The photos were taken at a depth of about 50 feet, and the school size was at least a couple hundred fish. They looked almost as tightly packed as sardines in a can (but much bigger.) Nice scene!
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Scads of scad
I'm not sure where the name scad came from, but often when we encounter scad we encounter sizable numbers of them. This morning, we dove with a tightly bunched school of bigeye scad. These fish were 7 or 8 inches long. They swam in a tight ball as if a predator was chasing them, even when no predators were around. Scad belong to the jack family
The photos were taken at a depth of about 50 feet, and the school size was at least a couple hundred fish. They looked almost as tightly packed as sardines in a can (but much bigger.) Nice scene!
The photos were taken at a depth of about 50 feet, and the school size was at least a couple hundred fish. They looked almost as tightly packed as sardines in a can (but much bigger.) Nice scene!
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