Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Herbert R. Axelrod



When I was, as a young teenager,getting into fish-keeping he was the man and his books were everywhere.

Paracheirodon axelrodi honored Axelrod

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Herbert_R._Axelrod

http://www.alixkirsta.com/articles/newjersey/index.htm

Cardinals


Saturday, September 25, 2010

Rays




An amazing picture of thousands of rays swimming through the ocean in a colossal school has scooped top prize in the CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 awards. The group of Munkiana Devil Rays were spotted in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by German conservation photographer Florian Schulz. He described how he was able to capture his jaw-dropping image named Flight of the Rays: "During an aerial expedition I came across something I had never seen before. Not even my pilot, who has surveyed this area for 20 years, had seen anything like it. As we got closer we started to discover its nature: an unprecedented congregation of rays. The group was as thick as it was wide, all heading towards the same direction. I have asked around why this took place but no one has been able to explain it to me. After such a unique sighting, I realise there are so many marvels in the oceans that we are yet to understand"

White Cloud Mountain minnow




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cloud_Mountain_minnow

Chelidonichthys lucernus – Grondin perlon


Friday, September 24, 2010

'Birthplace'



CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winner
Bela Nasfay's picture titled 'Birthplace' In one of the small spring-fed lakes of an Hungarian mountain, the European Common Brown Frogs have already laid their eggs on the bottom by April. The tadpoles are waiting for the moment of their birth

Telmatherina ladigesi - Celebes Rainbowfish




http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Telmatherina_ladigesi.html

Coral Reef of Moalboal


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010

The last of the sea nomads (article)




For generations they have lived on the ocean, diving and fishing, and rarely setting foot on land. But now they risk destroying the reefs that sustain them…

Johnny Lagenheim
Guardian
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/18/last-sea-nomads

Congo Tetra


Amazon tank