Garden Eel
Burrows, colonies, and current-fed eels
Animal Habitats
Coral Reef
Underwater ecosystems built by coral polyps, supporting immense biodiversity
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Coral Reef Animals
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small. Silent. Seriously venomous.
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaii's rare reef-roaming seal
Turtles
Armored travelers of sea and land
Frogfish
Walk, vanish, lure, gulp.
Reef Shark
Reef patrols of the open sea
Sea Anemone
Stinging "flowers" of the seafloor
Squirrelfish
Big eyes, night bites, reef grunts.
Sea Eagle
Where big water meets big wings
Worm
Many lineages, one wormy shape
Ribbon Eel
Horn-nosed, ribbon-thin reef ambush eel
Nudibranch
Nature's neon, toxin-borrowing sea slugs
Boxfish
Built like a box, swims like a drone
Parrotfish
Beaks that build beaches
Grouper Fish
Big mouth. Bold strike. Reef ruler.
Lawnmower Blenny
The reef's tiny rock-hopping grazer
Lizardfish
Hidden on the bottom, built to strike
Mahi Mahi (Dolphin Fish)
Neon rocket of the open ocean
Cobia Fish
The ray-riding runner of warm seas
Wahoo Fish
Wahoo: speed-striped pelagic predator
Pipefish
Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.
Needlefish
Built for speed at the surface
Mojarra
Silver schools, sand-sipping snouts