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DIPLOMA IN FISH TECH- AQUACULTURE- 1ST YEAR

 FINFISHES

Scientific Name: Hoplostethus

English Name: Orange Roughy
Local Name: Slimehead

Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopter Actinoptergii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplosthetus
Species: H. Atlanticus

Brief Description
Orange roughy have a bright reddish orange head and body. The body is compressed and
oval-shaped. The head is covered with bony ridges and deep mucous cavities. The mouth
and gill cavities are bluish black.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy
 Scientific Name: Anarhichas Lupus
English Name: Atlantic Wolffish
Local Name: Sea Wolf

Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Anarhichadidae
Genus: Anarhichas
Species: A. lupus

Brief Description
Atlantic wolffish appear in a range of colors from olive-green, purplish-brown, or a
striking blue-gray and a single dorsal fin span's the fish's entire back, and another
spanning from its tailfin and along its ventral side. This species can grow to be six feet
long and weigh as much as 50 pounds.

Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_wolffish
 Scientific Name: Rajidae
English Name: Skate
Local Name:Blue Skate
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus:Dipturus
Species:D. batis

Brief Description
Skates are rounded to diamond-shaped in form. They have large pectoral fins extending
from or nearly from the snout to the base of the slender tail, and some have sharp “noses”
produced by a cranial projection, the rostral cartilage. Skates may be solid coloured or
patterned.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_(fish)
 Scientific Name: Abramis Brama
English Name: Bream
Local Name: Bakoko
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Abramis
Species: A. brama
Brief Description
Bream, (Abramis brama), common European food and game fish of the carp family,
Cyprinidae, found in lakes and slow rivers. The bream lives in schools and eats worms,
mollusks, and other small animals. It is deep bodied, with flat sides and a small head, and
is silvery with a bluish or brown back.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bream
 Scientific Name: Anguilliformes
English Name: Eel
Local Name: Igat
Taxonomic classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: Anguilla Anguilla

Brief Description
They are slender, elongated, and usually scaleless, with long dorsal and anal fi ns that are
continuous around the tail tip. Eels are found in all seas, from coastal regions to the mid-
depths. Freshwater eels are active, predatory fish with small embedded scales.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel
 CRUSTACEANS

Scientific Name: Zebrida adamsii

English Name: Zebrida
Local Name: Zebra Crabs
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Pilumnoidea
Family: Pilumnidae
Subfamily: Eumedoninae
Genus: Zebrida
Species: Z. adamsii
Brief Description
Zebrida is a small genus of distinctive striped crabs, known as zebra crabs, that live in
association with sea urchins in the Indo-Pacific.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebrida_adamsii
 Scientific Name: Portunus pelagicus
English Name: Blue Swimming Crab
Local Name: Alimasag
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Portunus
Species: P. pelagicus

Brief Description
The males are bright blue in color with white spots and with characteristically long
chelipeds, while the females have a duller green/brown, with a more rounded carapace.
The carapace can be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) wide.
Reference
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portunus_pelagicus

Scientific Name: Lithodidae

English Name: Alaskan king crab
Local Name: King Crab
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
(unranked): Reptantia
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Lithodoidea
Family: Lithodidae

Briefly Description
King crabs are a taxon of decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas. Because of their
large size and the taste of their meat, many species are widely caught and sold as food, the
most common being the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus).
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_crab
 Scientific Name: Varuna litterata
English Name: River Swimming Crab
Local Name: Ugama
Taxonamic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Genus: Varuna
Species: V. litterata

Brief Description
Squarish, flattened crab; flattened legs fringed with long hair on inside edge of last two
segments. To 55 mm across.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varuna_litterata

Scientific Name: Alpheidae

English Name: Snapping Shrimp
Local Name: Takla
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Alpheoidea
Family: Alpheida
Genus: Alpheus Fabricius
Species: Alpheus digitalis de Haan

Brief Description
lpheidae is a family of caridean snapping shrimp, characterized by having asymmetrical
claws, the larger of which is typically capable of producing a loud snapping sound. Other
common names for animals in the group are pistol shrimp or alpheid shrimp.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

MOLLUSKS

Scientific Name: Bivalvia

English Name: Clams
Local Name: Kabibe
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Infrakingdom: Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia Linnaeus
Subclass: Heterod onta
Order: Veneroida H. Adams
Superfamily: Corbiculoidea
 Family: Corbiculidae Gray
Genus:Corbicula Megerle von Mü hlfeld
Species: Corbicula fluminea
Brief Description
A clam is a marine animal with two shells that eats by straining food from water, sand, or
mud. You can sometimes find clams by digging in the sand close to the seashore. The
largest clams are used for food by humans, including the scallop, a particularly big form of
clam.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivalvia
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Scientific Name: Arcidae

English Name: Ark Shell/Clam
Local Name: Litob/Kamot-pusa
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Superfamily: Arcoidea
 Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Species: A. chemnitzii
Brief Description
Ark clams, or ark shells, are two-shelled molluscs, generally less than 80 mm long, with
thick, white to tan coloured shells with strong ridges. Unlike other clams, ark clams have
red blood pigments (haemoglobin), which carry oxygen to their tissues and allow them to
live in murky, poorly oxygenated environments.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_clam

Scientific Name: Ampullariidae

English Name: Apple Snail
Local Name: Kuhol
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pomacea
 Brief Description
Apple snails have a heavy golden yellow to dark brown shell with dark banding. Among
the largest freshwater snails, apple snails are typically between 2 and 4 inches tall. The
largest shells can reach 6 inches.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullariidae

