Seabed/Benthic

Pipefish

Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.

Snow Crab

Built for the seafloor's deep freeze

Whiting

European whiting: NE Atlantic cod kin

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

Mola mola (Ocean Sunfish)

Clavus, not tail: the ocean's odd giant

Stargazer Fish

Eyes up. Mouth up. Strike up.

Conger Eel

Night hunters of the seafloor

Red-Lipped Batfish

Walks the seafloor. Fishes with a lure.

Batfish

Walk the bottom, lure the bite.

Neptune Grouper

Deep reef royalty in purple and gold

Sculpin

Masters of the bottom's disguise

Bladefin Basslet

Small fish, big bladefin.

Australian Flathead Perch

Striped reef hider of the Coral Sea

Peppermint Angelfish

Peppermint stripes from the twilight reef

Polka Dot Stingray

Blue spots, reef roots, ribbon tail

Arizona Coral Snake

Bright bands, hidden life.

Wrought Iron Butterflyfish

Nature's living wrought-iron filigree

Masked Angelfish

Hawaii's twilight-zone masked angel

Olive Sea Snake

Paddle-tail hunter of the reefs

Hook-Nosed Sea Snake

Beaked hunter of muddy coasts

Elasmosaurus

The long-necked lord of the seaway