Marine Life News

The parrot fish belongs to the Scaridae family of the perchiformes order, it is distinguished by a fixed mouth and a special structure of teeth - accrete incisors on the jaws form a kind of parrot beak. Each jaw consists of two plates separated by a seam. This structure of the mouth allows the parrot to easily bite off pieces of coral.

In the underwater coral kingdom, we can see an unusual form of growth. It’s like a forest of pipes grew up on the ocean floor.

Basking sharks, whose scientific name is Cetorhinus maximus, are the second largest species of sharks in the world, following only Whale sharks. This species of sharks chooses to inhabit both coastal continental shelves and deep waters, especially in winter they move to the area of ​​deep shelf waters. They are found both near the surface …

Sandbank sharks are primarily inhabited in coastal areas of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. As you can guess from the name of this species of sharks, they prefer a sandy bottom for their habitat.

This species of sharks strongly prefers shallow waters for its stay at a depth of up to 50, less often up to 140 meters, they can be found near lagoons and coral reefs, as well as on island and continental shelves.

Pigeye shark is one of the species of a requiem shark that is part of the diverse family Carcharhinidae. Such sharks often live in the warm tropical as well as subtropical waters in the eastern geographical locations of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as in some areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Their home …

Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest representative of hammerhead sharks. This species of sharks live mainly in the warm waters of the tropics and inhabits areas around the coast. Their habitat is both continental and insular shelves, also these sharks are often found near coral reefs.  Great hammerhead sharks can most often be observed …

Whale sharks are most often found in the warm waters of tropical oceans. The scientific name for whale sharks is Rhincodon typus and they are the only member of the genus. These sharks prefer open waters for habitation. But these sharks can be found both in the open waters of the oceans and near the …

Zebra Sharks belong to the family Stegostomatidae, they are its only species. These sharks, immediately distinguished by their appearance, are observed in the Indo-Pacific region. They prefer warm shallow tropical waters for their habitat. Their natural environment is a sandy bottom, such sharks can often be found around coral reefs. Most often, a zebra shark …

The tiger shark, whose scientific name is Galeocerdo cuvier, is the only representative of the genus Galeocerdo. The habitat of this species of sharks is mainly tropical water, and they are also found in subtropical waters.  If you want to take a closer look at tiger sharks, then it is better to go to one …