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The Coral Caves |
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Entrance
Cave |
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Traveling
Through The Cave |
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Mind Your
Head |
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Soldier Fish - Squirrel Fish -
Spiny Lobsters |
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Nocturnal Squirrel Fish |
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Squirrel Fish |
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Black Bar Soldierfish |
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Squirrel Fish |
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Florida Spiny Lobster |
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Spiny Lobster |
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King Of The Rock |
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Spiny lobsters, also
known as rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae)
of about 45 species of
achelate crustaceans, in
the Decapoda
Reptantia.
Spiny lobsters are also called crayfish, sea
crayfish, or crawfish (not freshwater
crayfish).
Although
they superficially resemble true lobsters in terms of
overall shape, and having a hard carapace and
exoskeleton, the two groups are quite unrelated. Spiny
lobsters can be easily distinguished from true
lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny antennae,
and by their complete lack of claws (chelae);
true lobsters have much smaller antennae and claws on
the first three pairs of legs, with the first being
particularly enlarged. Like true lobsters, however,
spiny lobsters are edible and are an economically
significant food source.
source:
Wikipedia
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Nurse Sharks & Scorpion Fish |
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Scorpion Fish |
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Young Nurse Sharks |
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2 Nurse Sharks & A Scorpion
Fish |
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Coral Life |
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Fairy Basslet |
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Cowfish & Butterfly Fish |
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Parrotfish & Butterfly Fish |
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Unusual Parrot
Fish |
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Cow
Fish |
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Butterfly
Fish |
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Brightly
Colored Reef
Fish |
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Butterfly
Fish |
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Baby Tang |
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Cowfish |
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Damsel Fish |
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Angel Fish |
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The Sandy Patch |
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The Concave Tank |
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Calico Grouper
(aka Speckled hind) |
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Calico Grouper (aka
Speckled hind)
Epinephelus drummondhayi |
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Calico Grouper
(aka Speckled hind) |
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Slipper
Lobster (aka Morton Bay Bug) |
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Slipper
Lobster |
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Slipper lobsters are a family of
achelate
(clawless)
decapod
crustaceans found in all warm oceans and seas. Despite their
name, they are not true lobsters, but are more closely related
to spiny lobsters and furry lobsters. Slipper lobsters are
instantly recognisable by their enlarged antennae, which
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Slipper
Lobster |
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Follow The
Leader Behavior |
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Slipper
Lobster |
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Wrasses & Parrot Fish |
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Blue Parrot Fish |
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Wrasse |
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Wrasses & Parrotfish
Tank |
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Look Up! |
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One Of The Three Male Light Atlantic Stingrays From The Lobby Touch Tank
(Note the Claspers) |
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Atlantic Stingray |
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On
August 10th, 2006, the Lobby Stingray Touch Tank was shut
down, and the three light Atlantic Stingrays were moved to the
Up Look Tank in the Coral Caves |
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Close Up Of The Bottom Of A Male Atlantic Stingray - Note The Claspers
At The Base Of The Tail |
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Atlantic Stingray |
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The Other Southern & Atlantic Stingrays were relocated to the
Beach Exhibit. |
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