Aquatic Alphabet - P

Welcome to the Aquatic Alphabet, where all letters are one with the sea! Give it a shot and name as much sea animals starting with the letter P as you possibly can!

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They can live for up to twenty years, and have teeth in their jaws (which are either conical or flattened) but none on the roof of their mouth.	Porgy
This refers to microorganisms that are crucial to food chains and chemical cycles around the world. They may or may not also be trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.	Plankton
A dangerous species of fish from the rivers of South America, with razor sharp teeth that allow them to hunt and kill larger prey in packs.	Piranha
Exclusive to the Southern Hemisphere, these flightless aquatic birds are black and white in color, and are known for waddling across the Antarctic.	Penguin
They spend the majority of their day eating algae off coral reefs. This is made easy with the way their teeth form, which forms a parrot-like beak on their mouth.	Parrotfish
This type of fish appears on the coat of arms of Gimte, a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a predatory fish with a torpedo-like shape.	Pike/Pickerel
While they are from the same family as pufferfish, their unique trait is that they have spines which present themselves when inflated, which is also where they get their name from.	Porcupinefish
They look like jellyfish, but are actually siphonophores that are a colony of small organisms that cannot survive without each other. Being stung by this species is excruciatingly painful.	Portuguese Man-O-War
You can find this valuable mineral inside clams and oysters.	Pearl

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The most well-known species of this kind of fish resides in the Nevada side of Death Valley, where it was confined to Devils Hole for 10,000-12,000 years.	Pupfish
A small and oily fish known for swimming in large schools. Also known as sardines.	Pilchard
This fish is an invasive species within Europe. It is banned from being intentionally released into the environment of the European Union.	Pumpkinseed
When feeling threatened, this poisonous fish will inflate its body like a balloon.	Pufferfish
In the 1920s, only two species of fish in the Nannostomus genus were given this name. By the 1950s, the name would be given to all species within the genus.	Pencilfish
If you have ever eaten a Fillet-O-Fish from McDonalds, then you most likely have eaten this fish known as Alaskan . . .	Pollock
Though they may appear as bigger shrimp, their differences are that they taste sweeter, and have pincers on three pairs of legs.	Prawn
This flatfish's key characteristics are its brown skin and red spots on its top sides.	Plaice
Although they look more similar to dolphins, these toothed whales are more related to narwhals and belugas, and can be differentiated by their lack of a pronounced beak.	Porpoise