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Welcome To Sea Hunt |
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Now Leaving The Coral Reef Panorama and Entering Sea Hunt Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Upper Sea
Hunt |
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Located: on the 2nd floor. |
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Access:
Coral Reef Gallery & Shark Bay |
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Near: Shark Bay, Coral Reef
Panoramic Exhibit |
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Main Subject: Deeper
Ocean Beyond The Reefs |
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Also:
Shark Bay |
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Main Feature: Sea
Jellies, Rat Fish, and Pacific Kelp Exhibit |
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Animals: Sea Jellies, Rat
Fish, Nautilus, Kelp Fish, Angler Fish, and Wolf Eel |
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Tanks: 9 |
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Fun To Play
With |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Just Follow
The Glow! |
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Sea Jellies (Cnidarians) Exhibit |
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Moon
Sea Jellies - Medusas (Aureliarita) |
© Photo By: Mike McCarthy |
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Sea Jellies (Jelly Fish) |
© Photo By: Tim
McGuinness
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Sea Jellies |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Moon
Sea Jellies |
© Photo By: Mike McCarthy
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Sea Jellies (Jelly Fish) |
© Photo By: Mike McCarthy
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Sea Jellies |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Moon
Sea Jellies |
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Sea Jellies |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Comb Jellies |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Comb Jellies |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Cuttlefish (Cephalopods) Exhibit - A Retired Exhibit |
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Cuttlefish
Attacking |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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The Cuttlefish
A close relative of Squids
No longer on display At The
Florida Aquarium |
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Ratfish (Chimera) Exhibit |
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Ratfish - Relative Of Sharks
- (Hydrolagus colliei) |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Spotted Ratfish
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Spotted
ratfish have smooth skin, large green eyes, a
rabbit-like face and a mouth with plate-like grinding
teeth. The tail is tiny and streamer-like, so for
propulsion they flap their large, wing-like pectoral
fins. Ratfish cruise just above the seafloor searching
for crunchy food like crabs and clams.
Spotted ratfish are among the deepest-living fishes.
They are related to sharks and are considered the
missing link between the bony and cartilaginous fishes
because they have the characteristics of both.
Ratfish
have a long venomous spine in front of the dorsal fin. |
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Ratfish -
Called Because Of Their Rat Tail |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Ratfish - Relative Of Sharks |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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A Pacific Wolf Eel (Actual A Fish Not An Eel - He Has Scales) |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Ratfish - Relative Of Sharks |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness
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A Pacific Wolf Eel (Actual A Fish Not An Eel - He Has Scales) |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Hardly a
wolf, not really an eel, this fierce-looking fish spends
the day quietly in a cave, wriggling out at night to
feed. Its body is ideally shaped for living in crevices.
They're not dangerous unless provoked. A mated pair
of wolf-eels share a rocky cave. The female lays her
eggs among the rocks and both fish guard them until the
young hatch. |
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A Flounder
- Can You See Him? |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Nautilus (Cephalopods) Exhibit |
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Nautilus - Truly Living Fossils |
© Photo By: Mike McCarthy |
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Nautilus |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness
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Nautilus - Related To Squid |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Nautilus - A Relative Of The Squid, Octopus, And Cuttlefish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Nautilus |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Angler Fish |
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Angler Fish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Angler Fish |
© Photo By: Bartoki |
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Pacific Kelp Forest Exhibit |
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The Kelp
Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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The "Champagne
Glass" Pacific Kelp Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Kelp Fish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Rockfish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Kelp Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Rockfish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Kelp Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness
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Pacific Kelp
Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Sheep's Head |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Kelp Exhibit |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness
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Kelp Fish |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Pacific
Bass |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Thanks To Our
Contributors On This Page:
Tim McGuinness •
Mike McCarthy • Florida Aquarium |
