These lobsters are nocturnal feeders, meaning they hibernate during the day and come out at night to eat. Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, the Spanish slipper lobster lives in ...

On rare occasion, this sea star can have four or six limbs, instead of the standard five. Chocolate chip sea stars have a creamy white base and dark brown projections, resembling chocolate chips.

The oldest reported age of a midnight parrotfish is 31 years. These parrotfish are fairly large, with an average length of 1.6 feet (19.2 centimeters). Found in the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of ...

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 ...

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 ...

This species of hogfish travel in groups of one male and several females. Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, these hogfish inhabit rocky areas and coral reefs.

As babies, these fish like to live in cozy seagrass beds and as they mature, they move out onto reefs and rocky areas. In the Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, butter hamlet ...

Moray eels constantly open and close their mouthes to filter water through their gills, allowing them to breathe. The average size of a moray eel is 6 feet (1.8 meters), weighing in at 30 pounds (13.3 ...

Welcome to Mote Aquarium on City Island in Sarasota, Florida! Discover everything you need to know for a fantastic visit, from admissions and accessibility information to maps and exhibit descriptions ...

Due to their slow growth and low reproduction rate, goliath groupers have experienced a population decline of at least 80% in the last ten years. These fish can grow to be over 8 feet (2.5 meters) ...

This species of fish can swim up to 98 feet (30 meters) deep. The bicolored foxface fish is a small, strikingly colored species. The front two-thirds of its body features a deep blue-black color, ...