scriba

Painted comber (Serranus scriba) is a subtropical marine fish, classified in family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. Confusingly, a synonym of this species is Per...

Specklefin grouper from Maldives - Epinephelus ongus

Epinephelus ongus, the white-streaked grouper, specklefin grouper, lace-finned rock-cod, specklefin rockcod, wavy-lined tock-cod, white-speckled grouper or white-spotted rock-cod, is a grouper from the subfamily Epenephelinae which is part of the fam...

Yellow-edged Lyretail - Variola louti

Yellow-edged Lyretail Variola louti or Lyretail Grouper (Forsskàl, 1175) is a sea fish belonging to the Actinopterygii class, to the Perciformes order, to the Serranidae family ...

Snappers - Lutjanidae

Snappers are a family of perciform fish, Lutjanidae, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. ...

One-spot snapper - Lutjanus monostigma

One-spot snapper, Lutjanus monostigma, is a species of snappers belonging Actinopterygii class, order Perciformes, Lutjanidae family. Lutjanus monostigma can reach a maximum length of 60 centimetres in males, with a common length of ...

Schoolmaster Snapper - Lutjanus apodus

Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) is a colorful, subtropical fish found over coral reef areas along the coasts of Florida, the Bahamas and the Carribean, though it can range northward along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Adults are 30–35 cm lon...

Snapper - Lutjanus gibbus

Lutjanus gibbus is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean, from the coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific Ocean. Humpback red snapper Lutjanus gibbus intotheblue.it ...

Sparids - Sparidae

The Sparidae family includes 125 species of saltwater fish belonging to the order Perciformes. ...

Black seabream - Spondyliosoma cantharus

Black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a sea fish of the Sparidae family.. ...

Boga - Boops boops

Boops boops commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, ...

Gilt-head bream - Sparus aurata

Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758) is a sea bass fish and brackish waters, belonging to the Sparidae family. The name comes from the characteristic gold strip that the fish shows in the eyes.. ...

Picarel - Spicara smaris

Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as zerro, is a marine bony fish of the Centracanthidae family. ...

Saddled seabream - Oblada melanura

L' Occhiata (Oblada melanura Linnaeus, 1758) è un pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia degli Sparidi. È l'unica specie del genere Oblada. ...

Salema - Sarpa salpa

Salema, Sarpa Salpa (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as a sail, is a marine bony fish belonging to the family Sparidae. It is the only species of the genus Sarpa. ...

Sand steenbras or striped seabream - Lithognathus Mormoryus

Sand steenbras or striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus) is a species of marine fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from France to South Africa. It also occurs in the R...

Sargo or White seabream - Diplodus sargus

Il Sarago (Diplodus) è un genere di pesci ossei marini appartenente alla famiglia Sparidae, comunemente noti come saraghi. ...

Annular sea bream - Diplodus annularis

Si tratta del Sarago più piccolo presente nei nostri mari e forse non a caso il suo habitat ideale è la prateria di Posidonia oceanica dove questa specie trova rifugio dai predatori e cibo. Con le bombole è stato quasi impossibile avvicinarsi ...

Greater bream - Diplodus sargus sargus

Greater bream, Diplodus sargus or Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a sea fish belonging to the Sparidae family. ...

Sargo Picudo - Diplodus puntazzo

Sargo Picudo, Diplodus puntazzo, a fish belonging to the genus of Sea Breams (Diplodus) of the Sparidae family. ...

Two-banded sea bream - Diplodus vulgaris

Diplodus vulgaris belongs to the class Osteichthyes, subclass Actinopterygii, order Peciformes, suborder Pecoidei, family Sparidae. Sarago fasciato testanera two-banded sea bream Diplodus vulgaris intotheblue.it. ...

Zebra sea bream - Diplodus cervinus

Finding Diplodus cervinus, Zebra sea bream, in the lower Ligurian Sea (or upper Tyrrhenian Sea) is a rather rare event and I would say very unusual, almost exceptional. ...

Spotted seabass - Dicentrarchus punctatus

Spotted Seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus), is a marine and brackish water fish, belonging to the Moronidae family, belonging to the Moronidae family, very similar to the more famous European sea bass or Sea bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) ...

Pomacentrids - Pomacentridae

Pomacentrids (Pomacentridae) are a family of over 300 species of marine bony fish of the order Perciformes, known as damsel or damselfish. Pomacentridi Pomacentridae intotheblue.it ...

Clark's Anemonefish - Amphiprion clarkii

Amphiprion clarkii, known commonly as Clark's anemonefish and yellowtail clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, ...

Damselfish - Chromis chromis

Chromis chromis, commonly known as Damselfish, is a saltwater fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, of which he is the sole representative in the Mediterranean. Chromis chromis Castagnola Nera Damselfish Pomacentridae, ...

Indian Damsel fish - Pomacentrus indicus

Indian Damsel fish lives in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific from the surface to a depth of 15 meters. These fish live in groups that can even be numerous; they lead a mainly diurnal life and are quite easy to approach by snorkeling. They are territorial...

Maldive anemonefish - Amphiprion nigripes

Maldive Anemonefish or Blackfinned Anemonefish, (Amphiprion nigripes), is a marinefish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes. The Maldive anemonefish is a small fish which grows up to 11 cm as a female and...

Scissortail Sergeant - Abudefduf sexfasciatus

Scissortail Sergeant or Striptailed Damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) is a large damselfish. It earns its name from the black-striped tail and sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant, being similar to those of the sergent ma...

Three-point Damselfly - Dascyllus trimaculatus

Damigella fish Dascyllus trimaculatus, also known as the Three-point Damselfly, is a tropical species that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives and from southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef of the...

Whitetail dascyllus - Dascyllus aruanus

Dascyllus aruanus, known commonly as the Whitetail dascyllus or Humbug damselfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae. Whitetail dascyllus is up to 10 centimetres in length but its common size is 6 cen...

Sphyraena - Sphyraenidae

The Sphyraenidae family includes 26 species of carnivorous fish united in the single genus Sphyraena, commonly known as Barracuda and belonging to the order Perciformes. ...

European barracuda - Sphyraena sphyraena

European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena is very similar to the yellow-mouthed barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, Sphyraena viridensis, but does not have the blue streaks on the sides, it feeds on sardines, anchovies and silversides. It is much smaller...

Great barracuda - Sphyraena barracuda

The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), also known as the giant barracuda, is a common species of barracuda: large, predatory ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world. Grande Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda Sphyraenidae intotheblue.it ......

Yellowmouth barracuda - Sphyraena viridensis

Sphyraena viridensis, the yellowmouth barracuda or yellow barracuda is a predatory ray finned fish from the family Sphyraenidae, the barracudas, which is found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is often conf...

Spotted weever - Trachinus araneus

Spotted weever, Trachinus araneus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family, which includes 9 species of saltwater fish commonly known as spotted or spiderfish, belonging to the Perciformes order. Tracina Ragno Trachinus araneus Spotted weever intotheblue.it...

Striped Large-eye Bream - Gnathodentex aureolineatus

Striped Large-eye Bream, Gnathodentex aureolineatus, is present in tropical and sub tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to the Pacific Ocean's islands, It is not found in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf. The goldspot...

