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| California Moray Eels |

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: Doug Klug |
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: August 2010 |
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| Fearsome or fascinating? The California moray eel (Gymnothorax mordax) belongs to the family Muraenidae. It is often seen in its "classic" pose: |
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| Jewels of the Sea: California’s Most Photogenic Sea Shells |

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Author |
: Bonnie Cardone |
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: July 2010 |
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| In the early years of my diving career I collected shells (a long time ago). That stopped when I learned how to photograph them. This was much more rew |
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| Diving with Seahorses--Am I California Dreaming? |

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: Scott Gietler |
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: March 2010 |
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| After diving for 2½ hours underwater in the murky Mission Bay in San Diego, I am starting to have doubts that there are any seahorses here. All |
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| Lions Invade La Jolla Shores |

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Author |
: Tracy Clark |
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: February 2010 |
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| La Jolla Shores is well known to most San Diego divers. Many local divers received their scuba certification there, including myself. Some divers after |
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| Rockfish |

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Author |
: Bruce Watkins |
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: January 2010 |
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| The most common California reef fish, both by number of individual animals and number of species has got to be the rockfish (genus Sebastes). On every |
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| Giants on the Star - Black Sea Bass Inhabit The Star of Scotland Wreck |

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: Patrick Smith |
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: December 2009 |
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| The dive plan for the day was to have a black sea bass encounter, and the location chosen was the venerable wreck, Star of Scotland in Santa Monica Bay |
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| Simnia |

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Author |
: Bruce Watkins |
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Date |
: November 2009 |
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| Some of California's underwater critters are easy to find--they swim right up to you. Others are shy and reclusive and you have to hunt for them. Still |
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| Sevengill Shark |

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Author |
: Michael Bear |
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: October 2009 |
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| One of the first things we noticed upon reaching the bottom was absolutely no fish--anywhere. The lighting was also strange: a strange, yellowish-green |
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| Is That Lobster Smiling at Me? (plus hunting tips) |

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Author |
: Dale Sheckler |
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Date |
: September 2009 |
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| Do lobsters have lips? I'd swear they do for all too often I have seen them smiling at me. During the off-season they definitely look at me with that " |
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| Alien Creatures Of The Deep |

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Author |
: Tracy Clark |
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Date |
: September 2009 |
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| As we head out of San Diego's Mission Bay on a bright and sunny day, it's the ocean conditions that will determine the dive site today. If conditions a |
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