Quick facts about this recently described deep sea fish! The raccoon snailfish (Elassodiscus nyctereutes). Raccoon snailfish facts!!

#deepsea #snailfish #deepocean #fish #pacific #marineanimals #weird #thedeep #amazing #science #learn #educational #newspecies #underwater #rare

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Quick facts about the most common urchin in the Galapagos! The Galapagos slate pencil urchin (Eucidaris galapagensis). Galapagos slate pencil urchin facts!

#galapagos #urchins #echinoderms #pencilurchin #pacific #marineanimals #weird #reef #amazing #science #learn #educational #epifauna #underwater #islands

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Quick facts about this tiny crab! The common moon crab (Matuta victor). Common moon crab facts!

#crustacean #crabs #moon #invasive #indopacific #marineanimals #weird #intertidal #amazing #science #learn #educational #claws #underwater #fishing

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Quick facts about this large ray that lurks on the seafloor! The diamond stingray (Hypanus dipterurus, Dasyatis dipterura). Diamond stingray facts!!

#cartilaginousfish #stingray #galapagos #seafloor #fish #marineanimals #weird #reef #amazing #science #learn #educational #spiracles #underwater #sting #dangerous 

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Quick facts about this colorful fish that keeps reefs healthy! The blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban, bluechin parrotfish). Blue-barred parrotfish facts!

#fish #reef #parrotfish #coral #algae #marineanimals #weird #coralreef #amazing #science #learn #educational #hermaphrodite #underwater #galapagos 

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Quick facts about this sneaky fish that mimics the bluestreak cleaner wrasse! The false cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus, false cleaner wrasse). False cleanerfish facts!

#fish #mimic #cleanerfish #sneaky #mimicry #marineanimals #weird #coralreef #amazing #science #learn #educational #aggressive #underwater #protective #small 

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Quick facts about this bioeroding sponge that can tunnel into living organisms! The boring pumpkin sponge (Cliona chilensis, Patagonian sponge). Boring pumpkin sponge facts!

#sponges #galapagos #boringsponge #yellow #reef #marineanimals #weird #invertebrates #amazing #science #learn #educational #gastropods #underwater #bivalves #mollusks #porifera

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Quick facts about this deep sea octopus that lurks on the seafloor! The warty octopus (Graneledone verrucosa). Warty octopus facts!

#deepsea #octopus #cephalopods #deepocean #ocean #marineanimals #weird #vents #amazing #science #learn #educational #seafloor #underwater

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Quick facts about this colorful wrasse that is abundant in the Galapagos Islands! The Cortez rainbow wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum, paddlefin wrasse). Cortez rainbow wrasse facts!

#wrasse #fish #pacific #galapagos #colorful #marineanimals #weird #reef #amazing #science #learn #educational #coral #hermaphrodite

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Quick facts about these squid that like to attack one another! The northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus, shortfin squid). Northern shortfin squid facts!

#squid #cephalopods #deepsea #atlantic #deepocean #marineanimals #weird #pelagic #amazing #science #learn #educational #cannibal #fishing 

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