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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When female red rock crabs shed their shells, the males will guard them for weeks on end until their new shell has hardened. Red rock crabs can be found in estuaries, rocky and soft bottom habitats in ...
This species of fish can swim up to 98 feet (30 meters) deep. The bicolored foxface fish is a small, strikingly colored species. The front two-thirds of its body features a deep blue-black color, ...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have restored more than 216,000 corals to Florida’s Coral Reef—an exciting milestone. Starting in 2020, several of our restored corals spawned, engaging in sexual ...
These corals grow quicker the closer they are to a light source. Colonies of leaf plating montipora can reach the size of a football field! Using its polyps, leaf plating montipora filter organic ...
These fish are fairly common in areas with dense Acropora coral growth. Blueline rabbitfish are also called masked rabbitfish because of the mask-like black line running across their face. These fish ...
These fish are nocturnal feeders, meaning they wait until nighttime to search for food. In the Indo-west Pacific, marine bettas can be found in tropical waters among coral reef habitats. They hide in ...
Scientists are still unsure about the functional purpose of the horn on bluespine unicornfish. Bluespine unicornfish have blue-gray dorsal sides and white bellies. They have a long, slender extension ...