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 ...

These fish can reach lengths of 22 inches (55 centimeters) and weigh around 3.5 pounds (1.6 kilograms). These fish are herbivorous, meaning they only plants. Stoplight parrotfish graze on algae ...

Young yellow tail snappers hang around seagrass beds and as they mature, they live in coral reef communities. Yellowtail snappers are found in coral reefs communities in the Gulf of Mexico, western ...

Lane snappers that live in deeper ocean waters have darker and more prominent coloring. In the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean, adult lane snappers live in reefs and vegetated ...

Parrotfish feed on algae growing on corals and rocky surfaces in their environment. Despite their name, rainbow parrotfish do not display all seven colors of the rainbow. Their bodies are bright teal ...

Found in both marine and freshwater, horse eye jacks live near offshore reefs thought the Gulf of Mexico, western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. Horse eye jacks have a silver body with brown-green ...

These fish can be found anywhere from the western Atlantic Ocean to the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. They inhabit reefs, caves, holes in rocky areas and venture out to sandy/grassy areas to feed.

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 ...

Red hinds grow to be 16 inches (40 centimeters) on average. These fish can be found in the western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico inhabiting shallow reefs and rocky bottoms. Red hinds have ...

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 ...

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) ...

These fish usually live in pairs. If one gets separated from its partner, they will attempt to find and rejoin them. In the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, foureye butterflyfish ...