Fish, whales, dolphins, sharks, and other marine and ocean life in Costa Rica
Common Name: Land Crabs or Tajalines Family: Gecarcinidae Range: The natural range of the land crab is throughout the Caribbean Sea, Bermuda, Texas, and southern Florida. In southern Florida, these crabs occur in low-lying areas of coastal counties. They are rarely found more than 5 miles from the coast.They are also available in many places […]
Common Name: Hermit Crab Type: Marine animal Family: Paguroidea Range: There are some land hermit crabs and few crabs that live in the ocean. There are more than 500 species of hermit crabs that are found all over the world. The majority of these live in the ocean and the few live on land. Ocean […]
Common Name: Octopus Type: Invertebrate Marine animal Family: Octopoda. Range: The giant Pacific octopus is common to the intertidal zone to depths of nearly 2,500 feet (750 m). Octopuses range from southern California, northward along the coast of North America, across the Aleutian Islands, and southward to Japan. you could see octopuses in the abundant […]
Common Name: False Killer Whale, Black fish Type: Mammal Family: Delphinidae Range: The false killer whale is a marine animal that is found mainly in all tropical and warm temperature waters. It can found in the sea of Costa Rica and around. However, it has been seen at off the Atlantic coast and also on […]
Common Names: Lionfish, zebra fish, fire fish, Turkey fish and many more Type: Fish Family: Scorpaenidae (fire fishes, goblin fishes, Rockfishes and scorpion fishes) Range: The South Pacific and Indian Oceans. The range of the lionfish covers a very large area from Western Australia and Malaysia east to French Polynesia and the United Kingdom’s Pitcairn […]