March 11, 2023

I am an Atlantic Needlefish

I have a very long beak

I'm mostly blue-green with silver below

And I've got quite a few needle-like teeth.

Location: Round Island Riverside Park, Vero Beach

Sources: https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/species/3314

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

July 16, 2021

This is a very large, quite dead fish

From the Grouper and Sea Bass family

He was caught, died and thrown back in the water

What a sad and terrible calamity!

Location: Skyway Fishing Pier, Tampa Bay

Sources: http://www.fao.org/3/y4161e/y4161e51.pdf

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson