Scaled herrings travel in large groups, called schools. Throughout the Caribbean Sea, west Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, scaled herrings inhabit coral reefs and sandy bottoms near the shore.

Throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western Atlantic Ocean, giant hermit crabs inhabit inshore reefs, beds of turtle grass, muddy, sandy and shelly bottom areas. Giant hermit crabs have ...

When in darker areas, this fish is able to become almost completely invisible due to the changing colors of their scales. When light is present, these fish appear blue in color. Throughout the Gulf of ...

Roughtail stingrays live in soft bottom habitats like seagrass meadows, muddy and sandy flats. Sometimes, they'll hide out in estuaries near mangroves. They can be located in the western Atlantic ...

Dusky squirrelfish are found in coastal rocky and reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean.

These fish can be found in seagrass beds, sandy bottoms and coral reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic ocean. The tomtate grunt is silvery grey with yellow stripes running from ...

These fish can reach lengths of 22 inches (55 centimeters) and weigh around 3.5 pounds (1.6 kilograms). These fish are herbivorous, meaning they only plants. Stoplight parrotfish graze on algae ...

These fish usually live in pairs. If one gets separated from its partner, they will attempt to find and rejoin them. In the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, foureye butterflyfish ...

As opportunistic eaters, gray snappers aren't picky about their food. They feed mainly on crustaceans like shrimp and crabs, but will also eat smaller fishes, octopus, worms and mollusks. Occurring in ...

The average size of a moray eel is 6 feet (1.8 meters), weighing in at 30 pounds (13.3 kilograms). In the Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the green moray eel lives along ...

Found in both marine and freshwater, horse eye jacks live near offshore reefs thought the Gulf of Mexico, western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. Horse eye jacks have a silver body with brown-green ...

Smalltooth sawfish can grow up to 16 feet (4.6 meters) long and weight several hundred pounds. These sawfish live in the coastal waters of the ocean and in estuaries (where freshwater rivers meet the ...