The lined seahorse can be found in coastal communities of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North and South America. They stay at depths anywhere from 2 - 230 feet (.5 - 70 meters) in ...

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Bonnethead sharks are the smallest member of the hammerhead shark family. Bonnethead sharks live in the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and off the Pacific ...

Brown banded bamboo sharks are labeled as Near Threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Living in shallow tide pools, brown banded bamboo ...

Whitetip reef sharks are a smaller shark species, usually growing no more than 6 feet long. Males are slightly larger than females. At night, whitetip reef sharks feed on bottom and cave dwelling reef ...

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 ...

The oldest reported age of a midnight parrotfish is 31 years. Midnight parrotfish are brighter blue as juveniles and shift to darker hues as adults. Like other parrotfish species, midnight parrotfish ...

Mushroom corals can be aggressive towards other coral species when defending their territory. Using its polyp tentacles, mushroom corals catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also ...

During breeding season, males in this species will court or choose only one partner to reproduce with. Sailfin tangs are mostly brown-gray in color with stripes of yellow and white. Sailfin tangs are ...

GPOs have special skin cells called chromatophores that help them change colors to blend in with their surrounding environment. GPOs live in water as deep as 4,900 feet (1,500 meters), and ...

This species can swim to a maximum depth of 492 feet (150 meters). Bluestripe snappers have yellow bodies, white bellies and four pale blue stripes running horizontally from their face to the base of ...

Cownose rays can travel in schools of up to 10,000. Cownose rays prefer shallow coastal waters but migrate often so they can also be found in open waters. They can be found in the eastern and western ...