Ocean Animals

Angelfish
Angelfish are brightly-colored, flattened fish that live in shallow warm waters.
Angelfish
(Simple version)
Angelfish are brightly-colored, flattened fish that live in shallow warm waters.
Angelshark
Bottom-dwelling, relatively harmless sharks with flattened bodies and a blunt snout.


Basking Shark
A huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.

Basking Shark
(Simple version)
A huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.

Beluga Whale
A small, white, toothed whale that lives mostly in cold, Arctic waters.

Bivalves
Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together. Scallops, oysters and clams are bivalves.


Blowfish
Also called pufferfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.

Bluefin Tuna
A large, bony fish in danger of extinction from over-fishing.

Blue Ring Octopus
A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.

Blue Shark
A sleek, fast-swimming shark with blue skin.


Blue Whale
A baleen whale that is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth.
Bony Fish
Bony Fish (Class Osteichthyes) are fish that have a skeleton made of bones.



Bottlenose Dolphin
A bottlenose dolphin is a small, toothed whale.

Bowhead Whale
A baleen whale with very long baleen.


Brittle Star
A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms.

Bull Shark
(Simple version)
A blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark that can also live in fresh water rivers and lakes.

Bull Shark
A blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark can that also live in fresh water rivers and lakes.

Clam
Burrowing bivalves with a soft body.


Clown Fish
Colorful fish that live among sea anemone.

Coelacanth
The Coelacanth (pronounced SEE-la-canth) is a primitive lobe-finned fish that was thought to have been extinct for millions of years, but a living Coelacanth was caught in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Cookiecutter Shark
A small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the luminous or cigar shark.


Copepod
Copepods are tiny crustaceans from fresh and salt water.

Coral
Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.

Coral Reef Animals
Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow ocean habitats that are rich in life. The reef's massive structure is formed from coral polyps.

Crab
A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head.


Crustaceans
Crustaceans are animals with a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body.

Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are cephalopods with relatively short legs, a fin along the entire mantle, and an internal cuttlebone.

Dall's Porpoise
A black-and-white toothed whale that makes a distinctive spray when it surfaces

Dogfish Shark
A small, very common, relatively harmless shark found worldwide.

Dugong
Dugongs are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Dunkleosteus
An extinct, heavily armored fish from the family Dinichthys. It lived during the Late Devonian period, about 360 million years ago.
Echinoderms
Spiny-skinned, bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates with five-fold symmetry.


Eels
Information and printouts on these primitive fish that go through metamorphosis.

Elasmosaurus
An extinct, swimming, fish-eating reptile (a plesiosaur) that had four flippers and a very long neck.

Elephant Seal, Northern
The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Monachinae

Fin Whale
A huge baleen whale that is the second-largest animal on Earth.

Fish
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills.

Fish Unlabeled
An unlabeled fish printout to color.


Fish Anatomy
Fish live in the water and breathe using gills.

Galapagos Shark
A large predator found near islands in warm water.

Gastropods
Gastropods are a class of mollusks with a single (or absent) shell and a muscular foot.

Giant Squid
Giant Squid swim deep in the oceans. They have ten arms and their eyes are the size of basketballs.


Gray Whale
The gray whale is baleen whale that is a bottom feeder; it migrates very long distances each year.

Great Hammerhead Shark
A large predatory fish with a hammer-shaped head.

Great White Shark
An enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.

Great White Shark
(Simple Version)
An enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.


Greenland Shark
A large, slow-swimming shark with glow-in-the-dark eyes.
Gulper Eel
The Gulper eel is a long, bony fish with huge, weak jaws.

Hammerhead Shark
Large predators with a hammer-shaped head.

Harbor Seal
Harbor Seals live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals.


Harp Seal
Harp Seals are marine mammals that live in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean.

Hatchetfish
Hatchetfish are oddly-shaped fish from South and Central America.

Hermit Crab
Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection

Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor.

Humpback Whale
A long-flippered baleen whale that sings and frolics in the water.

Ichthyosaurus
An extinct marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs

Jellyfish
Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles. Or go to an unlabeled version.
John Dory
John Dory is a spiny fish with a black spot on its side.



Killer Whale or Orca
A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the Arctic.

Knobbed Whelk
The Knobbed Whelk is a marine invertebrate with a spiral shell.

Krill
Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales.

Kronosaurus
A huge marine lizard that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.


Lanternfish
Fish with light-producing organs and very large eyes.

