Big Changes Are Coming – Stay Connected with a Mote Membership! Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) is anticipated to open Summer 2025! As we prepare for this exciting transition, we want to ...

Have an exciting, educational and fun experience on the water—guided by experts who can tell you what you’re seeing. Sarasota Bay Explorers, working with Mote Aquarium, offers interactive ...

These fish can swim up to 689 feet (210 meters) deep. In the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the blackbar soldierfish lives among coral reef communities. Blackbar soldierfish are ...

About This Campus Situated in the heart of the Lower Keys and only 24 miles from Key West, Mote Marine Laboratory’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) ...

Females of this species are slightly larger than their male counterparts. They can grow to 2.05 inches (5.2 centimeters) long. The sailfin molly can live in fresh, brackish or salt water environments.

Peninsula newts can grow up to 4.88 inches (12.4 centimeters) long. In Florida's peninsula, these newts can be found in small bodies of freshwater like ponds, ditches, marshes and lakes. Peninsula ...

Female mosquitofish are larger than their male counterparts, growing up to 2.4 inches (6.1 centimeters) long. Males usually reach 1.4 inches (3.6 centimeters) in length. These freshwater fish can be ...

Details: Azure damselfish are two-toned, with a bright blue upper half and an orange-yellow bottom half. They have a fanned dorsal fin, a small forked tail and a dark strip connecting between their ...

Details: Gold-spotted rabbitfish have pale blue bodies covered in tiny orange dots from their head to their deeply forked tails. Gold-spotted rabbitfish are able to blend into coral habitats almost ...

Napoleon wrasses grow to two feet (24 inches) long, on average. Mollusks, sea urchins, crustaceans like shrimp and crab, boxfishes, sea hares, starfish and eels are all on the menu for Napoleon ...

Details: The Australian stripey has distinctive striping that helps them blend into their environment and avoid predators. They have small faces and large eyes, with a black stripe running through ...

Details: Emperor angelfish have vibrant colors and distinctive patterns that resemble royal attire. Emperor angelfish are commonly found around coral reefs and rocky areas, where they feed on sponges, ...