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The second largest living fish after the whale shark. Batfish Platax orbicularis: Non-native, invasive species. Bay anchovy: Anchoa mitchilli: Bay whiff: Citharichthys spilopterus: Bearded brotula: Brotula barbata: Beaugregory: Stegastes leucostictus: Belted sandfish: Serranus subligarius: Beluga (sturgeon) Huso huso: Bentfin devil ray: Mobula ...
There are over 700 terrestrial animals, 200 freshwater fish species, 1,000 marine fish and thousands of terrestrial insects and other invertebrates that inhabit the state. [2] Florida's peninsular geography spans from subtropical to tropical zones, which, combined with its distinctive geology and climate, contribute to habitat diversity and an ...
Almost 1,400 species of marine plants and animals, including more than 40 species of stony corals and 500 species of fish, live on the Florida Reef. The Florida Reef lies close to the northern limit for tropical corals, but the species diversity on the reef is comparable to that of reef systems in the Caribbean Sea. [5]
They are peaceful and can live alongside other species of marine fish, including other wrasses. Also known as golden wrasse, golden rainbowfish, and canary wrasse; scientific name halichoeres chrysus.
But habitat loss caused by coastal development and accidental fish capture led NOAA Fisheries to list the smalltooth sawfish as an endangered species in 2003, making it the first marine fish to ...
The smalltooth sawfish was the first marine fish to receive federal protection through the Endangered Species Act in 2003. The animal used to live in waters all throughout the Gulf of Mexico and ...
Florida: Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus floridanus: 2007 [11] Atlantic sailfish (salt water) Istiophorus albicans: 2007 [12] Georgia: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1970 [13] Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2006 [14] [15] Red drum (salt-water fish) Sciaenops ocellatus ...
Boaters have been injured, killed by Gulf sturgeon that jump out of the water. They can grow longer than 6 feet & have fleshy "whiskers" on its snout