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The ABC's of the Sea

By: Carmen Garcia

Some illustrations by: Mikey

Aa Angelfish

Angelfish live on shallow reef and are known for being the most beautiful fish. All angelfish have different colors and sizes. Some of them can reach 2 feet in length. Angelfish lay their tiny eggs float into the sea, becoming mixed with plankton, until they hatch.

Bb Bluefish

Bluefish get their name from their color. They can live to 12 years of age and be 40 inches in length. Bluefish have a huge appetite and eat small animals. They are also fighters and will strike any animal big or small.

Cc Clownfish

Clownfish are small with white, black, and orange stripes and grow about 2 to 5 inches long. they live in sheltered reefs inside anemones. Clownfish are resistant to the anemone's stingers so they live in them for protection from predators. They are the only fish that are immune to the tentacles of the anemone. The female clownish lays her eggs in batches on the clear coral or on flat rocks. The male guards the eggs until they hatch 4-5 days later.

Dd Dolphins

Dolphins are mammals and breathe air though their blowhole. The blowhole is located at the top of their heads. Dolphins are highly social, playful, and intelligent.

Ee Electric Eel

The Electric Eel gets his famous name from the electrical charge that it sends t its prey. Electric eels can reach huge proportions, exceeding 8 feet I length, and generating bursts towards 600v volts. They tend to prefer to live in river floodplains, swamps, coastal plains, and creeks.

Ff Flying Fish

Flying fish are located in the tropical and subtropical oceans. they can grow to be a foot and a half in length. They can move their tails up to 70 times per second. They can fly up and over the ocean to escape from predators.

Gg Gar Fish

Gar fish are long skinny fish with long jaws filled with lots of teeth. They can actually breath air too and sometimes surface to take a breath. Gars have heavily armored scales called ganoid scales. They can grow up to be as long as 9.8 feet and can weigh about 100 lbs.

Hh Hermit Crab

Hermit crabs have a soft body and are protected by their hell. Thy find homes in other small shells by finding bigger ones as they grow. Hermit crabs eat fruits, vegetables, woods, seeds, and grass.

Ii Imperial Angelfish

The Imperial Angelfish is dark blue and has white rings at a young age. As an adult, these colors change to yellow and blue stripes with black markings around the eyes. It takes about 4 years for a young Imperial Angelfish to obtain its adult coloring.

Jj Jellyfish

Jellyfish have a bell-shaped body with long tentacles and are mostly made of water. They lack a sensory organ and a brain. Their tentacles have tiny stinging cells to paralyze their prey in preparation to eat. Inside their bell-shaped bodies, is an opening that is its mouth. They eat and discard waste from this opening.

Kk Killer Whale

Killer Whales are one of the fastest creatures in the sea. They can travel up to 30 miles an hour. Killer whales are black and white in color. The average male can grow up to 23 feet long ad can weigh between 7 to 10 tons. The females can grow up to 21 feet long and can weigh 4 to 6 tons. They like to gather in groups called pods that can consist of 5 to 30 whale members.

Ll Lobster

Lobsters have 10 legs and are related to shrimps and crabs. They have a large claw called a crusher. to crush their food. They also have a smaller claw called a pincher that they use to tear apart their food and maneuver it to their mouth.

Mm Marlin

Marlins are considered one of the biggest fish in the world. The females are larger than the males and can reach 14 feet in length and can weigh more than 1,985 pounds. They are among the fastest fish in the ocean. They use their spear to splash their prey and feed off of them.

Nn Narwhal

The Narwhal is the unicorn of the sea. They are found in Artic coastal waters. Some have on or two teeth. In males, their tooth grows into a long sward measuring up to 8 1/2 feet in length. This is an ivory tusk that grows right through the Narwhal's upper lip.

Oo Octopus

An octopus that are called tentacles. They are very intelligent and have outstanding eyesight yet, they ae deaf. Octopi have no bones; they are able to squeeze their bodies through tiny openings of rocks to hide from their predators. They also release ink to the distract enemies to swim away.

Pp Puffer fish

Puffer fish are famous for inflating due to the fact that they are slow swimmers. Their elastic stomachs have the ability to quickly absorb water to turn into a balloon. They can range in size from 1 inch to 2 feet in length.

Qq Queen Conch

The Queen Conch lives n the sand, sea, grass, and coral reel. They live in warm shallow waters through the Caribbean. During the daytime they are in the sand and come out to feed at night on algae and sea grass.

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"The ABC's of the Sea"

Name: The ABC's of the Sea
Author: cgarc143

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An educational alphabet book exploring marine life from Angelfish to Zebra fish, providing interesting facts about each creature's habitat, physical traits, and behaviors.

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