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of the fish on side 2 of Franko’s fish card have made it their passion to study
of Curacao proclaim: “Curacao’s reef Caribbean reef creatures. This fish card
creatures are beautiful and fabulous!”; and has actually evolved since its first edition,
“I love Curacao’s reefs!” But this isn’t with the addition of a few species, and the
just a nice picture or superlative souvenir replacement or art improvement of others.
of Curacao’s beautiful Caribbean reef This Curacao fish card and map are both
creatures. Indeed, it is also a useful tool works in progress, with continuous
for divers and snorkelers who are improvements with each new edition.
interested in knowing what it is they are Franko Maps products are all this works
looking at when they are down there. This in progress. Indeed, there is always room
fish card is actually waterproof and for improvement, your inputs are
durable, so divers can take it with them for welcome and often very helpful. So, go
underwater fish identification, if they ahead and help, if you wish, by emailing
wish. The viewer of Franko’s Curacao me at franko@frankosmaps.com. While
Reef Creatures Identification Guide has a I’m at it I’m going to write down a list of
handy checklist of dive sites, dive planner, every single Curacao reef creature that is
and useful underwater fish identification on my fish card. There are over 100
tool. The viewer will note that the fish species shown, plus a few juveniles and
card has a sampling of approximately 100 male vs. female depictions for variety.
of Curacao’s most common and most Since I put them on the fish card in
beautiful reef creatures. When diving or random order in the first place, I’ll list
snorkeling this card can be used to satisfy them here in random order. So, here is the
your curiosity about what that beautiful 2006 edition of Franko’s Curacao Mini-
fish you just saw is called. The astute map and Reef Creatures Identification
observer will note when diving that there Guide list:
are actually hundreds of species that are
not on Franko’s fish card! However, this
is a great sampling of many of the most
common and interesting characters,
including a few, but definitely not all of
the various parrotfishes, triggerfishes,
angelfishes, wrasse, filefishes, groupers,
grunts, rays, surgeon fishes, sharks,
lobsters, corals, sea fans, sponges,
mollusks, and much more. Many thanks
go to Trident Diving Equipment, because
the good people there helped me greatly
with my fish artwork. Choosing which
100 or-so reef creatures was a task that
was also aided by a few scientists who