Wrasses - Labridae

Family Labridae Cuvier, 1816 includes 520 species of marine bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes. Labridi Labridae Wrasses Perciformes intotheblue.it ...

Blackeye Thicklip - Hemigymnus melapterus

Blackeye Thicklip wrasse or half-and-half wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family. It is native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The Half-and-half wrasse is a medium-sized fish that can reach a maximum le...

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse - Labroides dimidiatus

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse - Labroides dimidiatus - represents a particular form of mutualistic symbiosis, quite widespread in the marine aquatic environment, in this case between a Labroides dimidiatus cleaner fish and a Titan Triggerfish. The cleaning...

Brown wrasse - Labrus merula

Brown wrasse (Labrus merula) is a species of wrasse native to the Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Morocco, including the Azores, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. This species can reach 45 cm (18 in) in standard length, though most do not exceed m...

Checkerboard Wrasse - Halichoeres hortulanus

Il Tordo Scacchiera o Labro a Scacchiera (Halichoeres hortulanus - Checkerboard wrasse) è un pesce appartenente alla famiglia del Labridi. È originario dell'area compresa tra l'Oceano Indiano e l’Oceano Pacifico centrale. Il Tordo Scacchiera o Labro...

Clown coris - Coris aygula

The clown coris (Coris aygula) is a species of wrass native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Actinopterygii class, to the order Perciformes, Labridae family.This species can reach a total length of 70-120 cm ...

Cuckoo Wrasse - Labrus mixtus

The Cuckoo Wrasse, Labrus mixtus, belongs to the Osteichthyes class, subclass Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei, family Labridae. Tordo Fischietto Labrus mixtus labridae intotheblue.it ...

Five-spotted wrasse - Symphodus roissali

Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810), commonly known as Five-spotted wrasse, is a marine bony fish belonging to the Labridae family. ...

Green Wrasse - Labrus viridis

Labrus viridis (the green wrasse) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Morocco ...

Humphead wrasse - Cheilinus undulatus

Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, Napoleonfish, The humphead wrasse is the largest living member...

Ornate Wrasse - Thalassoma pavo

Thalassoma pavo Linnaeus, 1758, also known by the common name Ornate Wrasse, is a salt water fish belonging to the Labridae family. ...

Parrotfishes - Scaridae

Parrotfishes are a group of marine species found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. With about 95 species, this group displays its largest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. ...

Blue-barred parrotfish - Scarus ghobban

Blue-barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, also known as the Blue trim parrotfish, Cream parrotfish, Globe-headed parrotfish, Green blotched parrotfish, Yellow scale parrotfish, and Bluechin parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the fami...

Dusky parrotfish - Scarus niger

Dusky parrotfish, Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10...

Five-saddle parrotfish - Scarus scaber

Five-saddle parrotfish, Scarus scaber female, or dusky-capped parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish; a parrotfish in the family Scaridae. It is native to Indian Ocean. This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight. ...

Mediterranean Parrotfish - Sparisoma cretense

Mediterranean Parrotfish - Sparisoma cretense - finds its ideal habitat among the cliffs of the island of Pantelleria in the Sicilian waters. In this stretch of sea it is easy to meet Parrotfish because the climatic conditions of the sea make it their...

Rusty Parrotfish - Scarus ferrugineus

Rusty Parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish belonging to the family Scaridae. It is associated with reefs in the north western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This reef-associated species can be found on coral ...

Rainbow Wrasse - Coris Julis

Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as Rainbow Wrasse, is a fish belonging to the Labridae family. ...

Red-breasted wrasse - Cheilinus fasciatus

Tordo a Gola Rossa (Cheilinus fasciatus) è un pesce marino appartenente alla classe Actinopterygii, all’Ordine Labriformes, famiglia Labridae. Vive nelle lagune e nelle barriere coralline dell’Oceano Atlantico dell’Oceano Indiano e del Mar Rosso; ......

Slingjaw wrasse - Epibulus insidiator

Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) is a species of wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean where it occurs around coral reefs. This species is of minor importance to local commercial ...

Porcupinefish - Diodon hystrix

Porcupinefish are fish belonging to the family Diodontidae (order Tetraodontiformes), also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish ...

Black-blotched porcupinefish - Diodon liturosus

The black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus), also known as Shortspine porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific on coral and rocky reefs and in inshore waters. ......

Long-spine Porcupinefish - Diodon holocanthus

Il Pesce Istrice, Diodon holocanthus, comunemente conosciuto anche come pesce porcospino, è un pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia Diodontidae. Questa specie è diffusa nella fascia tropicale di tutti gli oceani lungo le barriere coralline. Ne...

Red Squirrelfish - Sargocentron rubrum

Red Squirrelfish (Sargocentron rubrum) is a tropical fish present in all tropical seas and in particular in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. This fish, as indeed for other tropical species, is now present in the Mediterranean sea, we owe it to ...

Rombo di rena - Bothus podas

Il rombo di rena (Bothus podas Delaroche, 1809) è un pesce di mare della famiglia Bothidae. Rombo di rena Bothus podas Bothidae. intotheblue.it ...

Sabre squirrelfish - Sargocentron spiniferum

Sabre squirrelfish, Sargocentron spiniferum, common name giant squirrelfish and spiny squirrelfish, is a large Indo-Pacific species of squirrelfish belonging to the family Holocentridae. It is a species linked to the coral reef environment where it o...

Scorpaenidae

Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfish, are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As the name suggests, scorpionfish ...

Bearded scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis barbata

Bearded scorpionfishes - Scorpaenopsis barbata - are found in the western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the coasts of Madagascar and South Africa ...

Black Redfish - Scorpaena Porcus

Scorpaena porcus, commonly known as black or brown Redfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae. Scorfano Nero Scorpaena Porcus Scorpaenidae Redfish black brown. ...

Flying Gurnard - Dactylopterus volitans

Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans Linnaeus, 1758), also known as owl fish, is a seawater fish belonging to the Dactylopteridae family. ...

Red Scorpion fish - Scorpaena scrofa

Scorpion fish (Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) is a family of fish Scorpaenidae. Scorfano Rosso Scorpaena scrofa Scorpaenidae Red Scorpion fish ...

Reef Stonefish - Synanceia verrucosa

Synanceia verrucosa is a fish species known as the reef stonefish. It is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines. It lives on reef bottoms camouflaged as a rock. ...

Scorpion fish or Lionfish - Pterois volitans

The scorpion fish or lionfish or Scorpion flying (Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)) is a saltwater fish of the Scorpaenidae family. ...

Scribbled filefish - Aluterus scriptus

Scribbled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as Scrawled filefish, Broomtail filefish or Scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. This species has a circumtropical repartition, it can be found in the tro...

Silver moonyfish - Monodactylus argenteus

Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish, or silver moony, butter bream, and diamondfish. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, including the...

Striped Eel Catfish - Plotosus lineatus

Il Pesce Gatto dei Coralli, Plotosus lineatus, è uno dei pochissimi membri dell’ordine Siluriformes completamente adattato alla vita nelle acque marine. È diffuso nelle regioni tropicali degli oceani Pacifico e Indiano dal Madagascar e le coste dell'Africa ori...

