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Started by drdiver , Apr 29 2005 08:47 AM

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#1 drdiver

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 08:47 AM

I thought I'd post a fish pic for us to ID every day or so to sharpen up our fish ID skills now that the dive season is on. I'll post the ID after a day or so along with habitat, etc. I'll be doing mostly Caribbean and Western Atlantic Fishes to start with, but I'll throw in some Hawaiian, California/PNW and Indopacific ones for people in those areas.

Here's our first little guy.

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Edited by drdiver, 29 April 2005 - 08:49 AM.

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 08:55 AM

I am not good at fish ID's
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 08:56 AM

That's why we have the game.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 09:00 AM

I need a hint.. but I know it's a fish
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 09:03 AM

I'm not very good at the little guys myself. I can't see the head very well, but I suspect a type of blenny.

BTW Dennis, great idea!
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 10:12 AM

Yes, it is a blenny (she's one of the largest of the blennies)

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 10:14 AM

I'm sure someone will "grind" out an answer--hint, hint.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 11:50 AM

She's unsinkable, brown and Titanic.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 11:56 AM

Now we know. Thanks, Dennis. That was fun!
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:01 PM

Yes, indeed, it's a Molly Miller. Like most of the blennies, she's fairly shy, gets up to about 3 inches long. Not that common a fish, but found throughout the western Atlantic and Caribbean.

Here's another, more common guy

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:04 PM

This one is extremely beautiful as a juvenile, but like me, they tend to gray as they age.
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:10 PM

Yes, indeed, they are a special looking fish when a juvenile.

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:58 PM

Yes and that pic doesn't do justice to the sparkle those spots have.

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Posted 29 April 2005 - 12:59 PM

Dang I need to that that name that fish class... cause I have no idea what they are... but they sure are pretty...... lets do sharks.... I am better at things that bite....
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 01:07 PM

I'm really not sure what kind of shark this is, but I have seen it a lot lately, can someone help me out with this?
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