John Dory
Big eye, snap-mouth, seabed hunter
Reproductive Methods
Broadcast Spawning
Eggs and sperm released into water for external fertilization, common in marine invertebrates and fish
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Broadcast Spawning Animals
Yellow Tang
Reef lawnmower in sunshine-yellow
Asian Carp
Plankton powerhouses, river spawners
Gulper Eel
Big mouth. Bigger mystery.
Pollock
Pollock: cod-family powerhouse seafood
Oarfish
Ribbon giants of the twilight sea
Sheepshead Fish
Built to bite shells off the dock
Buffalo Fish
Big bodies, subtle mouths, ancient lives
Dragon Eel
Spots, horns, and fangs after dark
Pictus Catfish
Spots, speed, and super-long whiskers
Scallops
The clapping swimmers of the seafloor
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.
Sand Dollar
Coins of the seafloor, built to burrow
Snowflake Eel
Spotted night hunter of the reef cracks
American Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers.
Mullet Fish
Coastal recyclers in fast-moving schools
Opah
Warm-bodied hunter of the mid-ocean
Ladyfish
Silver rockets of the surf
Archerfish
Nature's original sharpshooters
Blue Tang
Blue body, yellow tail-reef grazer
Pompano Fish
Silver speedster of the surf
Jack Crevalle
The bull-jack of the Atlantic
Quahog Clam
Quahog: the buried filter-feeder
Giant Trevally
The Indo-Pacific's powerhouse jack