Marine Life with Brenda

Blue tang  Famous for Finding Dory, this super star took the spot of Nemo and grabbed all the attention to herself, what a Narcissist!  The blue tang ( Paracanthurus hepatus ) is a genus of Surgeonfish from Indo-Pacific. It is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus, and a very common fish in marine aquariums all over the world. One can find the regal blue tang throughout the Indo-Pacific. The blue tang is seen in the coasts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, New Caledonia, Fiji, East Africa, and Sri Lanka.  The aim of both movies was to make people aware of the damaging effects to the ocean and its creatures that keeping fish as pets have. However, it just got the wrong effect on the public and sales for both the clownfish and the blue tang skyrocketed  after the films were released.  Author: Brenda Moita 

Jellyfish  Jellyfish live mainly in the seas, although I've seen them swimming in the river Tejo in Lisbon several times. They aren't technically fish, they are suprise, suprise...PLANKTON! Yeah, sorry. Such creatures either float in water or possess such restricted swimming forces that their horizontal motions are guided by currents. Some plankton are single-celled, small species while others are enormous. Jellyfish, with tentacles up to 100 feet long, can range in size from less than an inch to nearly 7 feet long. Jellyfish also belong to the phylum Cnidaria, (from the Greek word for "stinging nettle") and the class Scyphozoa (from the Greek word for "cup," referring to the body shape of the jellyfish). Both cnidarians are surrounded by tentacles and have a mouth in the middle of their bodies. Cnidarian relatives of the jellyfish include corals, sea anemones and the man-o'-war from Portugal. Jellyfish are approximately 98% water.    Autho...

The Humpback whale  The humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) is a baleen-whale species. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range 12–16 metres in length and weigh between 25–30 metric tonnes. The body shape of the humpback is unique, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly nose. It is known for breaching and other signature surface activities that make this common with whale watchers. Humpback whales are present in rivers and seas around the world and usually migrate up to 25,000 km each year (just like myself when I backpacking in the summer). These creatures feed in polar waters and migrate to tropical or subtropical waters so they can mate and give birth. Their diet mainly consists of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse feeding system repertoire including the bubble net technique. Author: Brenda Moita