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Cobia are highly adaptable fish, able to survive in environments with low oxygen and high water temperatures. Fairly anti-social,...
The common octopus has smooth skin with special cells called chromatophores helping them change color quickly. Using camouflage...
The common snook is easily identifiable by its distinct black lateral line. It has a sloping forehead, protruding lower jaw, and...
The coney grouper is a “protogynous hermaphrodite,” meaning some individuals start life as females and later transition to...
Convict blennies have a striking appearance with their brightly colored yellow bodies and irregular black spotting. Their funky...
Convict surgeonfish are pale yellow-white in color with a compressed body shape, which helps them maneuver through coral and rocky...
Coral catsharks have color-changing abilities that allow them to adapt to different environments— from sandy sea floors to coral...
Coral shrimpfish are small, slender fish with compressed bodies. They’re yellow-brown in color with a single dark stripe running...
Unlike hard corals, corky sea fingers are soft corals, meaning they do not build a calcium-based skeleton but rather a flexible...
Cottonwick grunts have silvery-gray bodies with a black stripe along their back and bright yellow horizontal stripes. Juveniles...
The cownose ray has a lighter underside and darker top making them experts at camouflaging themselves in the sand. This helps...
Crescent corals range in color from blue-grey to orange, usually with cream or green lining its borders. This coral species grows...
The crevalle jack has a greenish-blue dorsal side and a silvery-white belly. This countershading helps it blend into both the...
Deep sea isopods look like big aquatic insects. They have overlapping segments of hardened calcium carbonate, seven pairs of legs...
Diamondback terrapins are strong swimmers thanks to their muscular legs and webbed toes. Living in dynamic tidal environments,...
Doctorfish have a flat, oval-shaped body with a grayish-blue or brownish coloration. Thin, darker vertical stripes run along their...
These sea cucumbers are long, brown and bumpy with tiny tube feet underneath to help them move. Their name and appearance might...
Ranging from yellow to brown in color, double-forked sea rods are branching coral with rigid, thick and long branches coming from...
Ranging from red-brown to purple in color, the Dungeness crab has an oval body with eight legs and two claws. The upper (dorsal)...
These slender fish can change color and blend into seagrass and algae to avoid predators. They often mate with more than one partner....
Dusky orange and red in color, these fish have horizontal silvery-white stripes along their sides. These fish create a grunting...
Dwarf cuttlefish are masters of disguise. They have special skin cells—chromatophores— that allow them to rapidly change the...
Masters of disguise, dwarf seahorses can change the color of their skin to blend in with their surroundings. This is particularly...
Eastern indigo snakes differ from other snake species in many ways, like utilizing their extremely powerful jaws to capture their...
Eastern mosquitofish have silvery-blue bodies with a large balloon-like bump near their pectoral fins, accompanied by a small...
Ember parrotfish are bright blue with minor highlights of yellow, green and pink through their midsection and face. They have...
Emerald false coral are small, soft corals with vibrant, cylindrical-shaped bodies. Their colors can range from purple, orange,...
Emperor angelfish have vibrant colors and distinctive patterns that resemble royal attire. Emperor angelfish are commonly found...
Encrusting gorgonians are soft corals that grow in thin mat form, stretching flat over hard surfaces and substrates. They have...
Epaulette Sharks are known for their ability to “walk” on the ocean floor using their pectoral and pelvic fins, which...
Eyestriped surgeonfish range in color from light brown to blue with highlights of yellow on their fins and tail. Like other surgeonfish,...
The feather blenny has two small, feathery extensions just above their eyes that help them sense their environment and communicate....
As its name suggests, finger coral looks very similar to human fingers.Their branches are thick and pale in color, growing from...
These corals grow in long, upright branches— similar to a tree. They can be cream, brown, pink or blue in color. These corals...
Finger leather corals vary in color from shades of pink and brown to white and gold. They grow from a single base in a mushroom-like...
These anemones have an orange-red base and white tentacles with pink tips. Each tip has stinging cells called “nematocysts”...
The bright red and white stripes serve as a distinctive feature of their appearance, setting them apart from other rockfish species.
Flamboyant cuttlefish have the ability to change the color of their skin to camouflage themselves from predators nearby. They...
Flame cardinalfish are easily recognizable by their striking eyes, which feature two solid white lines running around their irises....
Hermit crabs rely on abandoned shells for protection, and they are known to “shop” for a new shell as they grow, a...
Florida crayfish are bright blue in color with minor red spotting near their sides and belly. They have two large claws, eight...
Florida manatees have large, paddle-shaped tails that make gliding through water easy. They have vibrrissae, or whiskers around...
Florida pompano have a silvery body with a bluish-green tint on their back and a yellowish tinge on their belly and fins. They...
Florida sea cucumbers have rough, leathery skin with small cone-like bumps over their entire body. On their underside, they have...
The foureye butterflyfish is named for the large black spots near its tail that resemble a second pair of eyes, confusing predators....
French angelfish have oval, flat bodies that are dark or black with yellow around their eyes, white around their mouths, and yellow...
French grunts have oval-shaped bodies with silvery white coloring and bright yellow stripes running from head to tail. They feature...
Gag groupers spawn several times from January to March, producing up to 1.7 million eggs each time. These fish are protogynous...