Find the fish game! Using John Hoovers "Hawaii's Fishes"

[MauiScubaSteve]

Kind of a slow game with only two players...

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How does a Porcupine(fish) mate?

 

[justleesa]

Very carefully?

Didn't notice that there were two fish with the same name....we are so limited with only 12 letters oh well

Yeah, we need to get a few more to play....suggestions on how to make it more open to all?

 

[justleesa]

PS love the look on that puppies face

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

The reason I "processed" that shot was because we get to see through the eye of a fish!

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Perhaps we change the game to a more theological discussion of "our bibles" and include the "new testament" The Ultimate Guide" (Hoover, 8/09 rev)?

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This is ~ a 5 foot long, over 80 lb barracuda, off Mokapu Beach a few years ago[/c]


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This is a juvenal barracuda near Knob Hill a couple years ago[/c]


Are the barracuda with very different colorations really all the same species? I am currently seeing big barracuda (~6') at "Food Land" who have the very black fins.

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History ....

The black spots on the lower sides of the great barracuda distinguish it from other species of barracuda

So, are these the same species? Does the first picture above show black spots on the lower side?



Looking at page 17 of my Hawaii's Fishes, or page 11 of 'Ultimate', does Hoover's pic show lower side black spots?

 

[justleesa]

My answer would be: Although the fish shown on page 17 does not have spots, in the text below it, it states that the fish can have irregular spots, meaning each fish is truly unique.