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K-12 Education & Outreach Coordinator Phone: 561-644-2397 Email: skillingsworth@floridamuseum.ufl.edu Stephanie Killingsworth is responsible for implementing the  Scientist in Every Florida School program primarily in central and south Florida.  In this role, she provides professional devel
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If you’d stopped monitoring the Adriatic Sea’s marine life in the mid-20th century, the outlook would have been promising. Snails and the clams they hunt for food increased in abundance for several decades during the late 1800s and early 1900s, evidence of a vibrant and healthy ecosystem. Then, a
Whenever paleontologists find an abundance of this species in the marine fossil record

Ocean Surgeon Acanthurus bahianus This oval-shaped tropical reef fish is a popular aquarium and bait fish. It is sometimes offered as a fresh catch locally, but handle with care if catching because of the sharp spine hidden in the caudal peduncle (narrow area just before the tail). These
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Manta Manta birostris This is the largest ray in the world, its ‚wing span‘ averaging about 22 feet across, but measured at almost 30 feet in rare cases. It has distinct triangular pectoral wings that arch backwards, and cephalic fins on either side of its mouth that can be unfurled and angl
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Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus This classically shaped oval fish has spiny fins, wide vertical stripes, and eye spots on its tail to confuse predators. Generally it is olive-brown to beige, with green-black stripes, yet shows more striking color variations in breeding conditions. These
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Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride This colorful reef fish has an elongated body with a bluntly rounded face and an elaborately curved crescent tail fin. It goes through significant color changes through the three major phases of its life, but it retains its large, plate-like scales and i
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Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus This is one the smaller and slimmer of the snapper family, rarely growing larger than 18 inches long and 10 pounds. They are generally gray with darker dorsal and caudal (tail) fins, but can display wide variations of small spots, pale bars, or fin tip coloring
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Cero Mackerel Scomberomorus regalis This solitary torpedo-shaped fish is streamlined and strong, with finlets running between the prominent second dorsal and anal fins, and the crescent caudal (tail) fin. It is a green-blue from above, and mostly silvery white except for brassy spots and str
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Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus Despite their name, these are not trout, but are in the drum fish family, named from the croaking, drumming noise they can make. The spotted seatrout have elongated, silvery bodies with irregular black spots on the upper half, and can grow to 39 inches lo
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Browse our list of species profiles of fish, sharks, rays, sawfish, seahorses, and more. Search and sort the list by scientific name, common name, or family below. Follow the links to profiles on each of the fishes with full information and pictures.
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