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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 14h

We love our shape-shifting, color-changing squid wizards in Coral City 🧙‍♂️🦑🔮🦑🧙 #reefsquid #caribbeanreefsquid #squid #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #chromatophores #colorchange #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 1d

The second video shows the intermediate phase. Three different looking fish, but all the same species!

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 1d

Clown wrasses, like all wrasses and parrotfish, start their lives biologically female and transition through a series of color phases before ending as a male in their ‘terminal phase’. Here we see a male terminal phase clown wrasse chasing a female initial phase #coralcitycamera #miami #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 2d

Flapjack flap flap magic carpet
aka southern stingray
#southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #flapflap #flapjack #magiccarpet #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 3d

A spotted trunkfish Tokyo drifting by the Cam at 7:19am #spottedtrunkfish #trunkfish #swimminghandbag #sskkrrtt #tokyodrift #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 4d

5 species of parrotfish in 15 seconds. Rainbow, redband, midnight, blue, stoplight. That’s why we call Coral City the Parrotfish Capital of the World. 🌈💙🚦🧣🌌🦜🐟🏛️🌎 #rainbowparrotfish #blueparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #stoplightparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #coralcitycamera #miami #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 5d

A river of white mullet stream overhead in this year’s baitfish run to the delight of the tarpon driving the crazy train #whitemullet #mullet #baitball #mulletrun #tarpon #baitfish #coralcityafterdark #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 6d

🏁🐡🚁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁 Huffle SZN is in full swing! Where do all these checkered pufferfish go in Autumn? What are they up to?? #checkeredpuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #huffle #huffleofpuffers #school #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 7d

A great hammerhead fin-bumped the Cam to enter the Coral City Catalog of Fishes at species #219; our 17th species of shark and ray! 🔨🦈 #greathammerhead #hammerheadshark #sharksofcoralcity #coralcitycatalogoffishes #shark #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 8d

Ladies and gentlemen, reintroducing the Scrawled Filefish! #scrawledfilefish #filefish #elegantoddball #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 9d

“Shut your mouth!”
“No! You shut your mouth!!”
😮😮
#tomtategrunt #grunt #tomtate #mouthfight #mouthoff #coralcitykissingclub #shutyourmouth #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 10d

Swimming handbag delivering emergency cuteness overload 🚑👜🐟 #spottedtrunkfish #trunkfish #boxfish #swimminghandbag #emergencycuteness #angrycute #huffnpuff #poisonousfish #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 12d

Welcome to the Coral City Kissing Club - Bluestriped Grunt edition 😘😘 #bluestripedgrunt #grunt #coralcitykissingclub #mouthoff #mouthfight #fishfight #kissyfish #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #coralcity #biscaynebay

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 12d

Bull shark!!! 🐂🦈 #bullshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #predator #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 13d

A channel clinging crab, the diligent janitors of Florida’s reefs, climbs the Palace wall 8x fast #channelclingingcrab #caribbeankingcrab #crab #reefjanitor #timelapse #porkfish #palacewall #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 14d

<right>>up^down^up^down>> paddle paddle paddle!!! This sargassum swimming crab is navigating life like a video game and just made it to another level 👾🦀👾 #sargassumswimmingcrab #sargassum #swimmingcrab #sargassumseason #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 15d

A curious manatee with a few scars takes the time to gingerly turn around the corals before navigating off through an uncertain life of ever present danger #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #ginger #scar #makewayformanatees #manateezone #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 16d

Wake up sleepyhead! A slippery dick wrasse emerges from its slumber under the sand to start its day in Coral City! #slipperydickwrasse #wrasse #wakeup #sleepyhead #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 17d

We love our lemon sharks in Coral City 🤗🍋🦈 #lemonshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #smile #toothy #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 19d

Hope you’re cruising into the weekend like these sleek and shimmering silver kings ✌️🪙👑🐟✨🐟✨🐟✨ #tarpon #silverking #silver #sleek #shimmer #cruising #weekend #tgif #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 20d

Tfw u scream into the abyss and abyss screams back 〰️😱😱〰️ #whitegrunt #mouthoff #mouthfight #grunt #gruntfight #screamingintotheabyss #staghorn #acerventura #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 23d

Huffle season is upon us! The checkered puffer posses are rolling through town on the regular! 🏁🐡🐡🐡🐡🏁 #checkeredpuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #huffle #huffleofpuffers #school #huffleseason #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 24d

Queen parrotfish cheesin for the Camera 🔮😁👑🦜🐟 #queenparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #terminalphase #protogynoushermaphrodite #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 27d

Wake up! It’s 7am and the yellowtail parrotfish snoozing behind the staghorn coral couldn’t be roused even by the spotted moray slithering right under it! #spottedmoray #moray #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 27d

Meet the Puddingwife. Why is it called the Puddingwife? Nobody seems know!! But it is radiant!! #puddingwife #wrasse #intermediate #protogynoushermaphrodite #radiantsaltpig #Halichoeresradiatus #frenchgrunt #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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