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VIRGIN ISLANDS REEF VIRGIN ISANDS SHARKS AND
CREATURES FISH ID CARD RAYS ID CARD
The Virgin Islands have so much fabulous The latest of Franko's series of Virgin
underwater scenery and so much sea life Island fish cards is a departure from the
that this Franko's fish card just had to be common and friendly reef creatures, and
created. Franko's Virgin Islands Reef is instead a guide to Virgin Islands sharks
Creatures Guide depicts 100 plus and rays. Both sides of this colorful card
Caribbean reef creatures found commonly show sharks and the inshore side shows
in Virgin Island waters on one side of the both sharks and rays. Side one has inshore
card. Although one could never really species featuring a small map of the
depict the beauty of tropical reef creatures Virgin Islands with compass rosette. This
or their environment, this is an amazingly side features the Black-Tip, Tiger,
colorful rendition of a huge number of Galapagos, Caribbean Reef, Nurse, Bull,
species of the most commonly found reef Dusky and Hammerhead Sharks. It also
creatures of the Virgin Islands. Nature shows the Manta, White-Spotted Rays
supplied the beauty, Franko just tried to and Stingray.
show it in a form so that the scuba diver Side two has offshore species and features
or snorkeler could identify the creatures Oceanic White-Tip, Whale, Blue,
first hand. Fabulous angelfishes, parrot Thresher, Great White, Mako, Cookie
fishes, damsels, wrasses, groupers, Cutter and Silky Sharks. All sharks, rays
snappers, rays, and chromis are but a few have maximum size in feet and inches,
of the types of fish shown. There are also some have a short description of species
a number of colorful corals and sponges, along with information on the danger
plus a team of invertebrates awaiting your level if any while in the water with each
discovery.
fish.
Side two is a map of the US and British
Virgin Islands showing points of interest,
towns and cities, and over 60 scuba and
snorkeling site around the islands. The
map also includes a miniature globe map
for a perspective of just where in the
world the Virgin Islands sit. Map side of
card also has a compass rose, manta ray,
turtles, sharks and other sea creatures.
