These shrimp only live for a year and usually die post-spawning season. Glass shrimp can be hard to spot because of their transparent coloring. Faint striping occurs on their midsection and ends at ...

These minnows will sometimes dig themselves into the sand to escape overly warm or cool water. Sheepshead minnows prefer quiet, shallow water habitats. They can be found in bays, estuaries, creeks, ...

These fish only live to around 5 years of age. Bluespotted sunfish can be found along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico inhabiting ponds, rivers and river bends. Bluespotted sunfish are olive ...

Banded sunfish eggs are buoyant, meaning they'll float into the water column after they're laid. Banded sunfish have yellow-tan bodies with five to seven dark vertical bars. They have rounded tail ...

When suckermouth catfish swim in water that's too cold for them, their fins turn red. Suckermouth catfish can be found in quiet, slow moving freshwater environments like swamps, estuaries and rivers.

These snails can inhabit waters as deep as 361 feet (110 meters). These snails can be found in sandy bottom habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, eastern central Pacific Ocean and the western central ...

These fish are commonly used as bait to catch bigger fish. In the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf killifish inhabits estuaries and heavily vegetated areas with soft, sandy bottoms. Gulf ...

Kelp rockfish can change their color and markings to blend in with their background. Kelp rockfish inhabit kelp beds and rocky habitats from Timber Cove, California, south to Punta de San Pablo in ...

Black crappies eat in the early morning between midnight and 2:00am. Exclusively found in the eastern half of the United States, black crappies live in clear water environments, ponds, lakes and ...

When female red rock crabs shed their shells, the males will guard them for weeks on end until their new shell has hardened. Red rock crabs can be found in estuaries, rocky and soft bottom habitats in ...

At night, spot prawns swim to more shallow depths to eat and mate before returning to deeper depths for the day. Females of this species are typically larger in size. They can grow up to 10.5 inches ...

Target rock shrimp can swim up to 456 feet (139 meters) deep. Rock shrimp get their name from their extremely hard exoskeletons. This species can range in color from red and gray to brown and black.