Marine microorganism Marine microorganism Marine microorganisms are defined by their habitat as the microorganisms living in a marine environment, that is, in the saltwater of a sea or ocean or the brackish water of a coastal estuary. A microorganism (or microbe) is any microscopic living organism, that is, any life form too small for the naked human eye to see, needing a microscope. Microorganisms are very diverse. They can be single-celled or multicellular and include all bacteria and archaea and most protozoa, as well as some species of fungi, algae, and certain microscopic animals, such as rotifers. Many macroscopic animals and plants
Hawaiian freshwater goby Hawaiian freshwater goby The Hawaiian freshwater goby, "Lentipes concolor" ("‘o‘opu ‘alamo‘o "or "‘o‘opu hi‘u koleis"), is a species of goby endemic to Hawaii, where it occurs in mountain streams. Males of this species can reach a standard length of , while females only reach . This species is important to the native people as a food fish. In Ancient Hawaiʻi, this species, and others such as mullet and "Kuhlia sandvicensis", were cultivated in a form of freshwater aquaponics or aquatic polyculture. In this system of farming, the taro in the upland paddies (taro being the primary staple in Ancient Hawaiʻi)