Lemon Shark
Large, yellowish predators found near the surface and at intermediate depths.

Limpet
The limpet is a marine invertebrate (a gastropod) with a flattened, cone-shaped shell.

Liopleurodon
Liopleurodon was the biggest plesiosaur. It was a huge, swimming reptile that lived over a hundred million years ago, during the Jurassic period.


Littoral Zone
The littoral (intertidal) zone is where the sea meets the land.

Lobster
A hard-shelled marine invertebrate with 10 jointed legs

Luminous Shark
A small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the cookiecutter or cigar shark.


Mako Shark
Large predators that are the fastest swimming fish!

Manatee
Manatees are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Man-of-War
The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.

Manta Ray
Manta rays are harmless fish related to sharks. They are the biggest ray.


Marine Mammals
Mammals that spend most of their lives in the seas.

Megalodon
A huge, extinct shark.

Megamouth
A large, filter-feeding shark that was only discovered in 1976.

Minke Whale
The smallest baleen whale. It sings and has a white band on each flipper.


Mollusks
Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Some mollusks include the octopus, squid, clam, snail, slug, and tusk shells.

Moray Eel Printout
Long, snake-like fish that have circular gills.

Narwhal
A toothed whale from the Arctic. The male has a huge, spiral tooth.

Northern Elephant Seal
The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Monachinae)


Northern Fur Seal
The Northern Fur Seal is a marine mammal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Nurse Shark
A large bottom-dweller with rounded fins

Octopus
Octopuses have eight legs and live on the sea floor. Go to a simple version

Orca or Killer Whale
A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the Arctic.

Orthacanthus
A spined, extinct shark

Oyster
The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells
Pink Conch
Also known as the queen conch, a marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Pinnipeds
Pinnipeds are marine mammals. They spend most of their life in the seas, but go onto land or ice at times.

Plankton
Plankton are tiny organisms that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

Plesiosaurus
An extinct, fish-eating marine reptile with four flippers, a plesiosaur.

Port Jackson Shark
A shark from waters off southern Australia.

Pufferfish
Also called blowfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.


Purple Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America.
Queen Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Rays
Rays are flat fish with no bones, only cartilage.

Right Whale
Baleen whales with a huge head and an arched mouth.


Salmon
Salmon are fish that live in the sea and spawn in fresh water

Sandtiger Shark (Sand Shark)
A shark that is cannibalistic before birth.

Scallop
Scallops are bivalves, shelled animals that live on the ocean floor.


Sea Anemone
A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor
Sea Cow
Sea cow is another name for manatee. Sea cows are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumbers are cylinder-shaped echinoderms.


Seahorse (labeled)
The seahorse is a very strange fish that lives in warm water. Or go to an unlabeled version.

Sea Lion
Sea lions are eared seals that live on coastlines.

Seals
Seals live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals.

Sea Otter
Sea otters are marine mammals with very dense, waterproof fur.


Sea Star
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.

Sea Turtle
Sea turtles are large marine turtles.

Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor

Sharks
Sharks are a type of fish that have no bones, only cartilage.

Shrimp
Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.

Snail
A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell

Spectacled Porpoise
A porpoise (a small toothed whale) from the Southern Hemisphere.

Sperm Whale
The Sperm whale is the largest toothed whale; it is over 50 feet long. It eats giant squid

Spotted Dolphin
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a small, toothed whale from tropical waters worldwide.


Squid
The squid is a fast-swimming invertebrate with ten arms.

Starfish
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.

Stingray
Stingrays are flat fish with a stinger and no bones (only cartilage).

Sunfish
A large fish with an almost circular, flattened body.


Swordfish
The swordfish is a large fish with a long, sharp bill.

Thresher Shark
The Thresher Shark is a shark whose tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe.

Tiger Shark
Large predators found worldwide in warm seas.


Trilobite
Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods that lived from about 540 to 245 million years ago.

Tuna
The Bluefin tuna is a large, bony fish in danger of extinction from over-fishing.

Urchin, Sea
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor.

Walrus
The walrus is a large mammal that spends most of its life in icy seas.


Weddell Seal
The Weddell seal is a large, nocturnal pinniped from Antarctica.

Whale
Whales are marine mammals

Whale Shark
The largest fish and a filter feeder that eats tiny marine organisms and small fish

Whelk
Whelks are marine invertebrates with a spiral shell.

Zebra Bullhead Shark
A bottom-dwelling shark with zebra-like stripes.

Zooplankton
Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.