Dynamic Oceans

Here’s 20 minutes of bioluminescent waves + ocean sounds from Monterey Bay for your relaxocean needs:

“2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate!”

Halfmoon angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)

The halfmoon angelfish is a marine angelfish. The species lives mainly in coral and rocky areas, in shallow to moderate depths, though it is more often in silty reef areas than in rich coral growth. This angelfish grows to a size of 50 cm in length. As with other large angelfish in genus Pomacanthus, juveniles and sub-adults are differently marked and colored than adults. Small halfmoon angelfish are alternately blue, white, and black banded. Pomacanthus maculosus is distributed throughout the Persian Gulf, the northwestern Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea south to 19°S. This species has a diet typical of angelfishes. Its main food is sponges. It also eats small anemones, algae, tubeworms, and shrimp.

Order: Sphenisciformes

The penguins are a group of adorable flightless birds, adapted to aquatic environments. Penguins are mostly found throughout the Southern Hemisphere, but not all of them are native to cold climates like the Antarctica. In fact, despite popular belief, it is the minority which can survive these harsh temperatures. The majority is found throughout temperate climates, but one species (the Galápagos Penguin) is found near the equator.

They range in size from 1.1 metre (the emperor penguin) to 33 centimetres (the little blue penguin/fairy penguin) and it seems that the large species are adapted for cold climates, and the smaller species are adapted for temperate/tropical climates.

Depending on your taxonomic point of view, there is 17 to 20 living species.

Meet Ranong Guitarfish (Rhinobatos ranongensis), a new species of guitarfish from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, in northern Indian Ocean.