In an attempt to ward off predators, schooling fish swim in groups, or schools, as a way to look bigger. In the wild, schools may contain billions of fish and stretch for many miles! The disadvantage of schooling behavior is that the fish are easily caught in nets.
Did you know that fish represent 50% of all vertebrate species, outnumbering all mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians combined?!
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This fish is a master of camouflage! Its frilly appendages help it to blend in with its surroundings. Be careful! Their dorsal spines are venomous and can be painful if accidentally encountered.
Flounder begin their life looking like your average fish, with one eye on each side of their head. But as they mature, one eye starts to migrate through a slit in their head and settles in next to their other eye. Depending on their eye orientation, flounder can be right or left handed!
Living in colonies of thousands of individuals, the spotted garden eel is the master of chill! They rarely leave their burrows, relying on ocean currents to bring plankton to them for feeding.
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