a few pics from my trip to the academy of science

[treesmoker]

 

[gdm42001]

What is that first little guy, and what planet did he come from?

 

[Reef Bass]

Nice pics. I have to go there again. I like the "horned toad" fish and the last shot too (is that an urchin?).

 

[treesmoker]

guy-I dont know he's a crazy lookin little guy. he's got a regular mouth in the front and another "sucker mouth" on the bottom.

ken- i wouldn't waste ur time the aquariums were a huge disappointment! we made it through the whole thing in 45 mins. The phillipino coral reef was basically a bunch of fish and a few dying corals.

 

[Reef Bass]

Thanks for the headsup Jake. That's a bummer about the unhappy corals.

To me it looks like the bottom "sucker mouth" is a group of modified fins that help it suction onto / grasp substrate. My guess is it's a turbulent water dweller.