Butterflyfish: Graceful Reef Gliders

Nonfiction, Sports, Water Sports, Scuba & Snorkeling
Cover of the book Butterflyfish: Graceful Reef Gliders by Tim Grollimund, Tim Grollimund
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Author: Tim Grollimund ISBN: 9781370850365
Publisher: Tim Grollimund Publication: April 15, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Tim Grollimund
ISBN: 9781370850365
Publisher: Tim Grollimund
Publication: April 15, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

There’s one thing I can guarantee I’ll see on every dive. They seem to be in every nook and cranny on the reef. Some sort of butterflyfish will be wherever I’m going. They remind me of those tiny self-propelled vacuum cleaners in television commercials that run around the house on their own, cleaning up after the messy homeowner. I sure could use a few of those some days at my house. Would save me a lot of work. Butterflyfish are one of the most common fish to see on our reefs. The REEF fish identification book has six species listed in the Caribbean. I have five of them in my image inventory, and most likely will never see the other one (Bank Butterflyfish), since it is uncommon and generally found below one hundred feet. In the Pacific there are well over 100 species. When I was in the Philippines and Wakatobi last year, I could have spent every dive observing butterflyfish and not come close to seeing them all. It was like somebody was making up different color schemes and tossing them all around me, and sitting back, grinning, while I’m going, hey, there’s a new one!

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There’s one thing I can guarantee I’ll see on every dive. They seem to be in every nook and cranny on the reef. Some sort of butterflyfish will be wherever I’m going. They remind me of those tiny self-propelled vacuum cleaners in television commercials that run around the house on their own, cleaning up after the messy homeowner. I sure could use a few of those some days at my house. Would save me a lot of work. Butterflyfish are one of the most common fish to see on our reefs. The REEF fish identification book has six species listed in the Caribbean. I have five of them in my image inventory, and most likely will never see the other one (Bank Butterflyfish), since it is uncommon and generally found below one hundred feet. In the Pacific there are well over 100 species. When I was in the Philippines and Wakatobi last year, I could have spent every dive observing butterflyfish and not come close to seeing them all. It was like somebody was making up different color schemes and tossing them all around me, and sitting back, grinning, while I’m going, hey, there’s a new one!

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