"melon consists of fat, and the skull of any such creature containing a melon will have a large depression. The melon size varies between species, the bigger it is, the more dependent they are on it. A beaked whale, for example, has a small bulge sitting on top of its skull, whereas a sperm whale's head is filled mainly with the melon. Bottlenose dolphins have been found to have signature whistles unique to a specific individual. These whistles are used for dolphins to communicate with one another by identifying an individual. It can be seen as the dolphin equivalent of"
"article incorporates public domain text from references interactions with ""Biomphalaria glabrata"": Red-rimmed melania The red-rimmed melania, scientific name Melanoides tuberculata, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. The common name comes from the presence of reddish spots on the otherwise greenish-brown shell. The species name is sometimes spelled ""Melanoides tuberculatus"", but this is incorrect because ""Melanoides"" Olivier, 1804 was clearly intended to be feminine because it was combined with the feminine specific epithet ""fasciolata"" in the original description. This species is native to northern Africa and southern Asia, but"
"Long-finned pilot whale The long-finned pilot whale (""Globicephala melas"") is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus ""Globicephala"" with the short-finned pilot whale (""Globicephala macrorhynchus""). Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins. Pilot whales get their name from the original belief that there was a ""pilot"" or lead individual in their groups. The name for the genus, """"Globicephala"""" is derived from a combination of the Latin words ""globus"" (""globe"") and ""kephale"" (""head""). The specific name """"melas"""" is Greek for ""black"". This species has also earned the nickname of ""pothead whale"""
"Pilot whale Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (""G. melas"") and the short-finned pilot whale (""G. macrorhynchus""). The two are not readily distinguishable at sea, and analysis of the skulls is the best way to distinguish between the species. Between the two species, they range nearly worldwide, with long-finned pilot whales living in colder waters and short-finned pilot whales living in tropical and subtropical waters. Pilot whales are among the largest of the oceanic dolphins, exceeded in size only by the killer whale. They and other large members"
"Strap-toothed whale The strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii), also known as the Layard's beaked whale or the long-toothed whale, is a large mesoplodont with some of the most bizarre teeth of any mammal. The common and scientific name was given in honor of Edgar Leopold Layard, the curator of the South African Museum, who prepared drawings of a skull and sent them to the British taxonomist John Edward Gray, who described the species in 1865. The overall body shape of the strap-toothed whale is fairly typical for a mesoplodont, except for the large size. Male specimens have large and peculiar teeth"
"Red-rimmed melania The red-rimmed melania, scientific name Melanoides tuberculata, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. The common name comes from the presence of reddish spots on the otherwise greenish-brown shell. The species name is sometimes spelled ""Melanoides tuberculatus"", but this is incorrect because ""Melanoides"" Olivier, 1804 was clearly intended to be feminine because it was combined with the feminine specific epithet ""fasciolata"" in the original description. This species is native to northern Africa and southern Asia, but it has been accidentally introduced in many other tropical and subtropical"
"June 2016. Pilot whale Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (""G. melas"") and the short-finned pilot whale (""G. macrorhynchus""). The two are not readily distinguishable at sea, and analysis of the skulls is the best way to distinguish between the species. Between the two species, they range nearly worldwide, with long-finned pilot whales living in colder waters and short-finned pilot whales living in tropical and subtropical waters. Pilot whales are among the largest of the oceanic dolphins, exceeded in size only by the killer whale. They and other"
"Understanding Concerning the Conservation of the Manatee and Small Cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia (Western African Aquatic Mammals MoU) and the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region (Pacific Cetaceans MoU). Strap-toothed whale The strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii), also known as the Layard's beaked whale or the long-toothed whale, is a large mesoplodont with some of the most bizarre teeth of any mammal. The common and scientific name was given in honor of Edgar Leopold Layard, the curator of the South African Museum, who prepared drawings of a skull and"
