Research in the Marine Immunology Program focuses on basic and applied research on the health and immune systems of marine vertebrates, including cartilaginous fishes (sharks, skates, and rays), ...

These wedgefish can grow up to 10 feet (36 meters) long. Along the coasts of Australia and Southeast Asia and throughout the Indo-Pacific, bottlenose wedgefish inhabit coastal soft bottom environments ...

This fish species can swim to a maximum depth of 131 feet (40 meters). Bulbnose unicornfish get their name from their large, rounded snouts. They are silvery-gray in color with slightly darker dorsal ...

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 ...

This species can swim to a maximum depth of 492 feet (150 meters). Bluestripe snappers have yellow bodies, white bellies and four pale blue stripes running horizontally from their face to the base of ...

A dwarf cuttlefish's mantle can reach up to 3 inches (7 centimeters) in length. Dwarf cuttlefish have special cells in their skin, called chromatophores, that help them change color and hide from ...

The blueface angelfish has only been spotted in Florida waters once, off of the coast of Fort Lauderdale in 2006. In the greater Indo-West Pacific Ocean, blueface angelfish live in lagoons, channels, ...

Scientists are still unsure about the functional purpose of the horn on bluespine unicornfish. Bluespine unicornfish have blue-gray dorsal sides and white bellies. They have a long, slender extension ...

These rays can swim up to 459 feet (140 meters) deep. Black-spotted whiptail rays are light grayish-brown on top, densely covered in dark spots surrounded with a ring of white. Their underside is ...

Honeycomb rays use their wings to cover themselves in sand and hide from predators. These rays are bottom feeders, meaning they find prey like small fishes, crabs, shrimps, worms and sea jellies to ...

Orange shoulder tangs can swim to a maximum depth of 151 feet (46 meters). In the Indian and Pacific Oceans, orange shoulder tangs inhabit seaward reefs, rocky and sandy areas, bays and lagoons.

This fish species can swim up to 196.7 feet (60 meters) deep. Redbelly yellowtail fusiliers exist in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean near silty, low visibility, coral colonies and rocky areas. Redbelly ...