My Fish List

I think I've mentioned my love of Latin on this blog before, and now you're going to get another dose of it. For the past several weeks I've been itching to get my hands on a reef fish identification book, and I finally found one. Unfortunately, it only has fish, so I can't identify any of the other miraculous things I've been seeing, but I'm glad that at least I can start a fish list. Oh, and sorry that there aren't any pictures, but the internet just isn't fast enough for that. 

Pomacanthus imperator (juvenile)-emperor angel fish

Gymnothorax eurostus - stout moray eel

Melichthys indicus - Indian trigger fish

Melichthys niger - black trigger fish

Aulostomus chinensis - trumpet fish

Parupeneus macronemua - long barbel goatfish 

Onigocia spinosa - midget flat head

Scorpaenopsis venosa -  raggy scorpionfish

Parascorpaena mossambica (what I saw looked like this one, but if it is this one, it is a little bit out of its range of habitat) - Mozambique scorpionfish 

Pteroia volitans - common lion fish

Antennarius pictus - painted frogfish 

Sargocentron spiniferum - sabre squirrelfish 

Thalassoma purpureum - surge wrasse

Thalassoma trilobatum - ladder wrasse

Scarus rivalatus - rivulated parrotfish 

Pseudanthias smithvanizi - princess anthias

Premnas biaculeatus - spinecheek anemonefish

Amphiprion perideraion - pink anemonefish

Zanclus cornutus - moorish idol

Forcipiger flavissimus - longnose butterflyfish

Heniochus acuminatus - longfin bannerfish

Chaetodon oxycephalus - spot-nape butterflyfish

Of course, I've seen many more than just these. I've seen fish from the serranidae family, other amphiprions (they all look like Nemo lol), and bunches of other identifiable things. It's been so much fun. Yesterday I spent about five hours in the ocean looking at fish and shells and corals. I think I'm going to live underwater when I get to heaven, at least for a little while. :)