"Spotted moray The spotted moray (""Gymnothorax moringa"") is a medium to large moray eel. Other common names include conger, spotted eel, red moray, speckled moray, white cong, white jawed moray, white-chinned moray and white-jawed moray eel. Spotted eels have a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in overall color with small overlapping reddish brown to dark-brown spots. They are commonly in length and can grow to , and weigh . They inhabit the Western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. They are also found around the Mid- and"
"Bridled tern The bridled tern (""Onychoprion anaethetus"") is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus is ""onux"", ""claw"", and ""prion"", ""nail"". The specific ""anaethetus"" means ""senseless, stupid"". This is a medium-sized tern, at 30–32 cm in length and with a 77–81 cm wingspan similar to the common tern in size, but more heavily built. The wings and deeply forked tail are long, and it has dark grey upperparts and white underparts. The forehead and eyebrows are white, as is a striking collar on the"
"individual was seen breaching between the South Orkney Islands and South Georgia. Strap-toothed whales' diet consists primarily of squid, although research has suggested that a small portion of their diet may also consist of fish or crustaceans. Adult males have a gape half the size of females and juveniles, limiting their squid to those weighing and less. Nothing is known about social organization of this species. This species has never been hunted or entangled in fishing gear. It is believed to be in a rather safe position compared with other mesoplodonts. Layard's beaked whale is included in the Memorandum of"
"Marble-toothed snake-eel The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sand and mud sediments and mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of . The IUCN redlist currently lists the Marble-toothed snake eel as Near Threatened, due to the decline"
"fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. Bridled tern The bridled tern (""Onychoprion anaethetus"") is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus is ""onux"", ""claw"", and ""prion"", ""nail"". The specific ""anaethetus"" means ""senseless, stupid"". This is a medium-sized tern, at 30–32 cm in length and with a 77–81 cm wingspan similar to the common tern in size, but more heavily built. The wings and deeply forked tail are long, and it has dark grey upperparts and white underparts."
"Latin for ""colored"" (""pictus""). The subspecies name, ""marginata"", derives from the Latin for ""border"" and refers to the red markings on the outer (marginal) part of the upper shell; ""dorsalis"" is from the Latin for ""back"", referring to the prominent dorsal stripe; and ""bellii"" honors English zoologist Thomas Bell, a collaborator of Charles Darwin. An alternate East Coast common name for the painted turtle is ""skilpot"", from the Dutch for turtle, ""schildpad"". Originally described in 1783 by Johann Gottlob Schneider as ""Testudo picta"", the painted turtle was called ""Chrysemys picta"" first by John Edward Gray in 1855. The four subspecies"
"Mesoplodont whale Mesoplodont whales are fifteen species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order. Two species were described as recently as 1991 (pygmy beaked whale) and 2002 (Perrin's beaked whale), and marine biologists predict the discovery of more species in the future. They are the most poorly known group of large mammals. The generic name ""mesoplodon"" comes from the Greek ""meso""- (middle) - ""hopla"" (arms) - ""odon"" (teeth), and may be translated as 'armed with a tooth in the centre of the jaw'. Mesoplodont beaked whales are small whales, (pygmy beaked"
"Shelled slug The shelled slug, scientific name Testacella haliotidea, is a rarely seen, air-breathing, carnivorous land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Testacellidae, the shelled slugs. This slug, like others in the family, has a small shell, which is situated towards the rear of the animal. The species epithet is ""haliotidea"" because the shell of this species resembles in shape a miniature version of the shell of the marine species in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. This is a large, very agile, pale brown slug, with a length of 12 cm. It has a small ear-shaped, external shell,"
"Pteropoda Pteropoda (common name pteropods, from the Greek meaning ""wing-foot"") are specialized free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropods. The monophyly of Pteropoda is the subject of a lengthy debate; they have even been considered as paraphyletic with respect to cephalopods. Current consensus, guided by molecular studies, leans towards interpreting the group as monophyletic. Pteropoda encompasses the two clades Thecosomata, the sea butterflies, and Gymnosomata, the sea angels. The Thecosomata ( ""case-body"") have a shell, while the Gymnosomata (""naked body"") do not. The two clades may or may not be sister taxa; if not, their similarity (in"
