Atlantic Cod
The barbel-chinned backbone of the Atlantic
Reproductive Methods
Broadcast Spawning
Eggs and sperm released into water for external fertilization, common in marine invertebrates and fish
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Broadcast Spawning Animals
Orange Roughy
Seamount elder of the deep
Urechis unicinctus (Penis Fish)
The mudflat innkeeper with a mucus net
Swordfish
One sword. Whole oceans to roam.
Stonefish
Looks like a rock. Hits like a needle.
Lancetfish
Sail-fin hunters of the midwater
Horse Mackerel
Rough-sided sprinters of the sea
Cephalaspis
Head-shielded pioneer of vertebrates
Hallucigenia
Cambrian's spiky little evolution clue
Opabinia
Five eyes, one weird proboscis
Hairy Frogfish
Hairy master of disguise-hook, lure, gulp
Oilfish
Deep-water predator with a waxy secret
Bearded Fireworm
Look, don't touch-the reef's fire-beard
Stoplight Loosejaw
The deep sea's red-light hunter
Ocean Whitefish
A tilefish by blood, a whitefish by name
Limpet
Cling hard, graze smart, ride the tide.
Haikouichthys
A tiny fossil at vertebrates' dawn
Wiwaxia
Spiny armor from the Cambrian seafloor
Xiphactinus
Not a dinosaur-Cretaceous sea predator
Giant Siphonophore
Many bodies, one predator.
Feather Star
Feathery arms, drifting meals
Opaleye (Rudderfish)
The kelp-forest fish with an opal eye
Barreleye Fish (Barrel Eye)
A clear head with eyes that swivel
Emperor Angelfish
Reef royalty in stripes and rings