North Atlantic

In the Oceanário, The North Atlantic Habitat depicts an area extending from Iceland to the Azores along the Mid Atlantic Ridge.Geologically, it is a basaltic area, much like the Azores, with dark-grey rocks giving clearly illustrating the volcanic nature of these islands. The rock surface is worn, heavily pounded by wind and sea for years and years.

As you go through the North Atlantic corridor, notice how the experience resembles that of going through a natural cave in the Azores. Air temperature and water temperature are 14°C so be sure to dress in layers. (You will need to peel some off when you leave these colds parts and enter the Indian Habitat!).

Crabs, shrimps and other small critters
Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado - Majidae)

Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Nurse hound, large spotted dogfish, catfish (Scyliorhinus stellaris - Scyliorhinidae)

Smallspotted catshark, smallspotted dogfish, dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula - Scyliorhinidae)

Thornback ray, maiden ray, roker (Raja clavata - Rajidae)

Sea-stars, sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers
Sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus - Echinidae)

Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis - Asteriidae)

Anemones, corals and jellyfish
Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina - Actiniidae)

Sea-anemone (Anemonia sulcata - Actiniidae)

Birds
Atlantic puffin, common puffin, sea parrot (Fratercula arctica - Alcidae)

Common murre, common guillemot, guillemot (Uria aalge - Alcidae)

Razorbill, razorbill awk (Alca torda - Alcidae)

Bony fish
Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis - Sparidae)

Atlantic cod, codfish, codling (Gadus morhua - Gadidae)

Atlantic salmon, black salmon, grilse (Salmo salar - Salmonidae)

Black seabream, black bream, old wife (Spondyliosoma cantharus - Acanthuridae)

Common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris - Sparidae)

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus bimaculatus - Labridae)

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessus - Pleuronectidae)

European seabass, seabass, common seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax - Moronidae)

Gilthead seabream, gilthead, gilthead bream (Sparus aurata - Sparidae)

Pollak, European pollak, lythe (Pollachius pollachius - Gadidae)

Red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish, large-scaled scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa - Scorpaenidae)

Salema, bamboo fish, goldline (Sarpa salpa - Sparidae)

Sharpsnouted seabream, puntazzo (Diplodus puntazzo - Sparidae)

White seabream (Diplodus sargus sargus - Sparidae)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus - Polyprionidae)