Category: Fish

Kingfishers – Big-Headed Swooping Hunters

kingfisher

 

The kingfishers are scattered throughout the world but live mostly in Asia and Africa. There is no shortage of them, there are 86 different species. The length of a kingfisher’s body ranges from 4 to 18 inches (10 – 46 cm) long. They have large heads, a stocky body, and a short neck. The kingfisher also has a long pointy, straight beak, and its wings are round and short.

 

Smalltooth Sawfish – Ocean Chainsaw with Fins

smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata

 

The smalltooth sawfish can be found lurking around in temperate to tropical shallow coastal waters, in the Atlantic coast of the US and in East Africa. Of the six species of sawfish, the smalltooth is the largest.

 

smalltooth sawfish underneath