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Lookdown　

Range: Tropical waters from Wester Atlantic Ocean to Easter Pacific Ocean

With distinctive appearance, this fish looks as it is "looking down" when seen from the front, as its common name indicates. They are related to African Pompanos. Juvenile Lookdowns have long anal and dorsal fins.

Tarpon　

Range: tropical waters in the Eastern and Western Atlantic Ocean

Tarpons belong to the Elopiformes. They could weigh up to 160kg. While juveniles live in an oxygen-poor environment such as mangrove forests, they can breathe using the oxygen in the air.

Spotfin hogfish

Range: The Carribean Sea, South Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas

As Spotfin hogfish grow, the color of their body changes. The body color of juveniles is all yellow, but once they have grown around 8-15cm in length, the body color starts turning to red.

The Gems tones of the Atlantic Ocean, Crisis of the Caribbean

The Caribbean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located south of the Gulf of Mexico.  The sea is full of coral reefs, the total area of which is approximately 50,000km². This means that about 30% of the coral reefs in the world are concentrated in the Caribbean Sea. The see is home to elkhorn corals, whose shape reminds us of deer antlers. In recent years, more and more coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea are bleaching due to abnormally warmer water temperatures. The increasing cases of coral bleaching is probably caused by the global warming.


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