Moorish idol
Description: Moorish idols (Zanclus cornutus) have vertically compressed, disk-like bodies with bars of black, white and yellow. The bars of color may serve as “disruptive coloration” that breaks up...
View ArticleCarberryi anthias
Description: The Carberryi anthias (Nemanthias carberryi), also known as the Threadfin anthias, differ in color between the male and female. The male is purple on the head and abdomen area; its back...
View ArticleNapoleon wrasse
Description: Napoleon, Humphead or Maori wrasses are easily recognized by their color, size and shape. They have fleshy lips and a hump over the head that is similar to a “Napoleon” hat. The hump...
View ArticleRed mushroom anemone
Description: The Red mushroom anemone (also known as Mushroom coral or Disc anemones) is a reddish-maroon soft coral. They can vary in shade from red to pink or purple. Symbiotic algae, known as...
View ArticleColt coral
Description: Colt corals are a soft coral that are usually cream to gray-white, however, they may have contrasting greenish-brown to brown polyps. The stubby, round to cone-shaped branches, that...
View ArticleZebra angelfish
Description: Zebra angelfish, also known as Zebra lyretail, are sexually dimorphic (males and females differ in appearance). The female is light blue with a black band covering the eyes and black...
View ArticlePot-bellied seahorse
Description: The pot-bellied seahorse, as the name suggests, has a large swollen belly. Like other seahorses, this species comes in a wide range of colors – brown, yellow, gray, white, orange or...
View ArticleHarlequin shrimp
Description: The colorful pattern of the Harlequin or Clown shrimp makes this beautiful crustacean quite popular. Its white or cream colored body is covered with distinctive red and purple spots. It...
View ArticleBlackeye goby
Description: The body of the Blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii) is usually a light beige to olive in color with darker spots and mottling. The body coloration and its spots can change if needed. A...
View ArticlePalm tree polyps
Description: The Palm tree polyp is a colonial, encrusting mat-like coral whose eight tentacles have feathery pinnules resembling the branches of a palm tree, thus its common name. The polyps can be...
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