Encyclopedia7 min read
Blackeye Goby: The Drifting Guard Posts of the Kelp Bed
Pale, black-eyed and hovering nose-down over the reef: how to find, identify and read the blackeye goby, one of the kelp forest's most telling fish.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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4 articles
Encyclopedia9 min read
Olive Rockfish: The Schooling Midwater Hunter of Kelp Coastlines
Olive rockfish (Sebastes serranoides) school in the dim water above Pacific kelp beds. Profile: ID tips vs kelp rockfish, life history, fishery and role.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Encyclopedia7 min read
Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus): The Small Flash on the Reef
Banded like a convict, tusked in miniature, and perched on the rock: how to find and identify the painted greenling of North Pacific kelp beds.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Explore8 min read
Fish Identification for Beginners: Learning to See Individual Faces Underwater
A beginner's method for identifying reef fish: the five-feature order that works underwater, how to use guides, and practice drills that turn 'a fish' into a species name.
Tom Okafor ·