Sweeper fish - Pempheris oualensis

Il Pesce Spazzino, Pempheris oualensis (Sweeper fish), è un pesce osseo marino appartenenti alla famiglia Pempheridae e all’ordine Perciformes. La famiglia contiene circa 26 specie suddivise in due generi. La specie Pempheris xanthoptera è l'obiettivo della ...

Tetraodontidae

I tetraodontidi (Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831) sono una famiglia di pesci ossei d'acqua dolce e salata, appartenenti all'ordine Tetraodontiformes, conosciuti comunemente come pesci palla. ...

Guineafowl puffer - Arothron meleagris

Arothron meleagris, commonly known as the Guineafowl puffer or golden puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific, and Eastern Pacific. It is occasionally harvested for the aquarium trade. It reaches 50 cm in length. Guineafowl puffers have heavy r...

Map puffer - Arothron mappa

The Map puffer (Arothron mappa), also known as the Map pufferfish, Scribbled pufferfish, or Kesho-fugu, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The map puffer is typically found in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indi...

Masked puffer - Arothron diadematus

Il Pesce Palla Mascherato (Arothron diadematus) è un pesce appartenente alla classe Actinopterygii, all’ordine Tetraodontiformes, al genere Arothron della famiglia Tetraodontidae. ...

Starry Toadfish - Arothron stellatus

Starry Toadfish, Arothron stellatus, also known as the stellate puffer, starry puffer or starry pufferfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. Arothron stellatus is a v...

Thicklip grey mullet - Chelon labrosus

Chelon labrosus Cefalo bosega o Labbrone. Il cefalo o Bosega (Chelon labrosus Risso, 1827), conosciuto comunemente come cefalo bosega, è un pesce della famiglia Mugilidae. ...

Thumbprint Emperor - Lethrinus harak

Pesce Imperatore dalla macchia nera, (Lethrinus harak - Thumbprint emperor), o Pesce Imperatore dalle macchie nere, è una specie di pesce marino con pinne raggiate appartenente alla famiglia Lethrinidae. Questa specie vive nell’Oceano Indiano e nell’Oceano Paci...

Triggerfish - Balistidae

The Balistidae family includes 42 species of saltwater fish commonly known as Triggerfish, belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes. ...

Blackbelly Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus verrucosus

Blackbelly Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus) is a ray-finned fish in the family Balistidae found in the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It is sometimes known as the blackpatch triggerfish. The blackbelly triggerfish ...

Clown Triggerfish - Balistoides conspicillum

Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), also known as the bigspotted triggerfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish. The clown triggerfish is a fish which grows up to 50 cm. ...

Indian Triggerfish - Melichthys indicus

The Indian Triggerfish (Melichthys indicus), also known as the black-finned Triggerfish, has a brown body and black fins with white lines at the base of the dossal and anal fins. It is found across the Indian Ocean. They can grow up to 25 cm. long. The...

Orange-lined Triggerfish - Balistapus undulatus

Il Pesce Balestra striato (Balistapus undulatus) è un pesce balestra demersale. Sebbene Balistapus sia un genere monotipico, è strettamente imparentato con il genere Balistoides. Il Pesce Balestra striato ha un corpo che va dal colore marrone scuro al v...

Picasso triggerfish - Rhinecanthus aculeatus

The Lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar Triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish, or the Picassofish, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. This species has been studied in a...

Titan triggerfish - Balistoides viridescens

Pesce balestra titano (Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) è un pesce appartenente alla famiglia Balistidae. ...

Trumpetfishes - Aulostomidae

Trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubular-elongated marine fishes in the genus Aulostomus, of the monogeneric family Aulostomidae. The trumpetfishes are members of the order Syngnathiformes, together with the seahorses ...

Chinese Trumpetfish - Aulostomus chinensis

Chinese Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the Aulostomidae family. Aulostomus chinensis is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 80 cm in length. Its body is elongated and compressed laterally, with a long, tubular ...

Trumpetfishes - Aulostomidae

The trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubular-elongated marine fishes in the genus Aulostomus, of the monogeneric family Aulostomidae. The trumpetfishes are members of the order Syngnathiformes, together with the seahorses and the si...

Vermiculated Angelfish - Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus

Il Pesce Angelo vermicolato, Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus, o Pesce Angelo Arabesco, è una specie di pesce marino con pinne raggiate, un pesce angelo appartenente alla famiglia Pomacanthidae. Questo pesce lo troviamo facilmente nella regione dell’Indo-Pacifico oc...

White-edge soldierfish - Myripristis murdjan

White-edge soldierfish, Myripristis murdjan, is a species of soldierfish found in the Indo-Pacific. It is found at depths of 3–40 metres and inhabits sheltered coastal and offshore coral reefs, typically in turbid areas of bays or lagoons. During the...

Bonellia viridis

Bonellia (Bonellia viridis Rolando, 1821) is a marine invertebrate of the Bonellidi family that lives, among other things, in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean. ...

Bryozoans - Bryozoa

Bryozoa phylum (Briozoi) or more correctly Ectoprocta is made up of small aquatic invertebrates, almost exclusively marine, living in arborescending columbians anchored to a submerged substratum ...

False Coral - Myriapora truncata

Myriapora truncata is a briozoan, also known as false coral due to its resemblance to red coral corallo rosso (Corallium rubrum). ...

Trine of the sea - Reteporella grimaldii

Reteporella grimaldii, commonly known as the trine of the sea, is a briozoo of the Reteporidae family. Reteporella grimaldii trina di mare briozoo Reteporidae intotheblue.it ...

Cartilaginous Fishes - Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes, or even cartilaginous fishes, are a class of fish that includes over 1100 different species and to which belong sharks and rays ...

Blacktip reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus

The Blacktip reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, which can be easily identified by the prominent black tips on its fins (especially on the first dorsal fin and its caudal fin). Among the m...

Dasiatids - Dasyatidae

Dasyatidae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1879) are a family of cartilaginous fishes of the order Myliobatiformes, class Chondrichthyes, subclass Elasmobranchii, which includes saltwater and freshwater species commonly known as stingrays. Dasiatidi Dasyatidae pesci...

Black Spotted Stingray - Taeniura meyeni

The black Spotted Stingray (Taeniura meyeni) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found throughout the nearshore waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific ...

Bluespotted ribbontail ray - Taeniura lymma

The bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Found from the intertidal zone to a depth of 30 m (100 ft), ...

Common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca

The stingray, a breed belonging to the family Dasyatidae, Class Chondrichthyes, is widespread in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean ...

Pelagic stingray - Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Pelagic stingray, Purple trigon (Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)), is a fish of the family Dasyatidae, the only species of the genus Pteroplatytrygon. ...

Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrnidae

Sphyrnidae is a family of large cartilaginous marine water fish belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. They are commonly known as hammerhead sharks. ...

Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum

Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)) is part of the family of Sharks, and is the only member of its kind (Ginglymostoma). It can reach 4.3 meters in length ...

Sandbar shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus

Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. ...

Silvertip shark - Carcharhinus albimarginatus

Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) is a large species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, with a fragmented distribution throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is often encountered around offshore islands and coral ...

