Really Educational Fish Writings
One of the fun things about having my own blog is that I can write about whatever interests me, including my thoughts on the rise of AI and some parodies. But as a consequence sometimes the educational content gets a bit lost, and my popular science writing on fishes can be a tad hard to find between the other content. Hence, let me present a few posts from recent times which I believe are interesting to the fish enthusiast and natural history lover, and in some cases contain some of my original thoughts and syntheses on fish behavior and evolution:
The Convict Fish
The convict blenny/convict goby/engineer blenny is neither a blenny nor a goby, but almost a Cichlid, and it has one of the most unusual social structure of any reef fish. Don’t miss this one:
Muck
In my opinion, the soft-bottom, sandy habitat, almost devoid of the benthic coral cover which makes coral reefs such thriving ecosystems, is a greatly underappreciated habitat – at least by the marine biology community. Underwater photographers love “muck diving”. Read some of my thoughts on the muck habitat here:
Muck: The Biology of Underwater Sandy Habitats in the Tropics
Symbiosis I
I dive a lot, and hence I see some interactions between animals which are not widely known, and which don’t happen very frequently, mostly because the animals involved are rare. Such is the case with this juvenile snapper which found an especially safe place to hide:
Symbiosis II
Another rather unusual symbiosis: a juvenile jackfish uses a pufferfish as a hunting cover. I’ve only seen these a few times, and usually in habitats lacking other ways to hide:
I hope you enjoy these,
Best Fishes,
Klaus
