Pearly Mussel Elliptio crassidens Size: to 6" Habitat: dug into muddy or sandy bottoms in quiet waters Notes: Looks like a clam, but it's actually a mussel.
Triggers, Puffers, & Sunfish Although it seems unlikely, these fishes are all related in the Order Tetraodontiformes. Common characteristics include: teeth fused into horny beakstough leathery skinswimming primarily with dorsal and anal fins rather than tailpelvic fins lacking They are all also possessed of rather higher intelligence than most fishes. Gray Triggerfish Planehead Filefish Ocean Sunfish Puffers, Burrfishes & Trunkfishes More: Triggers, Puffers, & Sunfish ...