These fish grow up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) in length. Scribbled angelfish have blue bodies with darker wavy lines, yellow snouts and fins, and a large vertical yellow stripe running vertically ...

Seastar shrimp have a commensal relationship with pincushion sea stars, gaining protection and a food source from its host, while the seastar gets nothing in return. Resembling a pincushion, these sea ...

Strawberry false corals have special stinging cells called nematocysts in their tentacles, used to stun and attack their prey in the water column. Strawberry false coral can grow to have a diameter of ...

For a sea star, these guys are pretty fast, moving up to 40 centimeters a minute. Along the Pacific coast of North America, vermillion sea stars can be found in rocky areas and coral reef habitats.

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To protect themselves from predators, these fish will wedge themselves into tight coral crevices to conceal themselves. Doublesaddle butterflyfish are easily recognized by their white bodies marked ...

This fish species forms distinctive pairs when breeding. Latticed butterflyfish are bright yellow with a darker cross-hatch pattern. They have thick black lines running vertically through their eyes ...

Flagtail rockfish start their lives as female, changing sex to male later in their life cycle. In clear, shallow outer reef areas, lagoons, and reef crests, these fish can be found in the ...

These snakes hibernate underground in the wintertime and reemerge in late March/April. Throughout Florida, excluding the very southwestern region of the state, New Jersey, Virginia, North and South ...

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These chitons lay their eggs in the Spring and will hatch after only a few days. Found in coral reef habitats, these invertebrates exist in the Pacific Coast of North America and the Northwestern ...