Fishes of the Galápagos Islands & How to identify them

In Galapagos Islands, three months showns spectacular changes and natural events: December, January and February. Since snorkeling is one of the most rewarding activities in the Marine Reserve, the warm waters enhance the amount of detailed observation that happens in our marine realm.

Aboard ship we have an excellent selection of fish books that will allow our guests, of course, with the assistance of our Expedition Staff, to fully identify the underwater highlights we daily see. Light changes underwater and not all colors are truly correct (to our human vision at least), so a field guide book or ID charts become handy for knowing exactly what we have seen.

What is so interesting about the fishes of the Galapagos Islands is that regardless the time of the year, extreme examples can be witnessed. In the hot season, it is rather strange to find a cool-water species, and in the dry season, it is rather strange to find a warm-water species.

These extremes is what marvels any nature traveler. Galápagos extremes are seen everywhere, and these make the islands’ environment a unique place on Earth to visit. Best fishes to you.

Authors
This article was developed by Metropolitan Touring, for their newsletter, and was wrote by a team of travelers, field guides, operations and marketing staff inside the company, all of them has more than 10 years working in the Galapagos cruises and tours guiding and sales, Sylvia Moncayo, Francisco Dousdebés, Santiago Tamayo, Gonzalo Alvarez are the team who produce our articles, Email info@metropolitan-touring.com Article Copyright Metropolitan Touring Corporation 2005 - 2006

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• Galapagos Islands Cruises
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