Mermaid Scientist Gets Big Fish Contract

happy mermaid scientist

All smiles! I won the bid with NOAA/NMFS to create an educational rockfish kids science book & poster!! Drawings of canary rockfish‬yellow eye rockfish‬ & bocaccio‬ coming soon!
Nothing like catching a big fish contract!

Photo throwback to catching the biggest fish in ‪Palau

G is for Grouper

Coral Grouper
Lapu Lapu

The Coral Grouper

Tagalog: Lapu Lapu

Scientific name:  Cephalopholis miniata

The Grouper is a cruiser.

Her job is to patrol, ponder and protect her piece of reef from other big predators. Her flashy colors won’t betray her. The deeper she patrols away from the sunlight, the more her brilliant red fades away, blending her into this homey reef background until she is almost invisible.  This is perfect for sneaking up on intruders or surprising tasty unsuspecting morsels.