2012 Week 2

Rock beauty are a species of angelfish. They usually have Yellow fins and head, while have a blue body and blue lips. Rock Beauty mainly feed on sponges, but also eat jellyfish, tunicates, coral, algae and plankton. These fish are usually found in the tropical western region of the Atlantic Ocean. In order to reproduce, they bring their stomachs...

The squirrelfish does not grow to be very big. The average size of a squirrelfish is 6-14 in long, but they can reach up to 20 in. The squirrelfish is nocturnal and also a ray finned fish. These fish have very large eyes and live near coral reefs. One interesting fact about these fish that I learned was that...

The adult Rock Beauty angelfish's overall body color can be described as yellow in the facial region of the body with blue towards the tail end of the fish. Their pectoral fins and ventral fins are also yellow but their lips and the edges of their dorsal fins and anal fins are dark blue. An adult Rock Beauthy angelfish...

The organism I studied over the weekend was the Moray Eel. Moray Eels are easily identified by their long, thick, snakelike bodies. They come in a variety of colors and patterns and tend to stay in dark corners and recesses of coral reefs during the day. They can sometimes be seen with their heads poking out of holes and...

I have learned that wordpress is used for marine biology.

So I apparently have to keep a blog of my Marine Biology class. After this week of 3 hour class work days, I travel to the British Virgin Islands where we will scuba dive and do things a marine biologist would.

In this very classroom lies the mysterious creature known as the Antoon. Its scientific name is the ricardian antoonius. He has learned much in his time in marine biology, such as the effects of global warming on marine life and trees as well as the habits of angelfish in the BVI, which are Territorial fish. The Antoon cannot wait...

We learned about global warming and the affects it has on the world's ecosystems.

Hey there guys. Day six of marine biology. My main man Cesar and I have been wrecking it up- biologist style. That's right. Week two marine bio 2k12 no regrets.