Spotted eagle ray - Aetobatus narinari

The Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) is a cartilagionus fish of the eagle ray family, Myliobatidae. As traditionally recognized, it is found globally in tropical regions, including the Atlantic, pacific and Indian Oceans. Spotted eagle rays are ...

Tawny nurse shark - Nebrius ferrugineus

Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) is a species of carpet shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, and the only extant member of the genus Nebrius. ...

Tiger shark - Galeocerdo cuvier

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of requiem shark and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo. It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over 5 m. Populations are found in many tropical and temperate waters ...

Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus

Lo Squalo Balena (Rhincodon typus), unica specie del genere Rhincodon e della famiglia Rhincodontidae, è il più grande pesce esistente. Questo squalo si muove lentamente e si nutre filtrando. L'individuo più grande confermato aveva una lunghezza di 18...

Whitetip reef shark - Triaenodon obesus

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. ...

Cnidarians - coelenterates

Cnidarians, or coelenterates, are a phylum of animals radially symmetrical, diblasteri and water. Cnidari Celenterati Cnidarians coelenterates celenteron ...

Acropora robusta

Acropora robusta coral is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and central Pacific O...

Black Turret coral - Tubastraea micranthus

Black Turret coral, Tubastraea micranthus, also known as sun coral or sun polyps, is a genus of coral in the phylum Cnidaria. It is a cup coral in the Dendrophylliidae family. Sun corals belong to a group of corals known as large-polyp stony corals. ......

Christmas tree hydroid - Pennaria disticha

Pennaria disticha, also known as the Christmas tree hydroid, is a species of athecate hydroid in the family Pennariidae. Colonies are common in the Mediterranean Sea growing on rocks close to the surface. This species has been used in research into prey ...

Colonial Stony Coral - Dipsastraea speciosa

Dipsastraea speciosa (previously called Favia speciosa) is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It is found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Dipsastraea speciosa has rounded to very elongated corallites, wi...

Coral loaf - Cladocora caespitosa

Cladocora caespitosa, commonly known as Coral loaf or "cushion coral", is a stony coral of the subclass Hexacorallia, phylum Cnidarian. This species forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Dendronephthya hemprichi

Dendronephthya hemprichi è un corallo molle comune che troviamo dal Mar Rosso al Pacifico Occidentale. Di solito è rosa o arancione con tronco trasparente e cresce fino a 70 cm. Questa particolare specie del Dendronephthya ...

False black coral - Savalia savaglia

Savalia savaglia is a colonial antozoo whose appearance resembles that of the common sea fans, but the polyps that constitute it differ greatly from those of the latter is for the structure to the size. Savalia savaglia falso corallo nero antozoo coloniale...

Flowerpot coral - Goniopora lobata

Il Corallo Margherita, Goniopora lobata, spesso chiamato Corallo a vaso di fiori, è un genere di corallo pietroso coloniale che si trova nelle lagune e in condizioni di acqua torbida. Goniopora ha numerosi polipi simili a margherite che si estendono ...

Jellyfish

The jellyfish is a planktonic animal, marine prevalence, belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, which together with the Ctenophores formed what were once Coelenterates. ...

Aequorea forskalea

Aequorea forskalea (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) è una medusa della famiglia Aequoreidae. Aequorea forskalea medusa della famiglia Aequoreidae ...

Australian spotted jellyfish - Phyllorhiza punctata

This young punctate jellyfish missing its tentacles is an Australian spotted jellyfish - Phyllorhiza punctata. Surely the tentacles have been eaten by natural predators. The presence of this jellyfish in the southern Mediterranean is more and more frequented ...

Barrel Jellyfish - Rhizostoma pulmo

Il polmone di mare (Rhizostoma pulmo Macri, 1778) è una scifomedusa della famiglia delle Rhizostomatidae. Polmone di mare Rhizostoma pulmo scifomedusa intotheblue.it ...

Cigar jellyfish - Olindias phosphorica

Olindias phosphorica is a species of jellyfish originating from the central Atlantic, and from the Mediterranean Sea, including Malta. Olindias phosphorica Medusa Cigar jellyfish intotheblue.it ...

Mediterranean Cassiopeia or Fried Egg jellyfish - Cotylorhiza tuberculata

The Mediterranean Cassiopeia or Fried Egg jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata Macri, 1778) is one of scifomedusa cepheidae family, common in the Mediterranean Sea. Cassiopea mediterranea Cotylorhiza tuberculata scifomedusa Cepheidae ...

Purple jellyfish - Pelagia noctiluca

Pelagia noctiluca, conosciuta comunemente come medusa luminosa, è una medusa della famiglia Pelagiidae. Pelagia noctiluca medusa luminosa famiglia Pelagiidae ...

Sea raft - Velella velella

Velella è un genere monospecifico di idrozoi della famiglia Porpitidae. La sua unica specie conosciuta è la Velella velella, un idrozoo galleggiante che galleggia sulla superficie dell'oceano aperto. ...

Leptogorgia gorgonian - Leptogorgia sarmentosa

Leptogorgia belongs to the philum of the Cnidarians, to the class of Anthozoans, to the subclass of the Octocorals and to the order of the Gorgonians. ...

Lobactis scutaria

Lobactis è un genere di corallo a piastre o corallo fungo della famiglia Fungiidae. Il genere è monotipico con un'unica specie: Lobactis scutaria , che si trova nella dell’Indo-Pacifico. E’ un corallo solitario, non coloniale, che vive libero e non at...

Madreporaria - Scleractinia

La Scleractinia, chiamata anche corallo sassoso o corallo duro, è un animale marino nel Cnyidaria che si costruisce uno scheletro duro. I singoli animali sono noti come polipi ...

Pulsanting Xenid - Heteroxenia fuscescens

Pulsating xenid (Heteroxenia fuscescens) is a species of soft coral in the family Xeniidae. The species was first described in 1834 by Christian Gotifried Ehrenberg as Xenia fuscescens. The polyps of Heteroxenia fuscescens grow to form large clumping colon...

Red coral or precious coral - Corallium Rubrum

Red coral, precious coral (Linnaeus, 1758), is a octocorallo of Coralliidae family, common in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic. Corallo Rosso Red Coral Corallium Rubrum Cnidari Cnidarians ...

Red gorgonian - Paramuricea clavata

Paramuricea clavata, the violescent sea-whip, is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Plexauridae. It is found in shallow seas of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the north-western Mediterranean Sea as well as Ionian Sea. ...

Sarcophyton ehrenbergi

Sarcophyton ehrenbergi, Marenzeller 1886, è un ottocorallo della famiglia Alcyoniidae. La famiglia comprende ottocoralli coloniali, con colonie di forma arborescente o lobulata, in cui i polipi sono immersi in un robusto cenenchima di consistenza si...

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum, Marenzeller 1886, è un ottocorallo della famiglia Alcyoniidae. La famiglia comprende ottocoralli coloniali, con colonie di forma arborescente o lobulata, in cui i polipi sono immersi in un robusto cenenchima di consistenza s...

Scarlet coral - Balanophyllia Europea

La Balanophyllia europea, conosciuta comunemente come madrepora solitaria, è una madrepora della famiglia Dendrophylliidae. Madrepora Solitaria Balanophyllia europea intotheblue.it ...

Sea anemone - Actinaria

Sea anemones are a group of marine, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. They are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant, because of the colourful appearance ...

