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# Ocean Animals (Page 5 of 5)

> Master of open marine waters, balancing salinity through osmoregulation and traversing major planetary currents.

**107 species in this collection.**

- [Southern Stingray](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-stingray/) (*Hypanus americanus*)
  - **Superpower**: Thousands of electrical sensors on its underside detect the electric field of prey buried in the sand
  - **Musical Match**: Suzanne Ciani (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers)
- [Staghorn Coral](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/staghorn-coral/) (*Acropora cervicornis*)
  - **Superpower**: Grows up to 8 inches of branch a year, and broken pieces re-attach to start new colonies
  - **Musical Match**: Goldie (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle)
- [Striated Frogfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striated-frogfish/) (*Antennarius striatus*)
  - **Superpower**: A worm-mimicking lure called an esca, followed by a strike that expands its mouth up to twelve times and pulls in prey along with water in about six milliseconds
  - **Musical Match**: Current Value (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle)
- [Swordfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/swordfish/) (*Xiphias gladius*)
  - **Superpower**: A heating tissue in one of its eye muscles that warms the brain and eyes up to 10 to 15 degrees C above the water, one adaptation that lets it swim in depths where the water may be just above freezing
  - **Musical Match**: Squarepusher (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle)
- [Thorny Seahorse](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/thorny-seahorse/) (*Hippocampus histrix*)
  - **Superpower**: Males carry the eggs in a brood pouch, where they fertilize, aerate and osmoregulate the embryos.
  - **Musical Match**: Hole (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock)
- [Vaquita](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vaquita/) (*Phocoena sinus*)
  - **Superpower**: Nearly continuous echolocation clicks that acoustic detectors can pick up
  - **Musical Match**: Autechre (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis)
- [Walrus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/walrus/) (*Odobenus rosmarus*)
  - **Superpower**: About 400 to 700 whiskers on a snout that a walrus moves through seafloor sediment to find food.
  - **Musical Match**: Wardruna (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal)
- [Wandering Albatross](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wandering-albatross/) (*Diomedea exulans*)
  - **Superpower**: Wingspan of about 3 m, and cruises on tail or side winds using little more energy than a bird resting on land
  - **Musical Match**: The Specials (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone)
- [West Indian Manatee](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/manatee/) (*Trichechus manatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Marching molars that are constantly replaced, new teeth forming at the back of the jaw and moving forward about a centimeter a month.
  - **Musical Match**: Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion)
- [White-Spotted Pufferfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-pufferfish/) (*Torquigener albomaculosus*)
  - **Superpower**: Sand architecture: digs a circle about 2 meters wide, ridged like a wheel, with its fins
  - **Musical Match**: Kraftwerk (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers)
- [Yellowfin Tuna](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellowfin-tuna/) (*Thunnus albacares*)
  - **Superpower**: Warm swimming muscle: a heat exchanger holding a 10 degrees C temperature difference would typically double the muscle's peak power
  - **Musical Match**: Anna Meredith (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral)

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