Scientific Name: Lambis

English Name: Scorpion Spider Conch
Local Name: Saang
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
uperfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Lambis
Species: L. scorpius
Brief Description
Lambis scorpius (Scorpion Spider Conch) is a species of snails in the family Strombidae.
Dead Scorpion Spider Conch form shallow marine sediments. They are detritivores.
Individuals can grow to 17 cm.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambis

Scientific Name: Haliotis

English Name: Abalone
Local Name: Sabra-sobra/Kapinan
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
 Genus:Haliotis
Species: Haliotis asinine
Brief Description
any of a genus (Haliotis) of edible rock-clinging gastropod mollusks that have a flattened
shell slightly spiral in form, lined with mother-of-pearl, and with a row of apertures along
its outer edge.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliotis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone
ECHINODERMS

Scientific Name: Holothuroidea

English Name: Sea Cucumber
Local Name: Trepang
Taxonomic Classifications
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Aspidochirotida
Family: Holothuriidae
Genus: Holothuria
Species:Holothuria pardalis

Brief Description
Sea cucumbers have elongated, cucumber-like bodies that are thickest in the middle. They
have distinct front and rear ends, with 10 finger-like tentacles around their mouth. The
hairy sea cucumber is dull brown and grows four to five inches long. Its fat, rounded body
is covered with tube feet.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/hui_ka/02Classification.html

Scientific Name: Asteroidea

English Name: Sea Star
Local Name: Star Fish
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
 Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Asterias
Species: A. rubens
Brief Description
Starfish are marine invertebrates. They typically have a central disc and usually five arms,
though some species have a larger number of arms. The aboral or upper surface may be
smooth, granular or spiny, and is covered with overlapping plates.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish

Scientific Name: Echinoidea

English Name: Sea Urchin
Local Name:Tuyom
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
 Subphylum: Echinozoa
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Genus: Strongylocentrotus
Species: Strongylocentrotus
Brief Description
Sea urchins are animals that are typically small, spiny and round. They live in all the
earth's oceans, at depths ranging from the tide line to 15,000 feet. Because they cannot
swim, they live on the sea floor. Their main defense against more agile predators like eels
and otters is their hard, spiny test, or shell.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchin

Scientific Name: Clypeasteroida

English Name: Sand Dollar
Local Name: Sea Cookie
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Gnathostomata
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Echinarachniidae
 Genus: Echinarachnius
Species: Echinarachnius
Brief Description
Sand dollars are small invertebrates that live near coastal areas throughout the global
ocean. Their distinctive exoskeletons sport a star shape at the center of their disc-like
bodies. The tube feet and keratinous spines covering their bodies make living sand dollars
look and feel like velvet.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_dollar
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Scientific Name: Ophiuroidea

English Name: Brittle Star
Local Name: Bakay-bakay/Serpent Star
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class:Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Family: Amphiuridae
Genus: Ophiothrix
Species: O. fragilis
Brief Description
 Brittle star, also called serpent star, any of the 2,100 living species of marine
invertebrates constituting the subclass Ophiuroidea (phylum Echinodermata). Their long,
thin arms—usually five and often forked and spiny—are distinctly set off from the small
disk-shaped body.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_star
https://www.swifft.net.au/cb_pages/
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MACROBENTHIC ALGAE

Scientific Name: Ulva lactuca

English Name: Green laver
Local Name: Sea lettuce
Taxonomic Classifications
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulvales
Family: Ulvacea
Genus: Ulva
Species: U. lactuca

Brief Description
Sea lettuce is a bright green algae composed of lobed, ruffle-edged leaves that are coarse
and sheet-like and resemble a leaf of lettuce. The leaves may appear flat, thin, broad, and
often rounded or oval. Its leaves are often perforated with holes of various sizes.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulva_lactuca

Scientific Name: Chondrus crispus

English Name: Carrageenan/Irish moss
Local Name: Guso
Taxonomic Classifications
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Gigartinaceae
Genus: Chondrus
Species: C. crispus
Brief Description
Carrageenan is an additive used to thicken, emulsify, and preserve foods and drinks. It's a
natural ingredient that comes from red seaweed (also called Irish moss). You'll often find
this ingredient in nut milks, meat products, and yogurt.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrus_crispus
 Scientific Name: Caulerpa lentillifera
English Name: Seagrape
Local Name: Lato
Taxonomic Classifications
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Caulerpaceae
Genus: Caulerpa
Species: C. lentillifera
Brief Description
Sea grapes are a type of seaweed while seagrape is a tropical tree (coccoloba uvifera)
that's native in the Caribbean. What is this? This seaweed variety is called sea grapes
because it looks like clusters of tiny green grapes, known for its pleasing appearance,
refreshing taste and “pop” when you eat it.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_lentillifera
 Scientific Name: Acropora humilis
English Name: Stubby Branching Coral
Local Name: Finger Coral
Taxonomic Classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Acropora
Species: A. humilis
Brief Description
Acropora humilis, also known as finger coral, is a species of acroporid coral found in the
Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the northern and southwestern Indian Ocean, Australia, the
central Indo-Pacific, Japan, southeast Asia, the East China Sea, the central and western
Pacific Ocean, the Johnston Atoll and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It also occurs in
the Raja Ampat Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau, and the Pitcairn Islands. Occurring in
tropical shallow reefs on upper reef flats and slopes at depths of up to 12 metres (39 ft), it
was described by Dana in 1846.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropora_humilis
 Scientific Name: Palmaria palmata
English Name: creathnach
Local Name: Dulse
Taxonomic Classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Palmariales
Family: Palmariaceae
Genus: Palmaria
Species: P. palmata
Briefly Description
Reddish brown, membranous or leathery, flattened fronds, 50-300 (1000) mm long,
arising from a discoid base, usually with a small stipe expanding gradually to form simple
or dichotomously and palmately divided fronds, often with characteristic marginal
leaflets.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmaria_palmata