FIGHTING FISH, Betta Splendens

( Cover sent by friend SIEWLAN from MALYASIA)
The Fighting fish, popularly known as Betta by aquarium trade and hobbyist. It belong to GOURAMI family Osphroenemidae

Some of the species of Betta are

Betta splendens Betta Smaragidin Betta anabatoide Betta unimaculiat Betta pugnax Betta macrostoma Betta taeniata Betta edithae Betta elica Betta imbellis Betta foersch Betta tessyae Betta picta Betta coccina

FISHES AND LEATHERBACK TURTLES

Firstday cover, Newzealand, 1996

SEA HORSES (Vauatu, M/S)

SEAHORSES

These are species belong to the genus Hippocampus, family-Syngnathidae include pipe fish and sea dragon. There are 32 species of sea horses found in shallow tropical and temperate water.

TYPES OF SEA HORSES

Big belly sea horses, Winged sea horse , West Afrrican sea horses

Narrow bellied, Barbour seahorse

Pygmy seahorse, False eyed seahorse, Reunion seahorse

Short head sea horse, Giraffe sea horse

Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus sea horse, Tigertail sea horse

Crowned sea horse, Denises sea horse

Lined sea horse, Fisher's sea horse, Seapony,

big head, Long snout, Eastern Spiny, short snout,

Thorny sea horse etc.

St. VINCENT

TIGER SHARK (St. Kitts)

WHALES FROM ST. VINCENTS (White shark)

SHARKS

Sharks are intgruing creatures in our planet. There is a mix feelings of fear, mystry and respect for the animals since human being encountered it.

TYPES OF SHARKS

Basking Shark Blue shark White shark Megamouth shark

Nurse shark Wobbebong shark

Whale shark Dog fish shark Zebra shark Bull shark

Tiger shark Hammerhead shark

Basking shark Shortfin maco shark Mega mouth shark

Pacific angel shark Spined Pigmy shark

Sixgill saw shark Broadnose seven gill shark

TYPES OF WHALES

Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Whales are marine mammals of order Cetacea which are neither dolphins – members, in other words, of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae . They include the blue whale, the largest living animal. Orcas, colloquially referred to as "killer whales", and pilot whales have whale in their name but for the purpose of classification they are actually dolphins. For centuries whales have been hunted for meat and as a source of valuable raw materials. By the middle of the 20th century, large-scale industrial whaling had left many species seriously endangered

TYPES OF WHALES

Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis North Atlantic right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
North Pacific right Whale , Eubalaena japonica
Bowhead Whale , Balaena mysticetus Pygmy Right Whale , Caperea marginata
Gray Whale , Eschrichtius robustus Common Minke Whale , Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic minke Whale , Balaenoptera bonaerensis Sei Whale , Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's Whale , Balaenoptera brydei Eden's Whale , Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale , Balaenoptera musculus Omura's Whale , Balaenoptera omurai

Fin Whale , Balaenoptera physalus Humpback Whale , Megaptera novaeangliae