Category Archives: fish
Ofu Beach American Samoa National Park
The second island in American Samoa I visited was Ofu. It is joined by a slim suspension bridge to Olisega and together they are six kilometers long. This isolated speck of paradise has steep verdant slopes of thick forest and … Continue reading
Roman Marine Life
This afternoon I went to the Museum of Fine Arts to see the new Goya Exhibition. It is wonderful and well worth a visit. I had a few minutes to spare so I wondered over to the Greek and Roman … Continue reading
Shrimpfish Choreography
I was watching our Shrimpfish at Birch Aquarium this evening and couldn’t resist posting a short video of them. I never tire of looking at the way they synchronize with apparent military precision. Shrimpfish actually choose to swim in a … Continue reading
Copper banded butterflyfish
Our new Copper-banded butterflyfish at the Aquarium is beautiful. I could not resist sharing a short video. Also called Beaked coralfish, these Indo Pacific reef fish have elongated snouts with small mouths so they can feed on invertebrates in small … Continue reading
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