Reef butterflyfish have small, compressed bodies making them quick swimmers and great hiders. Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, reef butterflyfish inhabit coral ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black snook can live in both fresh and marine water. They can found in the coastal muddy, sandy and rocky bottom habitats of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Black snook have silvery-gray ...

Young yellow tail snappers hang around seagrass beds and as they mature, they live in coral reef communities. Yellowtail snappers are found in coral reefs communities in the Gulf of Mexico, western ...

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 ...

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Swell sharks grow up to 3 feet (1 meter) long. Found throughout the Eastern Pacific from Monterey Bay to southern Mexico, with a small population near the coast of Chile. Swell sharks inhabit kelp ...

On average, leatherback turtles measure six feet (1.8 meters) in length and a weigh anywhere between 500 to 1,500 pounds (226.8-680.4 kilograms). Jellyfish make up the majority of a leatherback's diet ...

Common snook grow much larger than other snook species, reaching up to 48 inches in length and weighing around 50 pounds. As juveniles, common snook eat mainly copepods and other micro-crustaceans. As ...

This fish is commonly found in reef communities in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. They can live in both salt and brackish water environments. Puddingwife wrasses evolve in appearance as they ...

Male dungeness crabs can reach 23 centimeters (9 inches) in length while females reach 18 centimeters (7 inches). Dungeness crabs are native to the west coast and can be found from Alaska to ...