On the Common tab, you are able to search and identify any species that is included in the Encyclopedia. Each entry has at least one photo or movie that represents the animal in action.

The Encyclopedia List

The main part of the Encyclopedia is the list of species. You can find this list on the left-hand side of this tab. Use the scroll arrows to browse the list and select a required species. After selecting a species, you can see its image on the top of the list.

Every species has at least one quality image (sometimes a few) and some of them have short video segments to introduce you to the species in motion.

A number of images for a selected species are represented by the line of icons at the bottom of the image frame. By clicking on an icon, you see the corresponding image. If the icon line consists of a frame icon, this means that there is a video segment for this species. In order to view the video, you have to click on the frame icon and point the cursor over the image frame. Now, the cursor looks like a black arrow (). Click the image with this cursor and the video will play. The cursor changes its appearance to a black square () . By clicking the movie frame with this new cursor, you can pause the video.

You can search the species by name from the species list. Click the text line at the top of the list. Type the first letters of the species’ name. The list will be positioned so that the most appropriate entry is returned.

The Common Data

There are a number of data values located on this tab:

• Names. All names (Latin and Common) are presented at the top of the tab. You can switch languages by pressing the specified button at the bottom of the Common tab. The preset language is defined on the Option panel.
• Size. The size of the selected species is shown between the species list and the image frame.
• Belonging to types and groups. You can find this data at the top of the tab (left-hand side). The first image represents "belonging to a type". The second one represents "belonging to a group". The group name is specified under its English name. The group image is a special button that allows you to add this group to the group filter (see the Filter tab for additional information). To do this, click this image button then click on the newly appeared "Add group to filter item". You can then reveal this icon at the top of the Filer tab's group filter.
• Activity. The visual media representing the species’ activities is located at the right-hand side of the tab. This image shows at which time the species is active.
• Employment. Near the Activity icon you will find this icon which details where the selected species are of use.
• Danger. Here, you can disclose all possible harm that the selected species can bring to a diver. Under the danger’s name, you will find a recommended sequence of operations that an affected diver must carry through to recovery.
• Habitat. At the bottom of this tab, you can find out where the selected species lives. The bottom profile image contains marked point(s). This point(s) shows the natural habitat for the selected species. The vertical scale at the left-hand side of the image reveals the depth at which the species can be found.
• CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). In the event that the selected species belongs to the CITES list, its icon will be shown at the top right-hand side of the tab. The number of CITES list is located under the icon. See also http://www.cites.org/