"whales"" because pods were believed to be ""piloted"" by a leader. They are also called ""pothead whales"" and ""blackfish"". The genus name is a combination of the Latin words ""globus"" (""round ball"" or ""globe"") and ""kephale"" (""head""). ""Melas"" is Greek for ""black"" and ""macrorhynchus"" comes from the Greek words ""macro"" (""enlarged"") and ""rhynchus"" (""snout"" or ""beak""). Pilot whales are mostly dark grey, brown, or black, but have some light areas such as a grey saddle patch behind the dorsal fin. Other light areas are an anchor-shaped patch under the chin, a faint blaze marking behind the eye, a large marking"
"Pompano Pompanos are marine fishes in the genus Trachinotus in the family Carangidae (better known as ""jacks""). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of the Carangidae, or the order Perciformes. Their appearance is deep-bodied and mackerel-like, typically silver and toothless, with a forked tail and narrow base. Of the 20 described species, most are valued as food. Some species are considered prize delicacies and game fish. A similar species is known as the permit, ""T. falcatus""; two United States Navy submarines are named after it. The Florida pompano, ""T. carolinus"", reaches about and , while the"
"in mangroves in its range of habitat. The population of the Marble-toothed snake eel is estimated to have declined by 25% over a course of 10–15 years. Marble-toothed snake-eel The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sand and mud sediments"
"whale) to (strap-toothed whale) in length, even compared with closely related whales such as the bottlenose whales and giant beaked whales. The spindle-shaped body has a small dorsal fin and short and narrow flippers. The head is small and tapered and has a semicircular blow hole that is sometimes asymmetric. The beak, which vary in length between species, blends with the small melon without a crease. Sexual dimorphism is poorly known, but the females tend to be the same size or larger than males at least in some species. The males typically have a bolder coloration and a unique dentition."
"Cheap Trick, Heart, Trisha Yearwood, and Willie Nelson cancelled scheduled concerts at SeaWorld parks. SeaWorld disputes the accuracy of the film, and in December 2013 released an ad countering the allegations and emphasizing its contributions to the study of cetaceans and their conservation. Toothed whale The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. Seventy-three species of toothed whales (also called odontocetes) are described. They are one of two living groups of cetaceans, the other being the baleen whales (Mysticeti),"
"are modern threats to one or both species. Pilot whales are classified into two species: The short-finned pilot whale was described, from skeletal materials only, by John Edward Gray in 1846. He presumed from the skeleton that the whale had a large beak. The long-finned pilot whale was first classified by Thomas Stewart Traill in 1809 as ""Delphinus melas"". Its scientific name was eventually changed to ""Globicephala melaena"". Since 1986, the specific name of the long-finned pilot whale was changed to its original form ""melas"". Other species classifications have been proposed but only two have been accepted. There exist geographic"
"""Hormonotus"", ""Lamprophis"", ""Psammophis"", ""Leioheterodon"", ""Madagascarophis"", ""Poecilopholis"", ""Dasypeltis"" etc.), the pythonids (""Python""), typhlopids (""Typhlops"") and leptotyphlopids (""Leptotyphlops"", ""Rhinoleptus""). Of the lizards, many species of geckos (day geckos, ""Afroedura"", ""Afrogecko"", ""Colopus"", ""Pachydactylus"", ""Hemidactylus"", ""Narudasia"", ""Paroedura"", ""Pristurus"", ""Quedenfeldtia"", ""Rhoptropus"", ""Tropiocolotes"", ""Uroplatus""), Cordylidae, as well as Lacertidae (""Nucras"", ""Lacerta"", ""Mesalina"", ""Acanthodactylus"", ""Pedioplanis""), Agamas, skinks, plated lizards and some monitor lizards are common. There are 12 genera and 58 species of African amphisbaenians (e.g. ""Chirindia"", ""Zygaspis"", ""Monopeltis"", ""Dalophia""). Several genera of tortoises (""Kinixys"", ""Pelusios"", ""Psammobates"", ""Geochelone"", ""Homopus"", ""Chersina""), turtles (Pelomedusidae, ""Cyclanorbis"", ""Cycloderma"", ""Erymnochelys""), and three species of crocodiles (the Nile crocodile, slender-snouted crocodile and dwarf"
"Spotted jelly The spotted jelly (""Mastigias papua""), lagoon jelly, golden medusa, or Papuan jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish from the Indo-Pacific oceans. Like corals, sea anemones, and other sea jellies, it belongs to the phylum Cnidaria. ""Mastigias papua"" is one of the numerous marine animals living in symbiosis with zooxanthellae, a photosynthetic alga. They have a lifespan of approximately 4 months and are active primarily in mid-summer to early autumn. The spotted jelly is so named because of the little dots that garnish its jelly. It usually measures between in length and between in diameter but some individuals can"
