Sea Roach
Rock runners of the tide line
Animal Habitats
Estuary
Where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh and salt water with high productivity
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Estuary Animals
Atlantic Salmon
Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again
Cobia Fish
The ray-riding runner of warm seas
Lumpfish
The suction-cup guardian of the North
Pipefish
Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.
Blue Catfish
Forked tail. Big river muscle.
Steelhead Salmon
Sea-run rainbow, built to return
Whiting
European whiting: NE Atlantic cod kin
Cat-Eyed Snake
Night eyes, frog hunters
Needlefish
Built for speed at the surface
Yarara
Lanceheads: silent heat-seeking ambushers
Sockeye Salmon
Silver at sea, scarlet to spawn
Bull Trout
Big char, cold water, connected rivers.
Snook Fish
Linesiders of the tides
Mojarra
Silver schools, sand-sipping snouts
Surgeonfish
Scalpels on the tail, gardeners of reefs
Chinook Salmon
King of the Pacific salmon runs
Stargazer Fish
Eyes up. Mouth up. Strike up.
Conger Eel
Night hunters of the seafloor
Red-Bellied Black Snake
Black above, red below-keep your distance
Sculpin
Masters of the bottom's disguise
Australian Flathead Perch
Striped reef hider of the Coral Sea
Vine Snake
Look like a vine, strike like a snake
Polka Dot Stingray
Blue spots, reef roots, ribbon tail