Anemone - Anemonia sulcata

Anemonia sulcata (Pennant, 1777), known as Venus's hair, is a celenterate antozoo of the family Actiniidae. Anemone Anemonia sulcata Celenterato antozoo cnidari cnidarians ...

Beadlet anemone - Actinia Equina

Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758) comunemente nota come pomodoro di mare, è un cnidario antozoo della famiglia Actiniidae, che abita la zona intertidale, fino a pochi metri di profondità. ...

Cylindrical anemone - Cerianthus Membranaceus

Cerianthus membranaceus, the cylindrical anemone or colored tubular anemone, is a species of large, tubiform anemone of the Cerianthidae family. It originates from the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Cerianthus...

Fat anemone - Cribrinopsis crassa

L' Anemone grosso, Cribrinopsis crassa (Andrès, 1881) è un anemone di mare della famiglia Actiniidae, endemico del mar Mediterraneo. Cribrinopsis crassa Fat anemone Anemone grosso Actiniaria intotheblue.it ...

Golden anemone - Condylactis aurantiaca

This anemone, Golden anemone or in a bad translation the sand actinia or sand anemone, is a species of anemone rather widespread in the Mediterranean Sea but difficult to meet since it populates almost exclusively sandy and gnarly or muddy bottoms. ....

Hermit Crab Anemone - Calliactis parasitica

Calliactis parasitica is a species of sea anemone associated with hermit crabs. It lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths between the intertidal zone and 60 m (200 ft). It is up to 10 cm × 8 cm (3.9 in × 3.1 in) large, w...

Magnificent sea anemone - Heteractis magnifica

Heteractis magnifica, also known by the common names magnificent sea anemone or Ritteri anemone, is a species of sea anemone belonging to the Stichodactylidae family native to the Indo-Pacific area. ...

Trumpet anemone - Aiptasia mutabilis

Trumpet anemone (Aiptasia mutabilis Gravenhorst, 1831) is an antozoo belonging to the Aiptasiidae phylum cnidarians in the Mediterranean Sea ...

Sea pen - Pennatula phosphorea

Pennatula phosphorea is a octocoral in the family Pennatulidae. Pennatula is a genus of sea pens in the family Pennatulidae. The genus contains several bioluminescent species, including Pennatula rubra, Pennatula phosphorea and Pennatula aculeata. Sea pe...

Sea Whip coral - Subergorgia hiksoni

Gorgonia a Ventaglio gigante - Sea Whip coral - Subergorgia hiksoni - intotheblue.it - Gorgonia Ventaglio gigante Subergorgia hiksoni intotheblue.it ...

Staghorn coral - Acropora cervicornis

Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) is a branching, stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. ...

Table Coral - Acropora pulchra

Acropora pulchra, is a species of coral belonging to the Acroporidae family . It lives in shallow waters in the coral reefs of the Western Indo-Pacific Ocean. ...

Venus fan - Gorgonia Flabellum

Gorgonia flabellum, also known as the Venus fan, Venus sea fan, common sea fan, West Indian sea fan, and purple gorgonian seafan, is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral. ...

White gorgonian - Eunicella singularis

White gorgonian Eunicella singularis, is a gorgonian typical of the Mediterranean Sea, grows on rocky, muddy and detrital bottoms and often colonizes bottoms that have undergone stress caused by the change in water temperatures or damage caused by trawling,...

White Gorgonian - Eunicella verrucosa

Eunicella verrucosa, Gorgonia Bianca, ampia gorgonia, gorgonia rosa o gorgonia verrucosa, è una specie di "corallo molle" coloniale gorgoniano della famiglia Gorgoniidae, phylum Cnidari. ...

White sea pen White Pennatula - Pteroeides spinosum

In this post we talk about "White Sea Pen" White Pennatula Pteroeides spinosum, a rare soft coral of the Mediterranean Sea that belongs to the philum of the Cnidarians, to the class of Anthozoans, to the subclass of the Octocorals and to the order of...

Yellow cluster anemone - Parazoanthus axinellae

Yellow cluster anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae Schmidt, 1862) is a zoanthid coral found on the southern Atlantic coasts of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Yellow gorgonian or Yellow sea whip - Eunicella Cavolinii

Eunicella cavolini, commonly known as the yellow gorgonian or yellow sea whip, is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and most of the Mediterranean Sea, where it is a common ...

Yellow scroll Coral - Turbinaria reniformis

Yellow scroll Coral, Turbinaria reniformis, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being “vulnerable” due ...

Crustaceans - Crustacea

Crustaceans (Crustacea Brünnich, 1772) are a subphylum of arthropods which includes mainly marine aquatic animals, although they are also widely present in freshwater and is known some terrestrial species. ...

Astice Europeo - Homarus gammarus

L’astice europeo, Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758), conosciuto anche come lupicante, è un crostaceo decapodo appartenente alla famiglia Nephropidae. ...

Barnacles - Thoracica

Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus. They have six well-developed limbs, and may be either stalked or sessile. ....

Blue king crab or blue crab - Callinectes sapidus

This alien species has colonized the Mediterranean for at least fifty years but has spread by invading the coasts in recent years perhaps precisely because of the now inevitable warming of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Blue Spiny Lobster - Panulirus versicolor

Panulirus versicolor is a species of spiny lobster that lives in tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Other names include painted rock lobster, common rock lobster, bamboo lobster, blue lobster, and blue spiny lobster. ...

Common prawn - Palaemon serratus

Palaemon serratus is a decapod crustacean of the Palaemonidae family. Its vulgar name is greater shrimp, and it is one of the shrimp species that we find in the Mediterranean sea in tide pools and in the intertidal zone, ...

Galathea - Galatheidae

Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 is a family of decapod crustaceans belonging to the superfamily Galatheoidea. Distribution and habitat They are exclusively marine, widespread in all oceans and generally benthic; they live both near the surface and in deep...

Granchio zampe gialle - Percnon gibbesi

Si chiama Percnon gibbesi. E’ un crostaceo “alieno” avvistato nel Mediterraneo. Non avendo un nome comune lo abbiamo chiamato Granchio dalle zampe gialle. ...

Hermit Crabs - Pagurus

Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae Paguro Pagurus Paguridi hermit crabs intotheblue.it ...

Hermit crab - Pagurus bernhardus

Hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758) is a decapod crustacean belonging to the Paguridae family. He is more commonly called the hermit. Paguro bernardo Pagurus bernhardus intotheblue.it ...

St Piran's crab - Clibanarius erythropus

Clibanarius erythropus è una specie di granchio eremita che vive in pozze e in acque sublitoranee. Si trova nel Mar Mediterraneo, nel Mar Nero e nell’Oceano Atlantico orientale dalle Azzorre alla Bretagna , nelle Isole del Canale della Manica ...

Marbled rock crab - Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab, which lives in the Black Sea, the Meditarranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Rockpool shrimp - Palaemon elegans

Palaemon elegans sometimes known by the common name rockpool shrimp, is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. Gamberetto di porto Palaemon elegans Rockpool shrimp intotheblue.it ...

Sea Flea - Nerocilia bivittata

The Sea Flea (Nerocilia bivittata) belongs to the arthropod Philum, the crustacean Subphilum, the Malacostracei class and the order of the isopods. The segmented body is covered by a hard-to-protect exoskeleton. ...

