Sea Animals: List of 30+ Popular Sea Animals with ESL Pictures

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Sea Animals in English! Learn the useful list of the names of sea animals in English with example sentences and ESL printable infographic.

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Sea Animals in English

List of Sea Animals

• Clams
• Coral
• Cormorant
• Crab
• Dolphin
• Goldfish
• Jellyfish
• Lobster
• Octopus
• Otter
• Oyster
• Pelican
• Penguin
• Sea anemone
• Sea lion
• Sea urchin
• Seagull
• Seahorse
• Seal
• Shark
• Shells
• Shrimp
• Squid
• Starfish
• Turtle
• Walrus
• Whale
• Cuttlefish
• Sturgeon
• Killer whale
• While whale
• Narwhal
• Piranha
• Clownfish

Sea Animals with Example Sentences

Clams

• The restaurant’s specialities are fried clams.

Coral

• The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.

Cormorant

• It was easier to act out the cormorant fishing.

Crab

• The claws of a crab are used for grasping things, especially food.

Dolphin

• A dolphin leapt out of the water.

Goldfish

• The pond contains a mixture of goldfish and carp.

Jellyfish

• You can get a nasty sting from a jellyfish.

Lobster

• We dined on lobster and strawberries.

Octopus

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.

Otter

• She collared my black wool coat with otter pelts.

Oyster

• I enjoy eating oyster; it’s really delicious.

Pelican

• That’s not a duck, it’s a pelican!

Penguin

• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.

Sea anemone

• A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.

Sea lion

• A sea lion was spotted this week along a rural roadside in central California.

Sea urchin

• Oyster soup with sliced sea urchin is the other original Loiseau signature dish.

Seagull

• A small dog barked at a seagull he was chasing.

Seahorse

• The seahorse looks a horse’s head, but in fact, it a fish.

Shark

• We could see the fin of a shark as it slowly circled our boat.

Shell

• A snail’s shell is spiral in form.

Shrimp

• The term green shrimp refers to all or any uncooked shrimp.

Squid

• The seals feed mainly on fish and squid.

Starfish

• If a starfish loses a leg, it grows back.

Turtle

• The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.

Whale

• A whale was found washed up on the shore.

Cuttlefish

• The ink of cuttlefish beclouded the water.

Sturgeon

• Sometimes they catch a bit of sturgeon.

Killer whale

• Killer whales are up to ten metres in length.

Piranha

• Piranha fish live in the lakes, and electric eels.

Clownfish

• There is little doubt that the clownfish is very dependent on the association with its anemone.

Types of Sea Animals | Infographic