Whiting
European whiting: NE Atlantic cod kin
Animal Habitats
Coastal
Shoreline areas where land meets sea, including dunes and coastal scrub
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Coastal Animals
Habu Snake
Ryukyu's heat-sensing pit viper
Cat-Eyed Snake
Night eyes, frog hunters
Harlequin Coral Snake
Bright bands, hidden life, potent bite.
Needlefish
Built for speed at the surface
Sockeye Salmon
Silver at sea, scarlet to spawn
Bull Trout
Big char, cold water, connected rivers.
Mole Snake
Big bite, no venom-rodent remover
Football Fish
Glow-lure hunter of the midnight sea
Snook Fish
Linesiders of the tides
Mojarra
Silver schools, sand-sipping snouts
Surgeonfish
Scalpels on the tail, gardeners of reefs
Banana Eel
Golden tail, midnight hunter
Chinook Salmon
King of the Pacific salmon runs
Mola mola (Ocean Sunfish)
Clavus, not tail: the ocean's odd giant
Flying Snake
Glide the canopy, don't fly it.
Stargazer Fish
Eyes up. Mouth up. Strike up.
Red-Lipped Batfish
Walks the seafloor. Fishes with a lure.
Red-Bellied Black Snake
Black above, red below-keep your distance
Batfish
Walk the bottom, lure the bite.
Tree Snake
Guam's unwelcome night hunter
Neptune Grouper
Deep reef royalty in purple and gold
Cat Snake
Cat-eyed climbers of the night
Sculpin
Masters of the bottom's disguise