Dallas World Aquarium Project
A'San Hollis 1st period, Mrs.Chegwidden
Rainforest, Aquarium, Mundo Maya
Rainforest ( Paradise Tanager )
- Scientific Name: Tangara chilensis
- des: multi colored, medium size song bird length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm
- adapt: multicolored
- habitat: humid tropical and sub tropical forests
- Diet: fruit and arthropods
- status: almost extinct
- interesting fact: both male and female have blue breast numbers are declining due to habitat lost
Aquarium ( Banggai Cardinal fish )
- scientific name: Pterapogon kaudeni
- des: 14 dorsal soft rays, two anal spines, and 13 soft anal soft rays
- adapt: silver body with vertical black strips covered with small white dots
- habitat: coral reef, sea grass beds, demersal tropical
- Diet: plankton, demersal, and benthic organisms
- status: endangered
- interesting fact: only member of genus Pterapogon
Mundo Maya ( Look down Fish )
- scientific name: Selene vomer
- des: distinguished by its dorsal and anal fins second ray on each fin being many times longer than the surrounding rays
- adapt: deep rhombus shaped laterally compressed body head has mouth set low and eyes high head is concave
- habitat: shallow costal waters over mud or sand bottoms
- Diet: depending on development eat everything benthic crustaceans to squids
- Status: not evaluated
- interesting fact: loud grunts with their swim bladder pharyngeal teeth when it feels thretenal