Slipper lobster - Scyllarus arctus

Mediterranean Slipper lobster (Scyllarus arctus Linnaeus, 1758), also known as the sea cicada or batti batti, is a decapod crustacean of the Scyllaridae family. It should not be confused with Squilla mantis, also sometimes called "sea cicada" ...

Spider crab - Maja squinado

European spider crab, Maja squinado (spiny spider crab, or spinous spider crab). This crustacean of the Majidae family was very common about thirty years ago, and specimens like the one we see in the video were very easy to find in the intertidal tidal...

Spiny lobster - Palinurus elephas

L' Aragosta mediterranea (Palinurus elephas Fabricius, 1787) è un crostaceo dell'ordine Decapoda che vive nei fondali del mar Mediterraneo e dell'oceano Atlantico orientale ...

Warty crab - Eriphia verrucosa

Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775), conosciuto comunemente come granchio favollo, granchio fellone o foulo è un crostaceo decapode della famiglia Eriphiidae. ...

Ctenophores - Ctenophora

The phylum Ctenophora (from the Greek: ktenos, "comb" and phoros, "which bears"), or Ctenophores, is made up of about 100 species of marine animals, mainly predators or planktonic filterers, with a transparent body ...

Common northern comb jelly - Bolinopsis infundibulum

Bolinopsis infundibulum is a species of tentacled ctenophore, first described in 1776 by the naturalist Otto Friedrich Müller. ...

Glass ctenophore - Bolinopsis vitrea

The glass ctenophore belongs precisely to the philum of the Ctenophores which groups transparent and gelatinous organisms, typically pelagic, whose body is crossed by ribs along which we notice a series of vibrating eyelashes. ...

Sea Walnut - Mnemiopsis leidyi

The sea walnut or warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis A. Agassiz, 1865) is one ctenophore Bolinopsidae belonging to the family. To the genus Mnemiopsis Agassiz, 1860 belong to two species: ...

Veil Ctenophore - Leucothea multicornis

Leucothea multicornis,is also known as the Veil Ctenophore. However, it must also be said that it is extremely difficult to distinguish this Ctenophore from Bolinopsis vitrea and Bolinopsis infundibulum. ctenoforo con i veli ....

Venus girdle - Cestus veneris

La cintura di Venere o cinto di Venere (Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813) è una specie appartenente al phylum Ctenophora, unica specie del genere Cestum. cintura cinto di Venere Cestum veneris intotheblue.it Cestus veneris Venus girdle Cinto di venere intotheblue.it ...

Echinoderms

Gli echinodermi sono un phylum di deuterostomi marini. Il nome deriva dal fatto che essi spesso sono ricoperti da piastre calcaree. L'origine del phylum risale al Cambriano inferiore, ...

Blue Sea Star - Linckia laevigata

La Stella Marina Blu, Linckia laevigata, è una stella marina della famiglia Ophidiasteridae. Corpo di colore blu, generalmente uniforme, scuro o chiaro, anche se si può trovare la variante viola, arancione, grigia o rosa. Alcune di esse possono eventualmente r...

Blue spiny starfish - Coscinasterias tenuispina

Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Coscinasterias tenuispina has from 6 to...

Blunt Arm Sea Star - Pentaster obtusatus

Tle Blunt Arm Sea Star, Pentaster obtusatus, is a starfish belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Asteroidea, family Oreasteridae, which lives in the tropical Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean including the Philippine Islands and French Polynesia....

Brittle Starfish - Ophioderma longicauda

Ophioderma longicauda, known as Brittle Starfish or smooth serpentine star, is a species of Echinodermata of the Ophiodermatidae family. ...

Brown Mesh Sea Star - Nardoa galatheae

La Stella marina Nardoa, Nardoa galatheae, si trova nelle scogliere poco profonde dell’Oceano Indiano e dell’Oceano Pacifico, è una stella marina della famiglia Ophidiasteridae. Gli Ophidiasteridae sono una famiglia di stelle marine con circa 30 gener...

Common Brittle Star - Ophiothrix fragilis

Ophiothrix fragilis is a species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is found around the coasts of western Europe and is known in Britain as the common brittle star. ...

Crinoids - Crinoidea

Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea, one of the classes of the phylum Echinodermata, which also includes the starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Those crinoids which, in their adult form, are attached to the ...

Black Feather starfish

Mediterranean feather star - Antedon Mediterranea

Antedon Mediterranea - Mediterranean feather star - is one of the most filmed animal by underwater photographers, certanly for the colors of this splendid owl but above all for the scarce mobility and morphological characteristics of the ten tentacles...

Crown of thorns starfish - Acanthaster planci

Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia). The crown-of-thorns starfish receives its name from venomous thorn-like spines that cover its upper surface, resembling the ...

Cushion sea star - Culcita schmideliana

Stella cuscino, Culcita schmideliana, comunemente conosciuta come stella a cuscino spinoso o stella pagnotta, è una specie di stella marina che assomiglia più ad un riccio privato degli aculei che alle stelle marine che in genere conosciamo. Ha una va...

Dark Stewed Sea Cucumber - Holoturia Sanctori

Holothuria sanctori (Delle Chiaje, 1823) is a species of the genus Holothuria of the family Holothuriidae. Oloturia a punte scure Dark Stewed Holothuria Sanctori intotheblue.it ...

Graeffe's sea cucumber - Pearsonothuria graeffei

Il cetriolo di mare di Graeffei, Pearsonothuria graeffei, è un cetriolo di mare della famiglia Holothuridae ed è l'unica specie del genere. Si si trova nell'Oceano Indo-Pacifico tropicale. Pearsonothuria graeffei è un cetriolo di mare tropicale approssimativamente cil...

Horned Sea Star - Protoreaster nodosus

La Stella Marina Cornuta, Protoreaster nodosus, o stella marina con gocce di cioccolato è una specie di stella marina che si trova nelle acque calde e poco profonde della regione dell’Indo-Pacifico. A volte vengono prelevate per il commercio negli ac...

Mediterranean Red Seastar - Echinaster sepositus

Echinaster sepositus, the Mediterranean red sea star (sometimes only red sea star, but this name is also used for other species), is a species of starfish (echinoderms) ...

Melon sea Urchin - Echinus melo

Melon sea Urchin, Echinus melo, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinidae. This species grows up to 17 cm (7 in) in diameter. It is spherical or slightly cone-shaped, and the colour of the test is mainly pinkish, yellowish, or greenish-yellow, ...

Orange starfish - Hacelia attenuata

Hacelia attenuata, commonly known as an orange star, is a starfish in the Ophidiasteridae family. Habitat and distribution Available on hard, coralligenous seabed, from 3 to 150 meters deep, normally below 10...

Pencil urchin - Stylocidaris affinis

Stylocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845), commonly known as pencil curl, is an echinoderm from the Cidaridae family. Stylocidaris affinis riccio matita è un echinoderma famiglia Cidaridae ...

Purple Sea Urchin - Sphaerechinus granularis

Sphaerechinus granularis is a species of sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae, commonly known as the purple sea urchin. Its range includes the Mediterranean Sea ...

