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American beaver
The beaver has a brown pelt. Its hind feet are webbed. It has a broad, flat, scaly tail and prominent long, orange incisors.
ClassMammaliaOrderRodentsFamilyCastoridae -
American bittern
This species is no longer at the Biodôme.
ClassBirdsOrderCiconiiformesFamilyArdeidae (herons) -
American lobster
The American lobster has 10 legs, the first two ending in enormous claws. The left claw is usually bigger and is used for crushing food, while the right one is used for tearing.
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyNephropidae -
American robin
The American robin has a grey-brown back and a rusty orange breast.
ClassBirdsOrderPasserellidaeFamilyTurdidae -
American shad
American shads are in fact an anadromous type of herring (Alosa sp.), i.e. they spend most of their time at sea but must return to freshwater to spawn.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderAcariFamilyClupeidae -
Atlantic halibut
Atlantic halibut is a laterally compressed flatfish. Its body is dark or greenish brown on top and cream-coloured underneath.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPleuronectiformesFamilyPleuronectidae -
Atlantic mackerel
The Atlantic mackerel has a thin, tapered body. There are 23 to 33 dark, wavy lines across the upper part of its steel blue back. Its belly is silvery white.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyScombridae -
Atlantic puffin
The Atlantic puffin has a black back, white chest, white on the sides of its head and orangish feet. Because of its large colourful bill, it is sometimes called a sea parrot.
ClassBirdsOrderCharadriiformesFamilyAlcidae -
Atlantic rock crab
The rock crab has a flat, oval, purple or brick-red body. There are nine points on each side of the anterior part of its carapace.
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyCancridae -
Atlantic sturgeon
The Atlantic sturgeon has a long, pointed, upturned snout, with four barbels in front of the mouth, on the underside. It has five rows of bony plates on the back and sides.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderAcipenseriformesFamilyAcipenseridae