Reef butterflyfish have small, compressed bodies making them quick swimmers and great hiders. Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, reef butterflyfish inhabit coral ...

Scaled herrings travel in large groups, called schools. Throughout the Caribbean Sea, west Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, scaled herrings inhabit coral reefs and sandy bottoms near the shore.

Spottail pinfish can venture into brackish (the mix of fresh and saltwater) environments as well as marine environments. These fish live in coral reefs, rocky and sandy bottom areas, estuaries and ...

Throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western Atlantic Ocean, giant hermit crabs inhabit inshore reefs, beds of turtle grass, muddy, sandy and shelly bottom areas. Giant hermit crabs have ...

When in darker areas, this fish is able to become almost completely invisible due to the changing colors of their scales. When light is present, these fish appear blue in color. Throughout the Gulf of ...

Dusky squirrelfish are found in coastal rocky and reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean.

Black snook can live in both fresh and marine water. They can found in the coastal muddy, sandy and rocky bottom habitats of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Black snook have silvery-gray ...

Roughtail stingrays live in soft bottom habitats like seagrass meadows, muddy and sandy flats. Sometimes, they'll hide out in estuaries near mangroves. They can be located in the western Atlantic ...

Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, white grunts can be found in shallow coastal waters. They inhabit coral reefs and sandy bottoms. White grunts are a shiny ...

Smalltooth sawfish can grow up to 16 feet (4.6 meters) long and weight several hundred pounds. These sawfish live in the coastal waters of the ocean and in estuaries (where freshwater rivers meet the ...

French grunts travel in large groups, sometimes reaching thousands. In the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, French grunts live near rocky surfaces, coral reefs, seagrass beds, lagoons and ...

These fish can be found in seagrass beds, sandy bottoms and coral reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic ocean. The tomtate grunt is silvery grey with yellow stripes running from ...