Purple Starfish - Ophidiaster ophidianus

Purple Starfish, Ophidiaster ophidianus, is a species of starfish from the East Atlantic (from mainland Portugal and the Azores down to the Gulf of Guinea) and the Mediterranean Sea. It has a big variation in colour (from red to orange) ...

Red Cushion Sea Star - Oreaster reticulatus

Red Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The ...

Sea Cucumbers - Holoturia tubulosa

The sea cucumbers are Echinoderms belonging to the Holothuroidea class. They are very widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and live in the seabed mixed with sand and rock ...

Sea Urchins - Paracentrotus lividus

Sea urchins are part of the echinoderms, class Echinoids. The hedgehog (Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)) is a sea urchin of the Parechinidae family ...

Spiny Starfish - Marthasterias glacialis

Martasteria or Spiny Starfish, Marthasterias glacialis, is an echinoderm of the Asteriidae family common in the Mediterranean Sea. Also called a Tank star, due to the characteristic plates bristling with thorns that distinguish it from other starfish,...

Starfish Astropecten jonstoni

Astropecten jonstoni is a sea star of the family Astropectinidae. Starfishes of genus Astropecten live on mobile seabed (sandy, muddy or gravel seabed) and they remain largely buried under sediment during the day. During the late afternoon and the night ...

Stella gorgone - Astrospartus mediterraneus

La stella marina gorgone (Astrospartus mediterraneus Risso, 1826) è un echinoderma della famiglia delle Gorgonocephalidae. ...

Loggerhead Turtle - Caretta caretta

The loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) is the most common sea turtle in the Mediterranean Sea. The species is highly endangered throughout the Mediterranean ...

Molluscs - Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (/ˈmɒləsk/). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. ...

Adanson's slit shell - Entemnotrochus adansonianus

Entemnotrochus adansonianus, common name Adanson's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.The length of the shell varies between 80 mm and 190 mm. This attractive species has a pale yellowish-fleshy ...

Bigfin reef squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Sepioteuthis lessoniana, commonly known as the bigfin reef squid, glitter squid or oval squid, is a commercially important species of loliginid squid. It is one of the three currently recognized species belonging to the genus Sepioteuthis. in 1993, how...

Cochlear ostrea - Neopycnodonte cochlear

Ostrea Neopycnodonte cochlear is a species of marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Gryphaeidae. This species have been recorded as fossils from the Miocene to the Quaternary (from 15.97 to 0.012 Ma). Shells of Neopycnodonte cochlear can reach a...

Common octopus - Octopus vulgaris

Il polpo comune (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797) o piovra, chiamato erroneamente polipo (nome del tutto scorretto da un punto di vista zoologico), è un cefalopode della famiglia Octopodidae ...

Cypraeidae - Luria Lurida

Luria lurida is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Ciprea Mediterranea Luria lurida intotheblue.it Cypraeidae ...

Date mussel - Lithophaga lithophaga

Sea Date shell, Lithophaga lithophaga, grows and lives inside the rocks, so it is practically impossible to see and film it unless the rock where it is found is shattered, an obviously illegal practice, prohibited by the regulations of all Mediterranean...

Ear of Venus - Haliotis - Tuberculata Lamellosa

Ear of Venus, Aliotide or Haliotis (tuberculata lamellosa) is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs, commonly known as abalone, sea-ear or abalone. ...

European oyster Ostrea - Ostrea edulis

Ostrea (common name oyster) is a genus of bivalve mollusks with a rounded shell covered with wavy scaly gills. Ostrea edulis, Linnaeus, 1758, known by the common name of oyster, or flat oyster, or also as the European flat oyster, is a species of bivalve...

Giant tridacna - Tridacna gigas

Giant tridacna (Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)) is a bivalve mollusk of the Cardiidae family. tridacna gigante Tridacna gigas Cardiidae intotheblue.it ...

Green Chiton - Chiton olivaceus

Chiton olivaceus, the green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in theChitonidae family, the typical chitons. Chiton olivaceus can reach a length of 20-30 millimetres and a width of about 16 millimetres. ...

Grey bonnet or Glaucus bonnet - Phalium glaucum

Phalium glaucum, common name the grey bonnet or glaucus bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails. This species lives on sandy bottoms with seagrass meadows, in intertidal an...

Maxima clam - Tridacna maxima

Maxima clam - Tridacna maxima - Variable Giant Clam is a species of bivalve mollusc found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. ...

Mediterranean Mussel - Mytilus galloprovincialis

The Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture. Mytilus galloprovincialis is one of the th...

Mediterranean scallop - Pecten jacobaeus

This bivalve mollusc, Scallop (Mediterranean scallop) Pecten jacobaeus shell is rather sought after for the goodness of its meat and, not only by humans but above all by the Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) of which it is greedy like almost all molluscs. ....

Murex - Muricidae

Muricids (Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815) are a family of gastropod molluscs of the subclass Caenogastropoda. They are the only family in the superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. They were appreciated since ancient times by the Phoenicians, Greeks and...

Murex - Hexaplex trunculus

Hexaplex trunculus (also known as Murex trunculus, Phyllonotus trunculus,) is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails. ...

Red-mouthed rock shell - Muricidae - Stramonita haemastoma

Stramonita haemastoma, common name the red-mouthed rock shell or the Florida dog winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. ...

Spiny dye-murex - Bolinus brandaris

Bolinus brandaris (originally called Murex brandaris by Linnaeus and also Haustellum brandaris), and commonly known as the purple dye murex or the spiny dye-murex, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in th...

Noah's Ark seashell - Arca noae

Noah's Ark seashell, Arca noae, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Arcidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea from low tide mark to a depth of 100 metres. The seashell of Arca noae grows to about 10 cm in length. but the ones we found di...

Noble pen shell - Pinna Nobilis

Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus 1758), commonly known as mussel pen, Noble pen shell or fan mussel, is the largest bivalve in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Nudibranchs - Nudibranchia

The nudibranchs (Nudibranch (Blainville, 1814)) are a suborder of mollusks of the order Opisthobranchia, which includes more than 7000 species described. ...

Dotted sea slugs - Peltodoris atromaculata - Discodoris atromaculata

Peltodoris atromaculata, Discodoris atromaculata più comunemente noto come lumaca di mare maculata o mucca di mare, è un mollusco nudibranchio delle famiglia Discodorididae. ...

Felimare picta

With this article we add a new species to the Nudibranchis filmed on intotheblue.it. This is Felimare picta, one of the most colorful sea snails belonging to the genus Nudibranchia in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Jorunna funebris - Nudibranchs

Jorunna funebris, common name the dotted nudibranch, is a large species of sea lung, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodoridae. ...

Sea hare - Aplysia depilans

Sea hare, Spanish Mediterranean Ballerina (Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791) also known as sea scia is an anaspidic mollusk of the Aplysiidae family. ...

Spotted sea hare - Aplysia dactylomela

Tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea has led to the entry of tropical species present in the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar and from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. This mollusk was found in Pantelleria in the Sicilian Channel...

Tricolor dorid - Felimare tricolor

The tricolor dorid (Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)) is a species of the genus Felimare, belonging to the Chromodorididae family of nudibranch molluscs. It has now been described by various authors as belonging to the genus Chromodoris, now to the...

