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Catalina Island Leadership Program

Phoenix Country Day School

Kelp Forest Information Links

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries

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The Process and the Product....

Being a scientist for a week was fascinating. Being at Catalina Island was so memorable and it was an opportunity of a lifetime we would never forget. The fresh smell of salt water in the air calmed our lab group. We did so many fun activities and the food was amazing! We explored the world unknown and made it the known, and that was priceless (well actually, 700 dollars). We had all set goals for ourselves. Olivia had wanted to find the scythe butterfly fish and observe it as it lived in the kelp forest. This did not work for me for two reasons. One because the kelp forest was wiped out by the El Nino, and two, because the scythe butterfly fish lived more north on the Channel Islands that where we were observing. Nader had wanted to observe the Garibaldi fish and how it ate and mated. We did not get to see mating in action, but we did see how the Garibaldi is territorial and how it eats. Last but not least, Alex wanted to observe the Blue Banded Goby. There were few of these fish, and because of this, wherever there was a blue banded goby, there was a Garibaldi. This meant that Alex and Nader got to spend a lot of time together and learn how to work together. On the MyWorldGIS we decided to look at the location of our 3 fishes, the temperatures of the water and the depths of the water. Because of wanting to compare and contrast our 3 fish, we decided that delivering a ven-diagram would be the best way to absorb the full effect.

THE GARIBALDI: The Garibaldi is the California state fish. They are bright orange or yellow. They can grow up to 6 inches (or about 35 centimeters).
They live in rocky reefs in clear water. The babies have small bright blue dots and are often mistakes for being a blue-banded goby. They live in
depths up to 95 feet. The Garibaldi eats sponges, Bryozoans, worms, and crustaceans. They are most abundant from March to July because of the water temperature.

THE BLUE-BANDED GOBY: There are over 2,000 species of Blue Banded Goby. This fish has two to six bright blue bands with a red body. Their lengths can grow up to 2.5 inches. They live in the gulfs of Mexico and off the coast of Catalina Island. They eat crustaceans and deposit their eggs in empty shells. The mail fish have longer dorsal fins and they are carnivores. One thing that is interesting about the Blue Banded Goby is sometimes, they can be found hanging upside down.

THE SCYTHE BUTTERFLY FISH: The Scythe Butterfly Fish lives in up to 292 feet in depth. They grow to be up to 6 inches (or about 35 cm) in length. Most butterfly fishes feel comfortable in waters 68 to 75 degrees. Protagonist falsifier is the scientific name for the Scythe butterfly fish. Its range and habitat is Northern Santa Catalina Island, in the Cannel Islands. They eat plants and are also known as herbivores. They contain a variety of stripes in different colors, usually paired with black. They live around
rocks and rocky reefs.

Please feel free to look at out ven-diagram link for more information on our
fish!