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Peppermint shrimp spawn every 10-14 days. Among coral communities and rocky areas with plenty of hiding spaces, peppermint shrimp exist in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Males in this species will stay with their eggs and guard them from predators. In the Indo-west Pacific, azure damselfish can be found in lagoons, coastal reefs and near branching coral species. Azure ...

This species of lobster doesn't have large front claws, like American lobster. Adult Caribbean spiny lobsters eat snails, crabs and clams. Young lobsters feed on plankton floating by in the water ...

A dwarf cuttlefish's mantle can reach up to 3 inches (7 centimeters) in length. Dwarf cuttlefish have special cells in their skin, called chromatophores, that help them change color and hide from ...

The black tegula can carry other mollusks as "hitchhikers!" For example, a type of limpet rides on the black tegula's shell and eats the microscopic algae growing there. These snails can be found from ...

The carapace, or shell, of a Caribbean king crab is around 5.4 inches (136 millimeters) for males and 4.7 inches (120 millimeters) for females. They can weigh up to 6 pounds (3 Kilograms). Masters at ...

Giant kelpfish vary in color, generally falling into three groups: red, green and brown. And these fish seem to prefer hanging out near backgrounds of matching color. These fishes spend time around ...

The small tooth sawfish is one of five species of discovered sawfishes. Smalltooth sawfish can grow up to 16 feet (4.6 meters) long and weight several hundred pounds. These sawfish live in the coastal ...

The lightning whelk's movement is slowed when in saltwater. The lightning whelk can be found along the North American coastline from New Jersey to Texas in creeks, oyster bars and estuaries. Lightning ...

As opportunistic eaters, gray snappers aren't picky about their food. They feed mainly on crustaceans like shrimp and crabs, but will also eat smaller fishes, octopus, worms and mollusks. Occurring in ...

Lined seahorses can grow to be over 7 inches (17.8 centimeters) long. The lined seahorse can be found in coastal communities of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North and South America.