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Whitemouth morays hide in the crevices of Indo-Pacific coral reefs with only their heads (and white mouths) emerging, mouths agape, to breathe and hunt crustaceans and fish.
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Eel, Embedded

 "A whitemouth moray eel emerges from the reef following a coral bloom in Honaunau...
Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

 The twin-spot snapper (Lutjanus bohar) is one of the more curious predators in the...
Imagine eating an entire fish bigger than you—bones and all! At only 25 cm long, the black swallower often eats fish much larger than itself with the help of an expanding stomach. Sometimes the meal is so large that there isn’t enough time for digestio
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Black Swallower

 Imagine eating an entire fish bigger than you—bones and all! At only 25 cm long,...
Despite its fearsome look, the Atlantic wolffish (or sea wolf) isn't a danger to humans, largely preying on whelks, crabs, and sea urchins.
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The Toothy Sea Wolf

 With gnarled teeth and a perpetual frown, the sea wolf is a creature out of our...
Jaw of the goblin shark
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The Goblin Shark

 The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of the creepier fish out there! It...
The frogfish is an expert hunter and can eat fish in 6 milliseconds.
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The Frogfish

 Frogfish are skilled hunters and some species are capable of blending into local...
An illustration of a deep-sea dragonfish.
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Deep-Sea Dragonfish

 The deep-sea dragonfish (Stomiidae), also called the barbeled dragonfish, uses it's...
This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near, gathering tightly together in a ball-like formation that exposes the least number of fish.
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Bait Ball

 This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near by...
The white, black and yellow patterns of this eel look like snowflakes.
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Snowflake Moray Eel

 No two snowflakes are alike. Every snowflake is beautiful in its own way. But this...