Oddballs

During the construction of the Fish Library, I made a decision to leave some families of fishes off the initial list because they were either 'very' rarely seen in the trade, not of much interest, or simply too difficult to maintain. And there were also some families I simply needed more information about before placing them in my Fish Library.

Now that most of my website is up and running, there's time to look into these missing fish families and bring them to your attention. However, since the original fish list is already established and entering new families into that existing alphabetical list would create a major work effort, I've decided to list these new families in a separate category called Odd-Balls and attach it to the end of the original list. It will consist of whatever other interesting fish families I come across, and they themselves may not remain in alphabetical order depending upon my available time.

Bob

Coral Crouchers (Family Caracanthidae)

If it swims like a goby, looks like a goby, acts like a goby, it's a goby. Right? - Wrong! These small fish look and act quite similar to those gobies in the Gobiodon and Gobiosoma genera, however, are actually in the Order Scorpaeniformes (scorpionfishes and flatheads). They like to hide among the branches of stony corals, e.g., Acropora, Pocillopora, and Stylophora. Like scorpionfishes, they have venomous dorsal spines. There is only one genus containing four members. When I'm sure of the availability of the others, I'll add them to the below list.