Top Ten Sea Creatures that are Not Fish
Our seas and oceans have a diverse species such as fishes, octopus and squids. They are many types of fishes that make up the marine species. So in this list, these are the aquatic creatures that are not fishes. So, these are the aquatic animals that are not fishes. Anything form, cnidarians, echinoderms, and aquatic mammals. Fishes are vertebrates and some of the animals in this lists are invertebrates.
One of the most misleading sea creature ever. Despite of its name, Jellyfishes are not fish. Jellyfish is a medusa under the phylum Cnidaria. Also an invertebrate animal.
The bulb at the top isn't Jelly either.
Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or "basket stars". Also known as Starfish. It is under echidnoderms. They are invertebrates. Echidnoderms are recognizable for it's radical symmetric shapes and for it spikes.
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and the extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin). There are 40 extant species named as dolphins... read more These are the one of the sea mammals. Dolphins are under the class Mammalia. Which means that they are not fishes.
An octopus (octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beaked mouth at the center point of the eight limbs. The soft body can radically... read more Octopus are cephalopods. They are under the phylum Mollusc. Just same with squids and shellfish. Mollusks are invertebrates.
Just the same phylum with Starfish. Under the phylum Echidnodermata.
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail", usually entirely hidden under the thorax.
Shrimp Cocktail is also known as Prawn cocktail is a seafood dish consisting of shelled, cooked, prawns in a cocktail sauce, served in a glass . They are under Arthropods since they are crustaceans. Just same with the crabs.
Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 304 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. They are cephalopods. Under the mollusks. They have the same classifications with octopus.
They are bivalve mollusks. They are one of the shellfishes. Shellfish are not fish. They are invertebrates.
Beluga whales are under the cetacean group. Cetaceans are the group of aquatic mammals.
Corals are under the phylum Cnidaria just the same with Jellyfishes. They are invertebrate animals. They look like plants but they are animals.
Lobsters comprise a family of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails, and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor.
The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Sea lions are sea mammals characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short, thick hair, and a big chest and belly.
Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals in the clade Pinnipedia. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true seals). There are 34 extant species of pinnipeds, and... read more