Fishy Thumbnails: Angelfish to Frogfish

Thumbnail sketches of fishes you’re likely to see at dive destinations like Bonaire and Belize. Some Indo/Pacific species, a subjective and Caribbean-centric overview, not a comprehensive Fish I.D. Guide. This is Angelfish to Frogfish. Here are links to Goatfish to Pufferfish and Rays to Wrasses. ANGELFISH Angelfishes constitute some 86 species, most spread throughout the Indo-Pacific. Species in the Caribbean are limited to a handful, and you’re most likely to encounter the French Angelfish, Blue Angelfish

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Fishy Thumbnails: Goatfish to Pufferfish

Thumbnail Sketches of fishes you’re likely to see at dive destinations like Bonaire and Belize. Subjective and Caribbean-centric; not a comprehensive Fish I.D. Guide.  This is Goatfish to Pufferfish.  Here are Links to  Angelfish to Frogfish and Rays to Wrasses. GOATFISH Goatfish, encompassing some 86 species worldwide, get their name from the pairs of goatee-resembling barbels extending from their chins that they use to probe the sand or holes in the reef for food. The

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Fishy Thumbnails: Rays to Wrasses

Thumbnail sketches of the fishes you’re likely to see at dive destinations like Bonaire and Belize. Subjective and Caribbean-centric; not a comprehensive Fish I.D. Guide. This is Rays to Wrasses. Here are links to Angelfish to Frogfish and Goatfish to Pufferfish. RAYS – STINGRAYS, EAGLE RAYS, MANTA RAYS With flattened bodies, rays have taken the pectoral fin/hydrodynamic lift concept so far as to develop their pectoral fins into broad “wings.” Eagle and manta rays’ wings let

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