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 ...

Florida manatees are native to the United States, as seen in both the fossil records and in Native American sites. Depending on the time of year they can be frequently found in Florida, Alabama, and ...

These urchins are harvested for their roe, their reproductive material. The roe is called Uni in Japanese and is served in sushi restaurants. Red sea urchins tend to live in rocky areas, often in ...

These fish migrate offshore to spawn in large groups before returning to more shallow, coastal environments. Striped mullet sift through the top layer of sand for debris, algae and small crustaceans.

Northern sea nettles are quick reproducers and can multiply at a speedy rate if the resources in their environment allow so. Found in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern sea nettles are ...

Blue rockfish can grow to 24 inches (61 centimeters) long. These fish can be bluish, greenish or silver-gray, often with dark mottling. Their tail is slightly forked. They feed on zooplankton, small ...

Burrowing sea cucumbers burrow themselves in a new spot everyday, looking for food. These sea cucumbers feed on the top layers of sand underneath coral reef communities. They filter nutrients from the ...

The sea otter is one of the main natural predators that eats sea urchins. Because sea otters are endangered, urchins have increased in numbers and reduced the amount of kelp growing in some places.

These fish usually live in pairs. If one gets separated from its partner, they will attempt to find and rejoin them. In the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, foureye butterflyfish ...

The Atlantic blue tang grows to be 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) in length. Atlantic blue tangs stick around coral reef habitats, rocky and grassy coastal areas in the eastern and western Atlantic ...

On average, black snook grow to 18 inches (45 centimeters) long. Black snook can live in both fresh and marine water. They can found in the coastal muddy, sandy and rocky bottom habitats of the ...

French grunts are commonly found at 6.7 inches (17.0 cm) long. In the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, French grunts live near rocky surfaces, coral reefs, seagrass beds, lagoons and other ...