South Atlantic States - Common Fish
Species covered in this session are:
- Blue Angelfish
- Greater Amberjack
- Great Barracuda
- Spottail Pinfish
- Atlantic Spadefish
- Tomtate
- Gag
- Bank Sea Bass
- Black Sea Bass
- Belted Sandfish
- Slippery Dick
- Seaweed Blenny
- Cubbyu
REEF, in collaboration with the University of Virgin Islands and Buck Island National Monument, took a major step last week in a novel study to better understand lionfish movement and factors that may influence that movement. The study, focusing on a 2km area of patch and continuous reef in St Croix, used innovative underwater tagging techniques pioneered by REEF to surgically implant transmitters into invasive lionfish within an array of receivers, allowing the team to pinpoint movement of the fish over the next year.
Fishinars are REEF's brand of fun, live, interactive webinars, and anyone who wants to know more about ocean life is welcome to join in. These short, free webinars will teach you the finer points of identifying fish and invertebrates underwater. In addition to marine life identification sessions for all of REEF's worldwide project areas, we also feature guest speakers who present a variety of ocean topics.
Coming up soon:
Virgin Gorda, BVI - Less Frequently Seen Fish
Fish taught in this session:
- Queen Angelfish
- French Angelfish
- Reef Butterflyfish
- Spotfin Butterflyfish
- Harlequin Bass
- Coney
- Tobaccofish
- Honeycomb Cowfish
- Scrawled Cowfish
- Black Durgon
- Queen Triggerfish
- Glasseye Snapper
The Wrasse Class: Back in School
Fish taught in this session include:
- Bluehead
- Yellowhead Wrasse
- Creole Wrasse
- Slippery Dick
- Puddingwife
- Clown Wrasse
- Rainbow Wrasse
- Blackear Wrasse
- Yellowcheek Wrasse
- Mardis Gras Wrasse
- Green Razorfish
- Rosy Razorfish