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The half-naked hatchetfish: one of Slovenia’s many underwater monsters. (source)

I love fish. I also love obsessive-compulsive cataloguing of any kind. And that’s why Fishbase is the greatest web site in the history of the universe.

Want to know what kind of fish are currently swimming in Slovenian waters? Here you go. Eight wonderful, detailed pages of them.

Browsing through the specimens, I realized two things:

1) Slovenian fish are almost universally monstrous. Really. It’s like looking at horror film extras. It seems that only the most grotesque and untouchable (not to mention inedible) fish have survived centuries of overfishing in the Adriatic. The corkwing wrasse is about as pretty as it gets. You certainly won’t find any of the beauties of the Caribbean anywhere. Nor will you find my personal favorites: the yellowtail damselfish or the great barracuda.

2) I’m never swimming in the Adriatic ever again.

Have a nice weekend!

Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 to Slovenia ¦ Comments (10)