Visit our 135,000 gallon shark habitat. Meet our resident sea turtles, otters, seahorses and gracefully drifting sea jellies. Explore coral reefs and other displays highlighting the real ecosystems ...

Using its tentacles, corky sea fingers will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. Coral also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the sun's ...

Using its polyp tentacles, black sea rods catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues that photosynthesize the sun's ...

Using special algae—zooxanthellae– in their tissues, angular sea rods use photosynthesis to convert the sun's rays into energy/food. In the shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea, the angular sea whips ...

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Coral catsharks are nocturnal hunters, meaning they feed at night. These sharks like to inhabit coral reef communities in shallow coastal waters. Relatively secluded, coral catsharks can primarily be ...

These fish change where they're at in the water column based on the time of day. At night, they stay near sandy and muddy bottoms and during the day, they roam around coral reefs searching for food.

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 ...

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.

Adult Caribbean spiny lobsters eat snails, crabs and clams. Young lobsters feed on plankton floating by in the water column. Throughout the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, these ...

The red Irish lord can grow 20 inches (51 cm) max length, and 2.45 pounds (1.11 kliogram) max weight. With its mottled pattern of red, brown, tan and white, the red Irish lord can easily blend into ...

These fish inhabit coral reefs in waters with high clarity throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. The honeycomb cowfish’s body is lined with hexagons and dark ...