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In marine environments, a nursery habitat is a subset of all habitats where juveniles of a species occur, having a greater level of productivity per unit area than other juvenile habitats (Beck et al. 2001). Mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass are typical nursery habitats for a range of marine species.
There is a dispute based on the taxonomy of the sailfish, and either one or two species have been recognized. [3] [4] No differences have been found in mtDNA, morphometrics or meristics between the two supposed species and most authorities now only recognize a single species, Istiophorus platypterus, found in warmer oceans around the world.
A marine habitat is a habitat that supports marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term marine comes from the Latin mare, meaning sea or ocean). A habitat is an ecological or environmental area inhabited by one or more living species. [1] The marine environment supports many kinds of these habitats.
Range and habitat The Nile tilapia is native to larger parts of Africa , except Maghreb and almost all of Southern Africa . It is native to tropical West Africa , the Lake Chad basin, and much of the Nile system, including lakes Tana , Albert and Edward – George , as well as lakes Kivu , Tanganyika , and Turkana , and the Awash and Omo Rivers .
Habitat and ecology [ edit ] Halophilic Dunaliella species such as D. salina are notable for living all around the world in hypersaline environments such as salterns, salt lakes, and crystallizer ponds, with one unique subaerial species found growing on top of spider webs covering the walls of a cave in the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert.
The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes.The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies.
Yellowtail scad (ikan selar) in Malaysia. The yellowtail scad is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-Pacific region. [ 4 ] In the Indian Ocean , the species is known from as far south as South Africa , distributed north along the east African coast including Madagascar , and further north to the Persian Gulf ...
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others.