Batfish (Platax teira) | by Ocean Reality

Batfish (Platax teira) | by Ocean Reality

Longfin Batfish (Platax teira) are peaceful and quite social fish, that often form schools with other species. Batfish are sometimes purchased for home aquariums, as they are very pretty as juveniles due to their long dorsal fins. As they grow up to 60 centimeters,...
Giant Moray | by Ocean Reality

Giant Moray | by Ocean Reality

Giant moray eels (Gymnothorax javanicus) look fearsome, due to their large size and teeth, but they are actually very docile, unless provoked. Giant morays are the largest moray eel, when it comes to body mass. They reach up to 3 meters in length, and 30 kilograms in...
Crown of Thorns | by Ocean Reality

Crown of Thorns | by Ocean Reality

Crown of Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) are voracious little predators. They preferable feed on stony corals, and when many of them come together, they can denude entire reefs of coral. Spiky and venomous, they have very few natural enemies. But these...
Barracuda | by Ocean Reality

Barracuda | by Ocean Reality

Despite their large and fearsome appearance, the pickhandle barracudas (Sphyraena jello) of the Gulf of Thailand are a pretty mellow bunch. Barracudas tend to group in large schools but also hunt alone. As opportunistic predators, they rely on short, but very fast...