Algivore animals

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; often found on or close to fresh water. These...

Marine Iguana

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

The Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which makes up almost all of...

Ocean sunfish

Mola mola

The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It was misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different species, Mola alexandrini. Adults typically weigh between 247 and 1,000 kg (545...

Lesser Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor

The Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. It is the smallest of all flamingos but has the largest number of population.

Redhead

Aythya americana

The redhead (Aythya americana) is a diving duck found in the Americas. It is closely related to the canvasback and belongs to the family which also includes ducks, swans, and geese. The scientific name of the redhead can be translated as "American...

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna ) is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the central and eastern United States.

James's Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus jamesi

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi ), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British...

Andean Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus andinus

The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus ) is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus. It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the two make up the genus...

Red-crested pochard

Netta rufina

The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina ) is a large diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek Netta "duck", and Latin rufina, "golden-red" (from rufus, "ruddy"). Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and it...

Black-Necked Swan

Cygnus melancoryphus

The black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus ) is the largest waterfowl native to South America.

New Zealand mud snail

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum ) is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae.It is native to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the...

Eastern River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna concinna

The Eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna) is a subspecies of River cooter. Eastern river cooters have one particular distinctive feature; they have the ability to breathe underwater through a sac called the cloaca bursae which is based...

California sea hare

Aplysia californica

The California sea hare (Aplysia californica ) is a species of sea slug in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California in the United States and northwestern Mexico.

Haliotis rufescens

Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) is a species of very large edible sea snail in the family Haliotidae, the abalones, ormer shells or paua. It is distributed from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico. It is most common in the southern...

White-cheeked pintail

Anas bahamensis

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=6951&user_id=wayne_fidlerThe white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis ), also known as the Bahama pintail or summer duck, is a species of dabbling duck. It was first described by Carl...

Crown-of-thorns starfish

Acanthaster planci

The crown-of-thorns starfish (frequently abbreviated to COTS), Acanthaster planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia). The crown-of-thorns starfish receives its name from venomous thorn-like spines that...

Aplysia dactylomela

Aplysia dactylomela, the spotted sea hare, is a species of large sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.

Devils Hole pupfish

Cyprinodon diabolis

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a critically endangered species of the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfishes) found only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in the US state of Nevada. It was first described as a species in 1930 and is...

Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus

Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus. A number of common names are attributed to the species, including regal tang, palette surgeonfish,...

Antarctic krill

Euphausia superba

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. It is a small, swimming crustacean that lives in large schools, called swarms, sometimes reaching densities of 10,000–30,000 individual...

Yellow tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and...

Fathead minnow

Pimephales promelas

Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the genus Pimephales of the cyprinid family. The natural geographic range extends throughout much of North America, from...

Bigmouth buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

The bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is a fish native to North America that is in decline. It is the largest North American species in the Catostomidae or "sucker" family, and is one of the longest-lived and latest-maturing freshwater fishes,...

White sucker

Catostomus commersonii

The white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is commonly known...

Red sea urchin

Mesocentrotus franciscanus

The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is a sea urchin found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. It lives in shallow waters from the low-tide line to greater than 280 m (920 ft) deep, and is typically found on...

Diadema antillarum

Diadema antillarum, also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, or the long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae.This sea urchin is characterized by its exceptionally long black spines.It is the most abundant...

Sycon ciliatum

Sycon ciliatum is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae.

Coregonus artedi

Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American ciscoes is a matter of debate. Accordingly,...

Acanthurus coeruleus

Acanthurus coeruleus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs, found in the Atlantic Ocean. It can grow up to 39 centimetres (15 in) long. Common names include Atlantic...

Pagurus bernhardus

Pagurus bernhardus is the common marine hermit crab of Europe's Atlantic coasts. It is sometimes referred to as the common hermit crab or soldier crab. Its carapace reaches 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) long, and is found in both rocky and sandy areas,...

Oreaster reticulatus

Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean...

Stoplight parrotfish

Sparisoma viride

The stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae, inhabiting coral reefs in Florida, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and as far south as Brazil. It mainly feeds on algae...

Megalonaias nervosa

Megalonaias nervosa is a freshwater mussel species in the family Unionidae. Washboard is the common name used for Megalonaias nervosa.

Acanthurus triostegus

Acanthurus triostegus, the convict surgeonfish, convict surgeon, convict tang or fiveband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This...

Plethobasus cyphyus

Plethobasus cyphyus, the sheepnose mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the Midwest and Southeast United States. It is currently listed as...

Tomato clownfish

Amphiprion frenatus

The tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is native to the waters of the Western Pacific, from the Japan to Indonesia. Other common names include...

Central stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

The central stoneroller, or Ohio stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), is a fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to North America.

Blackchin tilapia

Sarotherodon melanotheron

The blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron) is a species of cichlid native to coastal west Africa. It is a paternal mouthbrooder which has been introduced to Asia and North America.In the Philippines, it is also informally called gloria or...

Sailfin tang

Zebrasoma velifer

The sailfin tang (Zebrasoma velifer), the Pacific sailfin tang, purple sailfinned tang or sailfin surgeonfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is...

Lampsilis cariosa

Lampsilis cariosa, the yellow lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.Its natural habitat is rivers.

Winged mapleleaf

Quadrula fragosa

The winged mapleleaf, also known as false mapleleaf, or hickory nut shell, and with the scientific name Quadrula fragosa, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is endemic...

Black buffalo

Ictiobus niger

The black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the Catostomidae or sucker family. With a lifespan greater than 100 years it is among the longest-lived of freshwater fish species. Found in the Mississippi Basin...