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The bigfin reef squid, aka reef squid, glitter squid, green-eyed squid, oval squid, northern calamari, or tiger squid, have the fastest recorded growth rate of any large marine invertebrate. These and other squid species are threatened by overfishing. However, seeing as these squids are a cryptic species complex (a species […]

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The common spiny lobster, aka langouste, langustas, or rock lobster, are part of approximately 60 species of achelate crustaceans. In Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the Bahamas, they are often called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish, or kreef in South Africa. They suffer at the hands of overfishing […]

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The Dubois’ sea snake is a species of highly venomous sea snake found in New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, and the northern, eastern, and western coastal regions of Australia. Even though they face the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of gas and oil drilling; overfishing; and climate change, […]

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The butterflyfish is so named for their resemblance to butterflies in their flattened appearance and in how they almost flutter when they swim. There are over 120 identified species of these beautiful fish found in both tropical and subtropical oceans around the world; mostly around reef systems. These fish are […]

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The green humphead parrotfish, aka humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish, double-headed parrotfish, buffalo parrotfish, and giant parrotfish, hails from various reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They can be found from the Red Sea in the west to Samoa in the east and also from the Yaeyama Islands in the […]

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The blenny can be found in oceans all over the world. These critters also come in many sizes and modifications. But 1 thing is for sure, they all have quite the personality. Blennies face a variety of threats from habitat destruction at the hands of the tourism industry, residential and […]

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The turtleheaded sea snake, aka egg-eating sea snake, can be found in Oceania near Australia and also some Pacific Islands like the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. These sea snakes tend to be sedentary and do not migrate from locale to locale. They prefer shallower waters and […]

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The spotted seahorse, aka common seahorse, yellow seahorse, or estuary seahorse, mostly inhabits the waters off the coasts of the China down to Australia. However, they can also be found in the Persian Gulf over to Southeast Asia, Japan, several Pacific islands like Hawaii, and they are also found along […]

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The pygmy seahorse hails from southern reaches of tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, to name a few locales. They prefer reef habitats with plenty of fan corals, gorgonian corals, or sea grass […]

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The sea squirt, aka tunicate or ascidian, is a sessile (organism that is permanently fixed to a surface) that can be found in oceans all over the world and at all depths. They typically dwell on rocks, pier pilings, ship hulls, large seashells, and on the backs of large crustaceans. […]

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