The diversity and beauty of ocean-life Nina van Dongen Pam Ummenthum Bàrbara Carvalho Teresa...

The diversity and beauty of ocean-life

Nina van DongenPam UmmenthumBàrbara CarvalhoTeresa Alvelos

The North SeaThe Northeast Atlantic has a big diversity of marine and coastal habitats. Millions of migratory birds rely on food and cultivated land during their flight along the coasts. The sea is rich in wild marine species: sharks, seals (including dolphins, sperm-whales, imke whales and other whales) and stocks of commercially important fish. There are also very productive varieties of plankton, lamanaria forests, sea grass beds and even coral reefs of cold water.

Dutch fish as pets

Zebra Sturgeon – Zebrasteur – Zebra esturjãoRivers of Black Sea and Caspian SeaMaximum length is 220cm

Ghost Koi – Ghost Koi - Koi Espírito Donau and East Asia Maximum length is 100cm

Veil tail – Sluierstaart - Cauda véu Asia Maximum length is 20cm

SarasaAmericaMaximum length is 25cm

Sunfish – Maanvis – SunfiashSouth-AmericaMaximum length 15cm, maximum heigth 25cm

ZwaarddragerGuatemala, South MexicoMaximum length 12cm

Endler Guppy Venezuela Maximum length 5cm

Black Molly – Black Molly – Preto MollySouth and Central AmericaMaximum length 10cm

Goldfish – Goudvis – GoldfishChinaMaximum length 40cm

When we were in the Netherlands we learned mostly about the small fishes. Here, in Portugal, we

went to the Oceanarium and we found out mostly about the bigger

fishes and marine mammals. Here they are

…

Name: Lontra marinha / sea otter

Size : 101-200 cm

Habitat : Pacífico / Pacific

Name: Tubarão-gato-leopardo / shark-cat-

leopard

Size: 51-100 cm

Habitat :Antárctico /Antartic

Name: Manta / Manta birostris

Size: >400 cm

Habitat: Global Ocean

Name: Tubarão-touro / Bull-

shark

Size:201-400 cm

Habitat : Global Ocean

But we also saw smaller fishes…

Name: Mandarim

Size: 0-10 cm

Habitat:Recife de Coral / coral reef

Name: Borboleta /butterfly

Size: 0-10 cm

Habitat: Global Ocean

Name: Moreia dragão/ dragon moray

Size: 101-200 cm

Habitat: tropical waters

Name: Garoupa-amarela-e-azul /Epinephelus

flavocaeruleus

Size: 51-100 cm

Habitat:Global Ocean

We also saw other kind of life…

Name: Anémona-piscivora / Urticina

piscivora

Size: 11-25 cm

Habitat: Pacific

Name : Estrela-de-Traschell /

star-of-Traschell

Size: 26-50 cm

Habitat: Pacific

Name: Pinguim-de-Magalhães

Size: 51-100 cm

Habitat: Antartic