Hippocampus whitei,White’s seahorse

Features：In ancient Greek mythology, the hippocampus was the mount of Poseidon, the god of the sea.

White’s seahorse is a species of Syngnathidae in the order Acanthopterygii of the class Actinopterygii.White’s seahorse is carnivorous, feeds on small crustaceans, and is ovoviviparous.The reproduction method of the White Seahorse is very special. First of all, the reproduction of the White Seahor...

Hippocampus waleananus,Wari Island Dwarf Seahorse

Features：Named after the Indonesian island of Wari where it was discovered

Warren's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus waleananus (M. F. Gomon et Kuiter, 2009), is an animal of the genus Hippocampus in the family Syngnathidae.The genus Warren's pygmy seahorse is carnivorous, feeding on small crustaceans and giving birth to live young. The seahorse was first described in 2...

Hedgehog Seahorse,Hippocampus spinosissimus

Features：The spiny seahorse is a small fish that can be used for academic research and aquarium viewing, and can also be made into a Chinese medicine.

Hedgehog Seahorse is a fish of the Syngnathidae family and the genus Hippocampus.Hedgehog Seahorse mainly feeds on small crustaceans and other planktonic invertebrates. Hedgehog Seahorse is oviparous. During reproduction, the female uses an ovipositor to transfer the eggs to a brood pouch under the...

Hippocampus sindonis,Sindo's Seahorse,Moss Seahorse，hana tatsu

Features：The colors vary, and each ring has a tumor or thorn

The Latin scientific name of the flower seahorse Hippocampus sindonis, and the English name Sindo's Seahorse comes from the name of M. Sindo, the assistant curator of fish at Stanford University, and was coined by Kuiter in 2009. The Japanese name hana tatsu literally means hana (flower or flowe...

Physeter macrocephalus,Sperm Whale, Cachelot, Pot Whale, Spermacet Whale ,Cachalot , Ballena Esperma, Cachalote, Giant Sperm Whale, Kacherat Whale

Features：The sperm whale has the largest brain in the animal kingdom, and its intestinal secretion is the famous "ambergris"

Sperm Whale, with no subspecies, has the largest brain in the animal kingdom.Sperm whales like to live in groups, often with a few male whales and a large group of female whales and calves forming a large group of more than dozens, or even two or three hundred. They migrate north and south every yea...

Globicephala macrorhynchus,short-finned pilot whale,Great nosed pilot whale, Great nosed pilot whale

Features：As the name suggests, the short-finned pilot whale has shorter flippers with rounded edges.

Short-finned pilot whale is a warm-water oceanic species.Short-finned pilot whales are most easily confused with other small black fish, such as false killer whales, followed by melon-headed whales and small killer whales. The dorsal fin is the best distinguishing feature.Short-finned pilot whales l...

Feresa attenuata,Pygmy Killer Whale, Orque pygmée,Orca Pigmeo,Delphinus intermedius,Small killer whale, small orca, small killer whale

Features：Related to killer whales

The pygmy killer whale is also known as the pygmy killer whale. It is an animal of the genus Pygmy Killer Whale in the family Delphinidae, with no subspecies. The "attentuata" in the scientific name means "wedge" in Latin, referring to the shape of its body gradually becoming thi...

Pseudorca crassidens,False Killer Whale, Faux-orque,Orca Falsa,Phocaena crassidens Owen,Black whale, false killer whale, false pilot whale, false killer whale

Features：Similar to killer whales, but smaller in size and all black

False killer whale is the only species in the genus False killer whale of the Dolphin family, and ranks third in size among the Dolphins.False killer whales are fast and active swimmers. When they float, they often lift their entire head and most of their body out of the water; sometimes even their...

Orcinus orca,Killer Whale, Orca,Epaulard, Orque, Espadarte, Orca,Orca assassina, killer whale

Features：It is the top of the marine food chain.

Killer Whale is the largest species in the dolphin family, and there is no subspecies.Killer whales are highly social and have a complex social structure. They like to live in groups, ranging from small groups of 2-3 to large groups of 40-50. There are even reports of hundreds of individuals in a gr...

Peponocephala electra,Toothy melon-headed whale, melon-headed dolphin

Features：Actually, the melon-headed whale is a dolphin.

