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FISH IDENTIFICATION

The Great Fiji Butterflyfish Count

2008 is the International Year of the Coral Reef, which gets us fish geeks very excited. To help celebrate, The Great Fiji Butterflyfish Count has been organised as a Fiji-wide event running from the 2nd to the 8th of November this year. The organising committee invites visitors and locals to collect data on species diversity and numbers — and the count can be done on SCUBA, snorkel or even glass-bottom boat.

Results will be sent back to the Fiji Reef Check and Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Coordinator for analysis, and reports and a distribution map of Butterflyfish Abundance and Diversity will be posted on the official website.

Undersea Productions contributed a Butterflyfish Identification DVD as part of the information packs that will go out to participating resorts; it will be used to help volunteers learn the "who's who" of Fiji's butterflyfish. Learn the butterflyfish names...

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