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 SnydermanJuly 11, 2022
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification 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 SnydermanJuly 8, 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 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…Bonnie J. CardoneApril 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,…Bonnie J. CardoneSeptember 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…Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 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 SnydermanJanuary 17, 2018
FishMarine LifeMarine Life IdentificationSharks & Rays Cleverly Designed: About the Bat Ray, Pacific Electric Ray and Thornback Ray My success at photographing rays has hinged on chance. The ray(s) and I have been surprised to see each other…Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 10, 2016
FishMarine Life The Curious Reproduction Strategies of California Grunion That a fish would leave the water and fling itself onto a beach at night in order to produce future…Bonnie J. CardoneMay 11, 2016
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification Those Tricky Treefish Of the some 102 rockfish species worldwide, about 60 live in the ocean off the SoCal coast. Some are closely…Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 19, 2015