Make a dive in a southern California kelp forest and it is highly likely that a bright reddish-orange damselfish called…
Marty SnydermanNovember 28, 2023
One of the west coast’s laziest and most sought-after fish is the “buckethead,” a moniker given to the lingcod for…
Tracy Young EichnerNovember 1, 2022
With at least 558 species described in 70 genera, the fishes commonly known as wrasses comprise a relatively large family.…
Marty SnydermanAugust 1, 2022
For many divers, a whale shark sighting is analogous to finding diving’s Holy Grail. Over the years, untold numbers of…
Marty SnydermanMay 1, 2022
California reefs are full of fascinating critters adorned in living color. Our fish are among the most colorful and interesting…
Bruce WatkinsAugust 11, 2021
Stats (Gymnothorax mordax) Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Gnathostomata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Muraenidae Subfamily: Muraeninae…
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 4, 2019
Kelpfish Stats Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Gnathostomata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Clinidae: Giant kelpfish,…
Bonnie J. CardoneSeptember 19, 2018
Of the some 102 rockfish species worldwide, about 60 live in the ocean off the SoCal coast. Some are closely…
Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 13, 2018
Fish fanatics. That term is an apropos way to describe a lot of divers. Those of us that fit the…
Marty SnydermanJanuary 17, 2018