"The radula teeth are a functional adaption in the capturing of prey. Shelled slug The shelled slug, scientific name Testacella haliotidea, is a rarely seen, air-breathing, carnivorous land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Testacellidae, the shelled slugs. This slug, like others in the family, has a small shell, which is situated towards the rear of the animal. The species epithet is ""haliotidea"" because the shell of this species resembles in shape a miniature version of the shell of the marine species in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. This is a large, very agile, pale brown slug, with"
"Spade-toothed whale The spade-toothed whale (""Mesoplodon traversii"") is a very little-known and the rarest species of beaked whale. It was first named from a partial jaw found on Pitt Island, New Zealand, in 1872; reported and illustrated in 1873 by James Hector, and described the next year by John Edward Gray, who named it in honor of Henry Hammersley Travers, the collector. This was eventually lumped with the strap-toothed whale, starting as early as an 1878 article by Hector, who never considered the specimen to be specifically distinct. A calvaria found in the 1950s at White Island, also New Zealand,"
"Stippled spoon-nose eel The stippled spoon-nose eel (""Echiophis punctifer"", also known as the spoon-nose eel or the snapper eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1859. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, northern South America, Senegal, and Angola. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits shallow bays and lagoons, in which it forms burrows in mud and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of , but more commonly"
"are also kept in aquariums until their size makes it impractical to do so. Spotted moray The spotted moray (""Gymnothorax moringa"") is a medium to large moray eel. Other common names include conger, spotted eel, red moray, speckled moray, white cong, white jawed moray, white-chinned moray and white-jawed moray eel. Spotted eels have a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in overall color with small overlapping reddish brown to dark-brown spots. They are commonly in length and can grow to , and weigh . They inhabit the Western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina and Bermuda to Brazil, including the"
"reach a TL of . The species epithet """"punctifer"""", treated as a name in apposition, means ""dotted"" in Latin, and refers to the eel's colouration. The eel is pinkish in color and has small dots, similar to leopard print. This eel is commonly found in shallow waters of Acapulco and the surrounding area, although it can also be found elsewhere. Stippled spoon-nose eel The stippled spoon-nose eel (""Echiophis punctifer"", also known as the spoon-nose eel or the snapper eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1859. It is a"
"Cephalopod A cephalopod () is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; ""head-feet"") such as a squid, octopus or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles (muscular hydrostats) modified from the primitive molluscan foot. Fishermen sometimes call them inkfish, referring to their common ability to squirt ink. The study of cephalopods is a branch of malacology known as teuthology. Cephalopods became dominant during the Ordovician period, represented by primitive nautiloids. The class now contains two, only distantly related, extant subclasses: Coleoidea, which"
"fin and a mainly dark anal fin, while the latter has black caudal and anal fins. Melon, Black-tailed and Oval butterflyfishes and probably also the somewhat aberrant Arabian Butterflyfish (""C. melapterus"") make up the subgenus ""Corallochaetodon"", of which ""C. trifasciatus"" is the type species. They are probably quite close to the subgenus called """"Citharoedus"""" (that name is a junior homonym of a mollusc genus), which contains for example the Scrawled Butterflyfish (""C. meyeri""). Like that group, they might be separated in ""Megaprotodon"" if the genus ""Chaetodon"" is split up. The Melon Butterflyfish is found in the Indian Ocean from East"
"Slender-billed prion The slender-billed prion or thin-billed prion, ""Pachyptila belcheri"", is a species of petrel, a seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is found in the southern oceans. The genus name ""Pachyptila"" comes from the Greek words ""pakhus"" (thick or stout) and ""ptilon"" (feather). The species name ""belcheri"" derives from ornithologist and judge Charles Frederic Belcher. The name ""prion"" comes from the Greek word """", meaning ""saw"", a reference of the serrated edges of the birds' saw-like bill. Like all prions, they are blue-grey above and white below with a dark ""M"" on their back to their wingtips. They have"