Holiday Marine Life Names

Recently there have been a series of emails on the marine education listserve regarding marine life with winter holiday names.

Take a look at the list below, if you can think of more, let me know!

Next week I will add some images and pick one to focus on.
Here is the list:

Angelfish
Candlefish
Candy cane prawn goby
Christmas goby
Christmas tree worms
Christmas wrasse
Cookie-cutter shark
Hebrew cone snail
Icefish
Ice worm
Love harp snail
Pineconefish
Ribbonfish,
Ribbon worm
Sea angel
Seastar
Skate
Snowflake moray eel
Star corals
Star eye hatchet fish
Star pufferfish
Star-eye lightfish
Stareye parrotfish,
Stargazer
Starry flounder,
Starry smooth hound
Thorny tinselfish
Turkeyfish

Many thanks to all of the educators who contributed to the list. You can find them via a wonderful web page with a list serve for marine educators hosted by VIMS (Virginia Institute for Marine Science) Sea Grant Program, the National Sea Grant Program and the National Marine Educators Association.

Check out the BRIGDE Webpage!