The garibaldi is a member of the damselfish family. They are a California State marine fish and are illegal to keep as pets. These beautiful red-orange fish can be found from Monterey Bay, in California down to Baja California, in Mexico
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Seemingly harmless looking, the cone snail is actually a predatory animal that uses a specialized harpoon-like tooth to inject lethal venom into prey. They can be found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Oceans, Great
Cuttlefish are closely related to squids and octopuses. They are in the cephalopod family. Cephalopod means “head-foot”. There are 120 known species of cuttlefish. These cephalopods are very intelligent and have 1 of the biggest brain to body ratios of all known invertebrates. A testament to their intellect is that […]
Looking like a silvery-blue torpedo with razor sharp teeth and an under-bite, it’s the great barracuda. This species is the largest known barracuda in the world. They can be found in tropical waters around the world near Africa to
The lionfish, aka firefish, zebrafish, turkeyfish, scorpionfish, and butterfly-cod is a venomous fish typically found in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific oceans. There are 10 known species of lionfish. In North America, they are considered
Earning its name from the white tips on its dorsal and upper tail fins, the whitetip reef shark is a slender and agile reef predator. They can be found as far west as South Africa and all the way east around Central America. With their slender bodies they easily navigate […]
The pistol shrimp, aka the snapping shrimp or alpheid shrimp, is a simple little crustacean with a power packed secret… a claw powerful enough to stun and even kill. These gun slinging critters pack a heck of a punch and are even in competition with sperm whales as being the […]
With their odd looking, flattened body the stingray silently maneuvers through the shallow tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world; armed, in most cases, with a venomous stinger to defend against predators. Some even have multiple barbs. These mysterious critters belong to a group of fish called elasmobranchs
Found near the Island of Galápagos and Peru and looking like a 5 year old put together a fish from random Legos, it’s the red-lipped batfish; a type of angler fish. It’s hard to take a fish seriously when it looks like it’s been put together from spare parts and […]
With 40 known species of triggerfish, there are plenty of colors to be seen. These sometimes aggressive fish prefer tropical and subtropical ocean reefs. The Indo-Pacific waters boast the largest collection of triggers. One of the most popular of all triggers is the