Orange Roughy
Seamount elder of the deep
Animal Habitats
Open Ocean
Pelagic waters away from coasts, home to migratory fish and marine mammals
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Open Ocean Animals
King Salmon
Biggest Pacific salmon, epic river run.
Swordfish
One sword. Whole oceans to roam.
Bigfin Reef Squid
Big fins. Bright signals. Reef-speed life.
Lancetfish
Sail-fin hunters of the midwater
Nautilus
Ancient shell, living navigator.
Horse Mackerel
Rough-sided sprinters of the sea
Dinosaurs
One name, a million body plans
Osprey
Nature's plunge-diving fish hawk
Herring Gull
Coastline's clever scavenger
Xeme (Sabine's Gull)
Arctic elegance, ocean wanderer
Eider
Downy divers of the far north
Emperor Goose
White-headed goose of the sea-ice edge
King Eider
Crown of the Arctic pack ice
Arambourgiania
A sky-giant with a giraffe-long neck
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Albertonectes
Alberta's long-necked sea swimmer
Lesser Scaup
Peaked crown, big rafts, true diver
Common Goldeneye
Hear the whistler, spot the gold eye
Shastasaurus
Triassic titan of the open sea
Icadyptes
Eocene giant of Peru's seas
Black Dragon Lizard
All the beardie charm-dressed in black.
Mole Crab (Sand Flea)
Burrow fast. Filter the surf.
Oilfish
Deep-water predator with a waxy secret