This video was taken in June 2012 at the World of the Sea aquarium, Sea World, San Diego, California, USA Introduction: Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus that belongs to the family Megalopidae is also known as the silver king and Sábalo in Spanish. Although this species has no commercial value as a food fish due to its …
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May 14 2013
Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens (Distribution, biology, utilization and conservation)
Photo credit: Oscar Del Valle Ayala (Peru) Via: Wilder Rodriguez Arteaga (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction: The red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, is a snail-like, univalve species of a very large edible sea snail; it is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae. Historically, red abalone has been the …
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May 08 2013
Napoleon fish, Cheilinus undulatus (Biology, distribution, threats and conservation) – Video
This short clip was taken at the Sea World, California, USA Source: www.fishconsult.org – Video and text ownership: Abdel Rahman ElGamal Introduction: The Napoleon fish, Cheilinus undulatus has more common names including humphead wrasse, humphead or Maori wrasse. This species one of the largest members of the family Labridae as well as all coral reef …
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May 08 2013
Banggai cardinal fish (Distribution — biology — conservation) – Video
Video and text ownership: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was taken at the Sea World – California – USA Introduction: Ichthyologist Dr. Frederick Petrus Koumans he is the one who described the species and erected a new genus, Pterapogon (cardinalfish with long fins), and assigned the species name of kauderni in honor …
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Aug 23 2012
Traditional Stilt fishing in Sri Lanka
Image credit: D. S. K. Pitigala and Ananda sugathapala (SriLanka) Text: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Background: the “stilt fishing” or ritipanna is a tradition fishing technique which is practiced especially around the towns of Kathaluwa and Ahangama, Sri Lanka. Historically, stilt fishing in Sri Lanka started after the Second World War when …
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