Melon-headed whale, also known as Melon-headed whale, has no subspecies. Its characteristics are similar to those of the genus Orca, but it has more teeth.Melon-headed whales are a highly social species. They often appear in groups of hundreds or even more than 1,000, and the whale groups also inclu...

Megaptera novaeangliae,Humpback whale,Humpback whale, humpback whale, saw-armed whale, saw-armed whale

Features：Humpback whales have extraordinary navigation abilities and will not deviate more than 5 degrees from their migratory route.

Humpback whale is not the largest whale in the world, but it is also a well-deserved giant in the ocean.Humpback whales mostly move in pairs, are gentle in temperament, and have a strong attachment to their companions. Every year, they migrate regularly from north to south: in summer, they migrate t...

Balaenoptera physalus,Fin Whale,Finback whale, baleen whale, razorback whale, herring whale, fin whale

Features：The second largest animal in the world

Fin whales are one of the fastest whales, with a speed of up to 37 kilometers per hour, and a record high of 40 kilometers per hour. They are known as the "greyhound of the deep sea".Fin whales use their baleen to filter food and then swallow it. Their food includes small fish, squid and c...

Balaenoptera omurai,Omura whale

Features：The rarest whale species on Earth

Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's whale was not confirmed and named until 2003. Because the type specimen was stranded on Tsukushima Island in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, it is commonl...

Balaenoptera brydei,Bryde's whale,Anchovy, Pseudomonas auratus

Features：The most distinctive feature is the three parallel longitudinal ridges on the head

Bryde's whale, also known as Bryde's whale in English, has no subspecies and is the only baleen whale that lives in tropical or subtropical areas all year round.Bryde's whale is very similar to Sei whale, the main difference is that Sei whale has a ridge on each side of the central ridge...

Balaenoptera borealis,Sei whale, baleen whale, northern baleen whale, great baleen whale, cod whale

Features：Fast swimmers, possibly the fastest of all whales

Sei whales are called Sei whales in foreign languages and have two subspecies.The body shape of Sei whales is similar to that of fin whales, Bryde's whales and small Bryde's whales, and the shape of their dorsal fins is also similar. The main distinguishing feature is that the sei whale has...

Balaenoptera acutorostrata,Minke Whale、Common Minke Whale,Minke whale, Sharp-billed whale

Features：Mother whales are very attached to their calves, and they seem to protect their calves.

Minke Whale has two subspecies and is a small baleen whale of the genus Mysticetus.Minke Whale has 230 to 273 baleen pieces on each side. According to statistics of 38 individuals, the average is 253 pieces. The length of the entire whisker row is about 60% of the length of the skull. The whisker pl...

Eschrichtius robustus,gray whale,Whale killer, shell digger, weak whale

Features：The mammal species with the longest migration distance

Gray whale is also known as gray whale in English. Its body circumference is larger than that of baleen whales, but smaller than that of right whales.On the North American side of the Pacific Ocean, gray whales pass through the Bering Strait and the northwest Bering Sea from late May to late October...

Eubalaena japonica,North Pacific right whale, black right whale, black right whale

Features：The body circumference is thick, and the ratio of body circumference to body length is significantly greater than that of other types of baleen whales.

The North Pacific right whale has no subspecies.For a long time, cetaceans believed that right whales in the northern and southern hemispheres were two species: the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). Rice (1998) advocated that the genus Eub...

Whale shark, whale shark, tofu shark, big stupid shark

Features：The largest fish in the world.

The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The largest whale shark scientifically recorded is 12.65 meters long, which is equivalent to the length of 3.5 Mini Cooper cars. (Guinness World Record)At this time, some friends w...

Moon jellyfish, UFO jellyfish, Moon jellyfish

Features：Transparent jellyfish

Moon jellyfish feed on plankton such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms and copepods.Moon jellyfish occasionally eat gelatinous zooplankton such as hydromedusae and comb jellies.Moon jellyfish also use their stinging cells to capture plankton.Moon jellyfish live and reproduce for a few months before dy...

Sea lion, South American seal

Features：The South American sea lion is known as the "king of the sea" and is a very large predatory animal.

The fur of the South American Fur seal is dark gray.Females and most immature individuals have a variety of colors, mostly gray on the neck and back, but some have white tips on the hair, making it silver-gray, and a pale yellow belly. It was named by Zimmermann in 1783.Compared with other fur sea l...