Seabed/Benthic

Seagull

Street-smart birds of sea and city

Worm

Many lineages, one wormy shape

Sand Crab

Built for the backwash

Leech

Two suckers, many lifestyles.

Spitting Cobra

Front fangs, fast venom, fierce defense

Telescopefishes (Giganturids)

Built to see in the abyss

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

Trout

Cold water, spotted power: trout kin.

Parrotfish

Beaks that build beaches

Insect

Six legs, endless strategies.

Freshwater Eel

Born at sea, raised in rivers, return to spawn

Grouper Fish

Big mouth. Bold strike. Reef ruler.

Lawnmower Blenny

The reef's tiny rock-hopping grazer

Moon Jellyfish

Four horseshoes under a living moon

Jonah Crab

Big claws, Gulf of Maine flavor.

Lizardfish

Hidden on the bottom, built to strike

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leathery shell, ocean-spanning traveler

Viper Shark (dogfish)

Tiny shark, viper-like fangs

Cobia Fish

The ray-riding runner of warm seas

Halibut

Big, flat, fast: the true halibuts

Alaskan Pollock

The fish behind the fish stick

Lumpfish

The suction-cup guardian of the North