Umbraculum mediterraneum – Umbraculum umbraculum

Umbraculum mediterraneum è un Mollusco Gasteropode Heterobranchia appartenente all’ordine dei Notaspidei. Probabilmente insieme alla Aplysia depilans, è tra i nudibranchi più grandi presenti nel mar Mediterraneo. ...

Yellow dorid - Baptodoris cinnabarina

Baptodoris cinnabarina is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. The original description was revised in 1999. ...

Oyster - Pteria hirundo

Pteria hirundo is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pteriidae. The species is found in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The two valves are unequal and the lower one, to which the animal is anchored, is larger and hollow than the upper one ...

Patella - Patellidae

Patella is a genus of gastropod mollusks of the Patellidae family.Patella gastropod mollusks Patellidae family intotheblue.it ...

Spiny Oysters - Spondylus gaederopus

Questa ostrica, Spondylus gaederopus, è diventata rara da incontrare per varie ragione; alcuni sostengono che vi sia stata una eccessiva pesca per scopi alimentari, altri sostengono che la loro rarefazione sia dovuta ad una epidemia che ha interessato ...

Strombus gigas - Lobatus gigas

Lobatus gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc ...

Triton's trumpet Giant Triton - Charonia tritonis

Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet or the Giant Triton, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, the tritons. ...

Oceanic Posidonia

Oceanic Posidonia (L.) Delila, 1813 is an aquatic plant, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to the family Posidoniacee (Angiosperms Monocotyledons). ...

Polychaetes Anellids - Polychaeta

Polychaetes (Polychaeta Grube, 1850) are the phylogenetically oldest class of the annelid phylum, comprising about 13,000 species. They are benthic animals and have a marine habitat....

Bearded fireworm - Hermodice carunculata

Bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Bearded fireworms are usually 15 centimetres in average length, ...

Fanworm - Sabella spallanzanii

Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae. Common names include the Mediterranean fanworm, ...

Filograna implexa - Salmacina incrustans

Filograna implexa lives throughout the Mediterranean Sea in very small intertwined tubes at a depth that can vary from 10 meters up to over 100 meters and where conditions allow it colonizes the gorgonians, especially the Paramuricea clavata ...

Peacock worm - Sabella pavonina

Sabella pavonina, commonly known as the peacock worm, is a marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellidae. They can be found along the coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean. It is found in shallow, tidal waters ...

Red-tuft Protula - Protula tubularia

Red-tuft Protula lives throughout the Mediterranean Sea in small tubes at depths that can vary from 10 meters to over 100 meters.It is a very common annelid throughout the Mediterranean and therefore we can easily find it among the Posidonia ...

Serpulidae - Hydroides Dianthus

Il Serpulide Hydroides Dianthus è un Verme che appartiene al philum degli Anellidi, ed alla classe dei Policheti Sedentari e all’ordine dei Sabellidi ed al genere dei Serpulidi ...

Salp - Salpa maxima

Salpa maxima is a Tunicate; at first sight it looks like a cross between a fish and a jellyfish but it is neither, it is actually a transparent invertebrate belonging to the order of the Salpidae subphylum Tunicata, coming from the deepest oceans and...

Salp - Taliaceo salpa

Taliaceo salpa. A salp (plural salps, also known colloquially as “sea grape”) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body, one of...

Seabirds

Seabirds are birds that have adapted to living in a marine environment, whether sea or ocean. Although these birds vary greatly in aspects such as lifestyle, behavior, and physiology, they all display certain characteristics that make them similar, the...

Common cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)) is a water bird of the Falacrocoracidae family widespread throughout Eurasia and Australasia, as well as in the north-eastern regions of North America and the northern parts of Africa. Cormorano...

Greater flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus

Pink flamingo or greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811) is a large bird widespread in Asia, Africa and southern Europe. Fenicottero Rosa Phoenicopterus Roseus Greater flamingo intotheblue.it ...

Yellow-legged gull - Larus michahellis

Yellow-legged gull (or Mediterranean gull) (Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840) is a caradriiform bird belonging to the Laridae family. Gabbiano reale Larus michahellis Yellow-legged gull intotheblue.it ...

Sponges - Porifera

Sponges (Porifera Grant, 1836, from the Latin bearers of pores) or sponges are an animal phylum. It is multi-cellular organisms, having pores rich bodies and channels that allow water to flow through them ...

Azure Vase Sponge - Callyspongia Plicifera

The Azure Vase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the Demospongiae class, family Callyspogiidae. sponge of carribean sea ...

Bath Sponge - Spongia officinalis

Spongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759) is a sponge Spongiidae family. It is the species from which were obtained the bath sponges. It is a protected species, it fishing is prohibited. ...

Blue Sponge - Phorbas tenacior

Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925) is a sponge of the family Hymedesmiidae (Demospongiae), widespread in the Mediterranean sea. Phorbas tenacior Spugna Blu Blue Sponge intotheblue.it ...

Callyspongia - Callyspongiidae

Callyspongia is a genus of demosponges in the family Callyspongiidae. Callyspongia spugne poriferi Callyspongiidae intotheblue.it ...

Callyspongia ramosa sponge

The sponge Callyspongia ramosa belongs to the Porifera phylum, Demospongiae class, Haplosclerida order, Callyspongiidae family. Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera are a basal Metazoa ...

Demosponge - Demospongiae

Demosponges are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). Sponges, contrary to what one might think at first sight, are very simple multicellular...

Giant Barrel sponge - Xestospongia muta

Giant Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) is the largest species of sponge found growing on Carribean coral reefs. It is common at depths greater than 10 metres down to 120 metres and can reach a diameter of 1.8 metres. It is typically brownish-red to ...

Goblet Sponge - Calyx nicaeensis

Goblet Sponge, Calyx nicaeensis, takes its name to its characteristic goblet shape. According to some experts, this sponge has become extremely rare in the Mediterranean sea because it requires very stable water temperature and biological conditions:...

Red sponge - Spirastrella cunctatrix

Red sponge or spirastrella (Spirastrella cunctatrix) is a sponge of the Spirastrellidae family belonging to the demospongiae class. It is an encrusting red-orange sponge (which can sometimes turn green, blue and grey), characterized by very evident channels...

Spugna Orecchio di Elefante - Spongia agaricina

La spugna Orecchia d'Elefante, (Spongia agaricina, Spongia lamella), ricorda una ciotola relativamente piatta. Nella parte inferiore si restringe, per formare il...

Spugna Ramificata - Axinella polypoides

Common Antlers Sponge, Axinella polypoides, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the Demospongiae class, family Axinellidae and at phylum Porifera. it's present throughout the Mediterranean Sea. It comes in the form of a sapling and lives at a depth ...

Tedania sponge - Tedania anhelans

Tedania anhelans is a sea sponge that has an arborescent shape with colors that vary from transparent to light gray or dark gray depending on the conditions and depths of the environment in which it lives and personally ...

Verongia - Aplysina aerophoba

Aplysina (Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1843) is a family of sponge Aplysinidae. Verongia Aplysina aerophoba spugna Aplysinidae intotheblue.it ...

Yellow-lipped sea krait - Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait or colubrine sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, wit...

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Serpulide - Hydroides Dianthus

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