FishBlox
Last Updated: August 1st 2024
Who can do what?
Anyone ranked [5] Aquarist and above has the ability to create and host tours for our guests!
Fact Book
Beluga Whale
-
Favorite Food: Octopus, Squid, Crab, Snails, Clams, Sandworms -
Found: Arctic Ocean and nearby seas in the Northern Hemisphere -
Fact: Beluga Whales can dive for up to 25 minutes and reach depths as far as 800 metres
Stingray
-
Favorite Food: Worms, Clams, Oysters
-
Found: Pacific + Western Atlantic Seas
-
Fact: Stingyrays like to spend most of their lives living alone, only coming together to breed or migrate
Shark
-
Favorite Food: Smaller Fish, Intertebrates, Marine Animals
-
Found: Most habitats: Coral reefs to deep sea to under Arctic sea ice
-
Fact: Throughout a shark’s full life time, they will generate upwards of 30,000 new teeth
Emperor Penguin
-
Favorite Food: Krill + Squid, Northern Species tend to feed on fish
-
Found: Only found in the Southern Hemisphere: mostly only on the Antarctic coasts and sub-Antarctic islands
-
Fact: Emperor Penguins can swim underwater for up to 22 minutes at a time
Clownfish
-
Favorite Food: Algae, Zooplankton, Worms and Small Crustaceans
-
Found: Warm waters of the Indiand and Pacific Oceans including the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia
Fact: The largest clownfish can reach 18 centimeters (7.1 in), while the smallest can reach 10 centimeters (3.9 in)
Blue Tang
-
Favorite Food: Algae
-
Found: Clear waters surrounding coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
-
Fact: The coloring of a Blue Tang is to act as a warning to predators that they are poisonous!
Sea Bass
-
Favorite Food: Crayfish, Sunfish, Shiners, Trout + Minnows
-
Found: All coasts from Norway the Baltic to the Black Sea, also off the west coast of Africa
-
Fact: The largest Sea Bass ever caught was by a sport fisherman weighing 593 lbs (270.3 kg) in Anacapa Island in 1968!
Sea Turtle
-
Favorite Food: Sea Grass
-
Found: Most of the world’s oceans, apart from cold polar seas
-
Fact: As reptiles, Sea Turtles need air, though if the conditions are right they can stay underwater for hours at a time!
Seahorse
-
Favorite Food: Amphipods and other invertebrates
-
Found: All over the world in shallow tropical and temperate salt waters
-
Fact: While living in the sea, Seahorses have horrible swimming skills. They rely on their tail to stop them moving.
Eel
-
Favorite Food: Small Fish, Invertebrates, Crustaceans
-
Found: Both freshwater and saltwater
-
Fact: The Eels backbone is made up of over 100 vertebrae which makes it extremely flexible
Dolphin
-
Favorite Food: Herring, Sardines, Anchovies + Salmon
-
Found: World’s seas, oceans, and in some rivers
-
Fact: The Killer Whale (The Orca) is the largest species of Dolphin in the world!
Whale Shark
-
Favorite Food: Plankton, Fish, Jellyfish, Crab + Squid
-
Found: Tropical oceans around the world, most commonly found in Australia
-
Fact: Whale Sharks are filter feeders, while they have thousands of teeth they don’t use them to eat!
If there are any questions that have not been answered in our fact book, feel free to direct message one of our High Rank+ staff members on our communications server.
Signed,
FishBlox Leadership Team