These fish create a grunting sound to defend their territory, intimidate predators and warn others of danger. Dusky squirrelfish are found in coastal rocky and reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

These fish can be found in seagrass beds, sandy bottoms and coral reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic ocean. The tomtate grunt is silvery grey with yellow stripes running from ...

The average size of a moray eel is 6 feet (1.8 meters), weighing in at 30 pounds (13.3 kilograms). In the Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the green moray eel lives along ...

Found in both marine and freshwater, horse eye jacks live near offshore reefs thought the Gulf of Mexico, western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. Horse eye jacks have a silver body with brown-green ...

Smalltooth sawfish can grow up to 16 feet (4.6 meters) long and weight several hundred pounds. These sawfish live in the coastal waters of the ocean and in estuaries (where freshwater rivers meet the ...

These fish can reach lengths of 22 inches (55 centimeters) and weigh around 3.5 pounds (1.6 kilograms). These fish are herbivorous, meaning they only plants. Stoplight parrotfish graze on algae ...

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 ...

These fish usually live in pairs. If one gets separated from its partner, they will attempt to find and rejoin them. In the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, foureye butterflyfish ...

Parrotfish feed on algae growing on corals and rocky surfaces in their environment. Despite their name, rainbow parrotfish do not display all seven colors of the rainbow. Their bodies are bright teal ...

Throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, white grunts can be found in shallow coastal waters. They inhabit coral reefs and sandy bottoms. White grunts are a shiny ...

Black snook can live in both fresh and marine water. They can found in the coastal muddy, sandy and rocky bottom habitats of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Black snook have silvery-gray ...

Young yellow tail snappers hang around seagrass beds and as they mature, they live in coral reef communities. Yellowtail snappers are found in coral reefs communities in the Gulf of Mexico, western ...