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Underwater creatures are amazing. 

Learn lots of new facts all about 

them in this book!!!!

Aba - The aba has a long and slender body, 

with no caudal, pelvic, or anal fins.

Abbott's moray eel - The Abbott's 

moray eel is a shallow-water, inshore 

reef species, though not often seen.

Abbottina binhi - Abbottina binhi 

is a species of ray-finned fish in 

the genus Abbottina.

Abbottina liaoningensis - Abbottina 

liaoningensis is a species of ray-finned fish in 

the genus Abbottina.

Abbottina obtusirostris - Abbottina 

obtusirostris is a species of ray-finned fish in 

the genus Abbottina.

Abbottina springeri - Abbottina springeri is a 

species of ray-finned fish in the genus 

Abbottina.

Abrau sprat - Clupeonella abrau is a species of 

fish in the Clupeidae family.

Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, 

this species is known from the tropical and 

subtropical waters of all oceans.

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Acadian redfish - Found in the northern Atlantic Ocean, 

the Acadian redfish lives in depths of 70 – 592 meters.

Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon - Acrochordonichthys 

chamaeleon is a species of catfish of the family Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys falcifer - Acrochordonichthys falcifer 

is a species of catfish of the family Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys guttatus - Acrochordonichthys 

guttatus is a species of catfish of the family Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys mahakamensis - 

Acrochordonichthys 

Mahakamensis is a species of catfish of the 

family Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys pachyderma - 

Acrochordonichthys pachyderma is a species of 

catfish of the family Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys rugosus - Acrochordonichthys 

rugosus is a species of catfish of the family 

Akysidae.

Acrochordonichthys strigosus - 

Acrochordonichthys strigosus is a species of 

catfish of the family Akysidae.

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both 

infra-red and ultra-violet light. 

Blue Whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as 

long as three Greyhound buses. 

Lobsters can live up to 50 years. 

By swallowing water, the Pufferfish becomes too big for 

other fish to swallow. 

Great White Sharks can go as long as three months 

without eating.

A group of jelly fish is called a smack. 

When a dolphin is sick or injured, its cries 

of distress summon immediate aid from 

other dolphins, who try to support it to the 

surface so that it can breathe. 

The sailfish, the swordfish and the mako 

shark have all been clocked at swimming over 

80 km/hr.

Dolphins sleep with one half of the brain at 

a time, and one eye open.

Oysters can change from one gender to another 

and back again depending on which is best for 

mating. 

A dolphin's hearing is so acute that it can 

pick up an underwater sound from 24 

kilometres away. 

Left to their own devices, pearls grow naturally only once 

in every 20 000 oysters. 

A shrimp's heart is in their head. 

The Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish, lays up to 5 000 000 

eggs at one time. 

A scallop has 35 blue eyes.

It can take a deep-sea clam up to 100 years to reach 8 

millimetres in length. The clam is among the slowest 

growing, yet longest living species on the planet. 

Catfish have 100 000 taste buds. 

A female oyster over her lifetime may produce 

over 100 million young. 

The largest eggs in the world are laid by a 

shark. 

If a lobster loses a claw or an eye, it is 

usually able to grow another, although the new 

one is usually smaller. 

Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface 

of the water. They frequently rise to the 

surface for air. 

Shrimp can only swim backwards. 

Using its web-like skin between its arms, an 

octopus can carry up to a dozen crabs back to 

its den. 

Electric Eels can reach up to 2 metres in length and 

larger specimens can generate 500 volts of electricity. 

A blue whale's tongue is so large that fifty people could 

stand on it. 

Dolphins jump out of the water to conserve energy. It's 

easier to move through the air than through the water. 

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out. 

A baby grey whale drinks enough milk to fill more than 

2000 bottles a day. 

The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. 

Giant cuttlefish have green blood.

Fish can’t close their eyes. They have no 

eyelids.

Fish never stop growing.   The older they get 

the bigger they grow.

Fish have cold blood.

Lobsters have blue blood.

Fish have a balloon inside their body to help 

them float.

Crabs have no bones.   Their shell is their skin and their 

bones.

Crabs have eyes on sticks.   They can move their eyes in 

any direction.

When a crab loses a claw, another one grows in its 

place.

The seahorse is the fish that swims the slowest.

A dugong is a sea cow.

Whales breathe out of the blowhole that is on top of their 

head.

Octopuses are excellent climbers.   They have 

suction cups under their tentacles that help 

them stick to everything.

Lobsters are excellent swimmers and they use 

their fanned tails to move forwards and 

backwards.

As a loggerhead turtle grows older its head 

grows bigger.

Fish sleep behind rocks or seaweed.

Sea urchins have their mouth underneath their 

body.

Octopus can change their colour.

The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea.

Shark's teeth are shaped like triangles or daggers.

A seahorse is a fish.

A sea horse moves its back fin so fast that it looks like a 

little spinning pinwheel.

Seahorses are the only animals in the entire animal 

kingdom in which the male has babies. The female 

seahorse deposits the eggs into the male's small pouch, 

these eggs are then fertilized by the male.

The seahorse sucks food into its mouth with is shaped 

like a straw.

Sea sponges have no head, mouth, eyes, feelers, 

bones, heart, lungs or brain - yet they are 

alive.

Sea sponges can be as tiny as a pea or a big as 

a cow.

No matter how many pieces you cut a sea 

sponge into each piece will go on living and 

growing.

Oysters make cement to attach themselves to 

rock or coral.

As clams grow, their shells grow with 

them.

The biggest starfish is the sunflower star, it 

has more than 26 arms.

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