Exploring Marine Ecosystems and Native Plants: Insights from Coral Reefs to Backyard Gardens
No fish coloring book could be complete without a substantial section on the Wrasse family. These fish are common, plentiful, often brightly colored, and ecologically significant - an all around win for snorkeling and coloring! I've included the most common wrasses - Yellow and Blue headed Wrasses and Hogshead Wrasse - as well as the rarer but fantastically colored Puddingwife wrasse.
This next installation of my fish coloring book is about Goatfishes. I think we are pretty likely to see some Yellow Goatfish on our snorkeling trip, but it might be hard to see a spotted goatfish while snorkeling. This is mainly because yellow goatfish will swim around in groups while Spotted Goatfish tend to just hang out on the bottom. I've included these fish mainly because I think the way these fish find food is really remarkable. I have included a short recording of a Spotted Goatfish using its barbels to search for food over the sand to give you an idea of what I mean.
Boxfish have a very special place in my heart - physiologically, they are some of the most fascinating fish I've seen. No matter how many times I see a Boxfish, I always get excited and stop to watch them noodle by. If you've ever seen one head-on, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
This group of Damselfish make up the fourth installation of my fish coloring book. I'm fairly confident we'll get to see some Sergeant Major fish when we go snorkeling, but many of the others are included here because they are beautiful (especially the juveniles) and should be fun to color.
I finally finished the Parrotfish collection! This is the third installation of my fish coloring book featuring several species of Parrotfish - many of which are a very common sight when snorkeling, diving, or even just walking along the docks! I think my niece will really enjoy these fish - especially because they big enough to be easy to spot - even for a 6-year-old newbie snorkeler. Not only are Parrotfish a fairly common sight, but I think they are also some of the most beautiful fish I've seen and should be a lot of fun to color!
Erica Lauer Vose 