In this opening photograph, you can see a fish from the Labridae family. Labrus merula is the name of the species. I encounter this fish very often while snorkeling. Observing it in the aquarium was kinda strange.
This is the Epinephelus marginatus, a big fish that I saw only a few times while snorkeling. Here in the aquarium, I was able to observe it much better, longer, and in a more relaxed way.
Here you can see a portrait of the Dentex dentex from the large and varied Sparidae family. In the following photograph ...
... you can take a look at the fish in its entirety. This is a species I don't encounter very often, but quite regularly while snorkeling, about a dozen times every summer.
This is the Platichthys flesus, a flatfish with both eyes o the upper surface of the strange, laterally flattened body. I never saw this species while snorkeling.
This is the Trachinus draco, a venomous fish from the Trachinidae family. Its venomous spines can inflict very painful and quite serious injuries to humans. This is a very common fish that I see very often on the sandy seabeds near the shore.
This is the Gobius cruentatus. A very common encounter on my summer underwater ramblings.
It was a gloomy winter day. I drove to the city of Rovinj and spent the entire morning there. Among other things I did on that occasion in Rovinj, I also visited the small aquarium. The aquarium is part of a Center for Sea Research and all the fish there belong to the ecosystems in the Adriatic sea. Most of the fish I saw were the same ones I encounter while snorkeling in the sea during the summer. It was great to see them on a cold winter day, for a change. All that didn't happen recently. In today's post, you'll see seven portraits of local fish from the winter of 2006.
