Tropical Fish

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Warm, shallow waters around coral reefs are home to some of the ocean's most colorful creatures. This puzzle brings together ten fish and reef dwellers found in tropical seas.

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Clownfish

A small orange-and-white fish that lives safely among the stinging tentacles of sea anemones.

Angelfish

A flat-bodied reef fish known for its bright colors and elegant, flowing fins.

Seahorse

A slow-swimming fish with a horse-shaped head, notable because the males carry the developing eggs.

Starfish

A spiny, star-shaped sea creature that can regrow lost arms and moves on tiny tube feet.

Pufferfish

A fish that can inflate its body into a spiky ball to ward off predators.

Parrotfish

A reef fish with a beak-like mouth used to scrape algae off coral, producing much of the sand on tropical beaches.

Stingray

A flat-bodied fish related to sharks, known for the venomous barb on its whip-like tail.

Lionfish

A striking reef fish covered in venomous spines, native to the Indo-Pacific but invasive elsewhere.

Guppy

A small, hardy freshwater fish popular in home aquariums for its bright colors.

Triggerfish

A reef fish named for a spine on its back that locks upright to wedge itself into crevices.

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