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Small Fish / BIG Personality: California’s Iconic Damselfish, the Garibaldi

Make a dive in a southern California kelp forest and it is highly likely that a bright reddish-orange damselfish called…
Marty Snyderman
Marty SnydermanNovember 28, 2023
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Spotting Giant Sea Bass: Using AI and Photography to Save the King of the Kelp Forest

It’s truly amazing that you can be cruising around the kelp specifically looking for a giant sea bass, and all…
Andrew Pettit
Andrew PettitApril 24, 2023
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Lingcod: Lazy Ambush Predators

One of the west coast’s laziest and most sought-after fish is the “buckethead,” a moniker given to the lingcod for…
Tracy Young Eichner
Tracy Young EichnerNovember 1, 2022
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The Fascinating/Confusing California Sheephead

With at least 558 species described in 70 genera, the fishes commonly known as wrasses comprise a relatively large family.…
Marty Snyderman
Marty SnydermanAugust 1, 2022
FishMarine LifeMarine Life IdentificationSharks & Rays

The Whale Shark

For many divers, a whale shark sighting is analogous to finding diving’s Holy Grail. Over the years, untold numbers of…
Marty Snyderman
Marty SnydermanMay 1, 2022
Dive TipsFishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Top Ten Tips to See More Fish

California reefs are full of fascinating critters adorned in living color. Our fish are among the most colorful and interesting…
Bruce Watkins
Bruce WatkinsAugust 11, 2021
FishMarine Life

They Look More Like Snakes Than Fish: California Moray Eels 

Stats  (Gymnothorax mordax)  Phylum: Chordata   Subphylum: Vertebrata  Superclass: Gnathostomata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Muraenidae  Subfamily: Muraeninae…
April 4, 2019
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

Red, Green, Yellow and Brown: The Colorful Lives of California Kelpfish

Kelpfish Stats Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Gnathostomata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Clinidae: Giant kelpfish,…
September 19, 2018
FishMarine Life

SoCal Rock Star: The Treefish

Of the some 102 rockfish species worldwide, about 60 live in the ocean off the SoCal coast. Some are closely…
March 13, 2018
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification

The World Of Fishes: A Primer for Divers

Fish fanatics. That term is an apropos way to describe a lot of divers. Those of us that fit the…
Marty Snyderman
Marty SnydermanJanuary 17, 2018
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