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Homarus americanus

American lobster

Fun fact: Lobsters are not naturally red like seen in restaurants or grocery stores after they have been cooked. Live lobsters are usually greenish-brown.

Cetorhinus maximus

Basking shark

Fun fact: Basking sharks are filter feeders and filter 2000 tons of seawater every hour for plankton.

Doryteuthis pealeii

Longfin squid

Fun fact: Longfin squids sometimes eat animals bigger than themselves, including others of their own species.

Morone saxatilis

Atlantic striped bass

Fun fact: Like salmon, striped bass are anadromous, meaning that they spend most of their lives in the open ocean but return to rivers to spawn and die.

Salmo salar

Atlantic salmon

Fun fact: Female salmon use their tails to dig nests, called redds, into the gravel of the river, where they will then lay eggs.