Lemon Shark Negaprion brevirostris The lemon shark is easily recognized for its two, equally-sized dorsal fins and its yellow-brown to olive color- an ideal camouflage against the sandy in-shore areas they prefer to forage in. Lemon sharks average between 8 to 10 feet long as adults, but are
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Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus This flat, oval fish has dorsal and anal fins that are rounded towards the slightly forked caudal (tail) fin, and its greenish-silver body is striped with five or six dark vertical bars. It grows to almost 30 inches and 22 pounds eating invertebrates, s
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Florida Museum researchers find that a rapid burst of flowering plants 90 million years ago set the stage for bursts of diversification in other plant and animal species. A new Florida Museum of Natural History study based on DNA analysis from living flowering plants shows that the ancestors
A 50-million-year-old fossil of a pair of maple fruits
Atractosteus spatula These elongated torpedo-shaped ‚living fossils
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Atlantic Stingray Dasyatis sabina These smaller stingrays grow to around 12 to 14 inches wide, and are brown to yellowish-brown on tip, and whitish underneath. They are oval with long, pointed snouts, appearing almost spade-shaped. They have long venomous spines on their tails, but they are
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Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis This oblong fish has small eyes over a pointed snout, and a continuous dorsal fin to a square caudal fin. Their colors vary by age and gender, but they range from gray to light brown with darker blotches or squiggles, giving it a faint marble pattern, or d
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Gray Triggerfish Balistes capriscus When threatened, these distinctively shaped fish can slip into a small crevasse and erect their front dorsal spine, which locks it onto place, wedging them firmly into their hiding spot. They have sharp teeth for cutting into hard-shelled prey like sea urc
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Cobia Rachycentron canadum This torpedo-shaped fish has a long, pointed face and slightly depressed head that swoops back to a row of spines spaced out in front of its dorsal fin. With triangular, curved fins and crescent tail, as well as dark olive-brown on top and silver grey below colorin
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Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatum This schooling reef fish has a varied assortment of color patterns based on its life phase and behavior. It gets its name from the final phase where it has a bright blue head followed by black and white bars and then a green or blue-green body with a gold shee
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Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates These are very recognizable fish because of their highly modified dorsal fin that is an oval shaped sucking disc. They are as long as 43 inches, and slender, with lower jaws that extend much further than upper. They attach themselves to sharks, turtles, whales,
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