https://wildlife.blog/tags/fish/Recent content in Fish on Wildlife.blogHugoen-usSat, 04 Jul 2026 02:57:31 +0000https://wildlife.blog/posts/garibaldi-grand-view-reef-encinitas/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:57:31 +0000https://wildlife.blog/posts/garibaldi-grand-view-reef-encinitas/<hr> <p><strong>Garibaldi</strong> <em>(Hypsypops rubicundus)</em></p> <p>The brilliant orange California state marine fish, a damselfish whose adults are fiercely territorial nest-guarders on rocky reefs.</p> <p>Common year-round in southern California&rsquo;s kelp forests, including the reefs off Encinitas; the species is fully protected in California waters.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_(fish)">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/94510-Hypsypops-rubicundus">iNaturalist</a> | <a href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2382264">eBird/map</a></p>https://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-seahorse-found-under-a-mangrove-tree-in-ecuad/https://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-seahorse-found-under-a-mangrove-tree-in-ecuad/<p><strong>Pacific Seahorse</strong> <em>(Hippocampus ingens)</em></p> <p>The largest seahorse in the eastern Pacific, growing up to 30 cm — and one of the few species tough enough to thrive in the brackish, silty world beneath mangrove roots.</p> <p>Found year-round along Ecuador&rsquo;s coast, but increasingly rare due to bycatch and habitat loss; listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_seahorse">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/90076-Hippocampus-ingens">iNaturalist</a></p>