A couple of marine natives

[dredcon]

Let's go small
Bay whiff (a small flounder)
Eyes on both sides of head (pre transformation)


After eye migrates through head



Clear larval deepwater flounder sp


Larval least puffer



Larval mantis shrimp

 

[Dloks]

Keep it up

 

[dredcon]

Various triggers and filefish

 

[Dloks]

Various triggers and filefish
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Good sir where do you live

 

[dredcon]

I'm a fisheries biologist in South Louisiana. I spend most of my my days where the marsh meets the gulf south of New Orleans.

Mississippi River sediment plume meeting green gulf water south of Empire Louisiana

 

[BIG-G]

These are some awesome fish!
A few I’ve never seen. Cool job you have there.

 

[spotfin]

I'm a fisheries biologist in South Louisiana. I spend most of my my days where the marsh meets the gulf south of New Orleans.

Mississippi River sediment plume meeting green gulf water south of Empire Louisiana
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After seeing these pictures, I suspected you were more than just a hobbyist

I had a Caribbean/Tropical Atlantic tank several years ago. My favorite was this fellow. Rather rare in Maine waters.

 

[dredcon]

You have to be a little crazy to do this job, but I love it.

Smooth puffer


Juvenile barracuda sp


Juv snapper, blenny, Mahi, trigger, damsels, gulf butterfish, and the big one at bottom is a lizardfish


Our old gulf toadfish


And a big violet goby

 

[dredcon]

After seeing these pictures, I suspected you were more than just a hobbyist

I had a Caribbean/Tropical Atlantic tank several years ago. My favorite was this fellow. Rather rare in Maine waters.

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Cool fish! It came up in on of those warm eddies that breaks off the gulf stream? Did you catch it?

 

[spotfin]

Cool fish! It came up in on of those warm eddies that breaks off the gulf stream? Did you catch it?

Yes, and yes. I had it for about 11 years.