Coral catsharks are nocturnal hunters, meaning they feed at night. These sharks like to inhabit coral reef communities in shallow coastal waters. Relatively secluded, coral catsharks can primarily be ...

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 ...

These fish create a grunting sound to defend their territory, intimidate predators and warn others of danger. Dusky squirrelfish are found in coastal rocky and reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Gold-spotted rabbitfish are able to blend into coral habitats almost seamlessly with their unique coloring and dotted pattern. Gold-spotted rabbitfish have pale blue bodies covered in tiny orange dots ...

Green turtles grow to be three or four feet (0.91-1.22 meters) in length and weigh 300-350 pounds (136.1-158.8 kilograms). (NOAA) Green turtles eat a wide variety of vegetation including algae and ...

Loggerhead turtles can weigh 200-350 pounds (91-159 kilometers) and measure 2.5 - 3.5 feet (0.8 - 1 meters) in length. Loggerheads have large paddle-like flippers making them master swimmers and ...

Twospot bristletooth tangs have a spine near their tail that they can extend and retract. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans, twospot bristletooth tangs can be found near deep lagoons, seaward reefs and ...

This species has tiny tubular feet on the bottom of their bodies that help them move around. These sea cucumbers feed on the top layers of sand underneath coral reef communities. They filter organic ...

Unlike many other species of rays, lesser devil rays do not have a spine in their tails. The lesser devil ray's diet consists of pelagic plankton- small organisms found floating in the water column.

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 ...

Southern stingrays visit "cleaning stations" where bluehead wrasses and Spanish hogfish eat parasites and clean mucus from the ray's body. Females are usually larger than males, and can grow up to 6.5 ...

Nettles that live closer to shore in estuary or bay environments tend to be smaller, growing to be 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, while nettles that live in the open ocean grow to 7 inches (19 ...