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January, 2008 Archives

Kristina’s Critter Corner – Guitar Fish

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in Conservation, Downtown Aquarium · 0 Comments

Guitar Fish Aka Rhinobatos producus
The guitar fish is found in the “Sunken Shipwreck” exhibit. If any of you joined us this weekend on the dive, you noticed how active the fish was. Its usual behavior is on the bottom hanging out with the sawfish, but this weekend while I was briefing our drive group we [...]

Kristina’s Critter Corner – Porcupine Fish

January 21st, 2008 · Posted in Conservation, Downtown Aquarium · 0 Comments

The Porcupine fish aka Diodon nicthemerus
Porcupine fish are closely related to puffer fish, except porcupine fish have spines on their body, where as puffer fish have sandpaper like spines.
When threatened they blow themselves up like a balloon. Their increase in size helps them because it reduces the range of potential predators. If a predators mouth [...]

Kristina’s Critter Corner – Sawfish

January 14th, 2008 · Posted in Conservation, Downtown Aquarium · 0 Comments

Sawfish aka Pristis zijsron
Found in the “sunken shipwreck” exhibit these animals have been seen occasionally swimming around, but mainly are seen lying on the bottom of this exhibit
Sawfish are known for their saw-like snout, called a rostrum. The “saw” on this fish is actually modified scales. The rostrum has motion/electro-sensitive pores which pick up even [...]

Kristina’s Critter Corner – Sand Tiger Shark

January 7th, 2008 · Posted in A-1 News, Downtown Aquarium · 0 Comments

Now that we have done a few of the smaller critters, we are going to make a jump into the Shipwreck exhibit and talk about the big sharks! If any of you have joined us or want to with the Shark dive, these sharks will leave quite the impression on you. Swimming with their [...]