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Surfing Is...

Joy!

Weekday wahine: B Hwang

Monday Morning Mermaids.

Happy Monday!
Back to the salt mines.

Monday Morning Mermaids.

Happy Monday!
Great news, today is a holiday. Have a wonderful Labor Day.

Weekday Wahine.

Summer is a time to enjoy the water.

Wahine: Monyca Eleogram | Photos via Rad Roxy

Fish On Fridays.

Eh brah, Mahi-mahi!

"The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also known widely as dorado, it is one of two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the pompano dolphinfish.

The name mahi-mahi means very strong in Hawaiian. In other languages the fish is known as dorade coryphène, lampuga, llampuga, lampuka, lampuki, rakingo, calitos, or maverikos." - Mr. Wkipedia

Wahine: Britteny

Marine Life Monday.

Nice fish!

Fish: Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) | Wahine: Sara

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Fish On Fridays.

Kiss me, baby!

Fish: Little Tuny | Wahine: Megan

Summer Snaps.

How's it, Brah?

Mermaids On Monday.

Happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend. Now back to the salt mines, unless you're like the Tillerman living a pura vida Laser lifestyle.

Summer.

My favorite time of the year.
Thank you, Kassia.

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See you next week, maybe.

Fish On Fridays. Black Tip Reef Sharks And A Wahine. "Swimming With The Sharks."

Taxonomy 

The blacktip shark was first described by Valenciennes in Muller & Henle (1839) as Carcharias (Prionodon) limbatus. It has also appeared in the literature as Carcharias (Prionodon) pleurotaenia, Carcharias microps, Carcharias (Prionodon)muelleri, Carcharias maculipinna, Carcharias ehrenbergi, Carcharias aethlorus, Gymnorrhinus abbreviatus, Carcharias phorcys, and Carcharhinus natator. The currently valid scientific name is Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle 1839). The genus name Carcharhinus is derived from the Greek "karcharos" = sharpen and "rhinos" = nose. The species name "limbatus" originates from Latin, meaning bordered in reference to the black markings on its fins. 

Common Names 

The blacktip shark gets its name from its distinctive black markings on the tips of its fins. It is also known as blackfin (Guam, Micronesia, Trinidad and Tobago), black-tipped (Papua New Guinea), small blacktip (Cuba, Leeward Islands), and spot-fin ground shark (UK).

Geographical Distribution 

Blacktip sharks are cosmopolitan in tropical to subtropical coastal, shelf, and island waters. In the Atlantic during their seasonal migration they range from Nova Scotia to Brazil, but their center of abundance is in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. They occur throughout the Mediterranean and along the central West coast of Africa. In the Pacific they range from Southern California to Peru, including the Sea of Cortez. They occur at the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, and other South Pacific Islands, to the North coast of Australia. In the Indian Ocean they range from South Africa and Madagascar up to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, throughout India's coast, and east to the coast of China. 

World distribution map for the blacktip shark

Habitat 

The blacktip shark inhabits inshore and offshore waters, but is not a truly pelagic species. They are often seen nearshore around river mouths, bays, mangrove swamps, and in other estuaries, though they do not penetrate far into freshwater. They can be found offshore and over deep waters near coral reef dropoffs, but primarily stay in the upper 100 feet (30 m) of the water column. 
A young blacktip shark cruises the Caribbean shallows
© Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch

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Photo via Molly & Polly Swimwear.

Fish On Fridays.

Eh brah, dere no fish in dat picture. Jus wahines!

Monday Morning Mermaid.

Quack!

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Fish On Fridays.

Wait a second, Joe. You can't fool me. That's seaweed!

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For our American readers, "Happy Fourth!"