Male banded tulip snails will squirt water to create vibrations in the water to attract females. These snails have shiny, marbled shells with gray, brown, yellow and white coloration. They have purple ...

These lobsters are nocturnal feeders, meaning they hibernate during the day and come out at night to eat. Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, the Spanish slipper lobster lives in ...

Calico rockfish can live up to 12 years. In the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, calico rockfish inhabit rocky areas with sandy or muddy bottoms. Calico rockfish white bodies with ...

Females in this species give birth to young in the springtime. Split-nose rockfish are small in size and can range in color from pink and orange to red and white. They have large eyes, sharp head ...

Juvenile sheep crabs cover their bodies with barnacles, algae and marine debris to protect themselves from predators. The sheep crab's carapace, or body section, can grow up to 9.6 inches (24.4 ...

The oldest reported age of a midnight parrotfish is 31 years. Midnight parrotfish range from blue to black in color. They have scales all over their body excluding their head. A bright blue band runs ...

On rare occasion, this sea star can have four or six limbs, instead of the standard five. Chocolate chip sea stars have a creamy white base and dark brown projections, resembling chocolate chips.

Using its polyp tentacles, finger coral catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the sun's rays ...

These shrimp only live for a year and usually die post-spawning season. Glass shrimp can be hard to spot because of their transparent coloring. Faint striping occurs on their midsection and ends at ...

Welcome to Mote Aquarium on City Island in Sarasota, Florida! Discover everything you need to know for a fantastic visit, from admissions and accessibility information to maps and exhibit descriptions ...

The Sharks & Rays Conservation Research Program is dedicated to studying the biology, ecology and conservation of sharks and their relatives, the skates and rays. These fishes comprise about 1,000 ...

Black crappies eat in the early morning between midnight and 2:00am. Exclusively found in the eastern half of the United States, black crappies live in clear water environments, ponds, lakes and ...