There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for any one person to see them all, even if they dedicated their entire life to marine biology research. To that end, I reckon every good marine bio enthusiast needs a Bucket List of species to strive to see before they die. I’m . . . → Read More: What’s your marine biology Bucket List?
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By para_sight, on  February 11th, 2012  22 comments  Cephalopods, Fish, Organisms, Scientist!  bucket list By Kevin Zelnio, on January 8th, 2012 Leave a comment Fish, Pictures and Movies eels, Japan, Okinawa, Ribbon Eel Apparently the google plus video embedder is broken, but you can watch it on their Google Plus page here. Video by Nori Sakamato on G+. Used with permission. Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) is from 50m deep in Kume Island, Okinawa. By Kevin Zelnio, on January 6th, 2012 Leave a comment Fish, Music, Pictures and Movies Dubstep, Great White, shark By Kevin Zelnio, on January 2nd, 2012 7 comments Adaptations, Fish BBC, Devil Rays, EarthFlight, Pelicans, rays, Sea of Cortez, video This is some of the awesomest footage I’ve seen in a while. Wait for the backflip near the end of the clip! This is in the Sea of Cortez and narrated by David Tennant. This clip is from the BBC YouTube channel. A new program that looks spectacular called EarthFlight, which start December 29th on . . . → Read More: A Pelican’s Eye View of Leaping Devil Rays
By Dr. M, on December 29th, 2011 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, Organisms aircraft, Invasive Species, Lionfish, scuba diving, Wreck Diving Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, Florida, discovered quite a treasure on a recent dive. “We get down to the bottom and I see some fish that are swimming over to the right and I followed them,” said Jordan. “They swam right up to this airplane. It was the most amazing thing.” . . . → Read More: Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish
Here’s some seasonal fishes, pulled from that most excellent of resources for all things fishy: Fishbase There isn’t a Santa Claus fish that I could find, but there is Raia Santa, Atlantoraja cyclophora If there were a Santa fish I’m pretty sure that his sleigh would be pulled by Reindeer Wrasse, Novaculichthys taeniourus: Santa has . . . → Read More: TGIF – A cavalcade of Christmas critters
By para_sight, on December 5th, 2011 16 comments Cephalopods, Fish, Mining, Vessels and Equipment, Weird oil rigs, ROV, sharks, whales The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”. The startling shots show what appears to be an unfortunate mako shark that has become entangled in the mechanics of a large ROV [remotely operated vehicle] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; . . . → Read More: Animals Vs. Equipment
By para_sight, on December 2nd, 2011 6 comments Adaptations, Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies blennies, fish, Sir David Attenborough Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending its territory against competitors. There’s not a lot of sarcasm used though; it’s pretty much straight-up aggression. When one male fringehead starts flapping his trap, I mean, giving him lip, . . . → Read More: TGIF – In Your FACE!
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 28th, 2011 5 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Fish, Opinion & Editorial Blogging Scholarship, Contest, David Shiffman, sharks My ocean blogging colleague, David Shiffman – known as “Why Sharks Matter” on twitter and the blog Southern Fried Science – is in the lead for an amazing opportunity: a $10,000 blogging scholarship! You can vote for him to win here and you are allowed to vote once per day. I should mention that voting . . . → Read More: Sharks Need Your Vote!
By para_sight, on November 25th, 2011 Leave a comment Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies gobies, sailfish Two diversity videos for this TGIF One of my favourite scenes from that wonderful bit of BBC crack-for-marine-biologists: “Blue Planet”. This sailfish scene plays out in January/February in the same location as the afuera whale shark aggregation I have written about And check out this gorgeous tiny goby, just 10mm long, a new species of . . . → Read More: TGIF – All creatures great and small
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