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Swimming anemone, Spotted anemone
This anemone has a soft, tubular body with smooth, marbled skin. Its colouring varies widely. Tentacles surround its mouth, which is located on the top of its body.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyActinostolidae -
Tambaqui, Blackfin pacu
The tambaqui is a large fish with a light-coloured belly and round adipose fin. Its teeth are large, round, strong molars.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderCharaciformesFamilySerrasalmidae -
Thorny skate
The tail of the thorny skate has two small dorsal fins. The ventral side is white and the dorsal side brown with dark spots.
ClassChondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)OrderRajiformesFamilyRajidae -
Tiger catfish
The head of the tiger catfish ends in a broad, flat, shovel-shaped snout. Six barbels are located around the mouth, four on the lower jaw and two on the upper.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderSiluriformesFamilyPimelodidae -
Tropical cockroache
This cockroach has a pale brown, flat, oval body. The head has long antennae and is concealed under a part of the thorax called the pronotum.
ClassInsectaOrderDictyopteraFamilyBlattellidae -
Tropical gar
These fish are distinguished by their elongated, cylindrical body, covered with hard, glossy scales. They have a long, narrow snout lined with sharp teeth, perfectly adapted for capturing prey.
ClassActinopterygiiOrderLepisosteiformesFamilyLepisosteidae -
Turkey vulture
Although there are no true vultures in the Americas, the turkey vulture and other members of the cathartidae family play the same ecological role, that of carrion eater.
ClassBirdsOrderCathartiformeFamilyCathartidae -
Turquoise tanager
This tanager has a black head and back. It has a blue rump and bluish ivory shoulder patches. Its face and chest are purplish blue spotted with black. Its underparts are yellow.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyThraupidae -
Waved whelk
The soft body of the waved whelk is white, spotted with black. It is covered with a whorled cream-coloured shell. The head of this marine snail bears two antennae.
ClassGasteropodaOrderCaenogastropodaFamilyBuccinidae -
Whimbrel
These large shorebirds are recognized by their slender, down-curved bill. Their brownish plumage, often mottled gray-brown, and the stripes on their head help to identify them.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyScolopacidae