Paralichthys dentatus
to 37 " and 20 lbs.
usually much smaller
Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries
Range:
Estuarine and coastal waters from Nova Scotia to Florida. Most abundant between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Fear, North Carolina.
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Mola mola
Size:
to 10 ft long, 11 ft tall, 4400 lbs,
but usually 4-5 ft long
Habitat:
Open ocean, usually basking near surface. This giant, slow-moving creature flaps along at the surface, propelled by its oar-like dorsal and anal fins and steering with the stump of its tail.
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Centropristis striata
Profile by Thomas Baum,
Senior Fisheries Biologist
Range:
Atlantic coastal waters of the United States, from northern Florida to Cape Cod, occasionally to Maine.
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With rare exceptions, scuba diving is a bottom-fixated activity. In the region covered in this website, one may encounter many different bottom types, from rocky pinnacles around Block Island to white sands off Cape May to mud and oyster beds in any estuary. This variation is far greater and more interesting than is found in the tropics. Here is some explanation of what bottom compositions are found where and why:
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A fish is defined as a limbless aquatic vertebrate animal with fins and internal gills. There are three living classes of fish:
These groups, although quite different from one another anatomically, have certain common features related to their common evolutionary origins or to their aquatic way of life. Fish were the earliest vertebrates, and presumably evolved from a group of aquatic lower chordates; the terrestrial vertebrates evolved from fishes.
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Final Entry:
Converted the whole site to WordPress, no more need for this page, now the site has a Blog.
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In 1994, newly certified diver Tracy Baker Wagner started the first website for New Jersey divers - NJScuba.com. Although this project got off to a great start, after 1998 it stalled, as Tracy moved on to other interests.
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