Hey guys, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Years! Here's a quick recap of my year adding new species to my lifelist. I came close to beating my record of 127 new species in 2013 with 124 new ones in 2022. Florida continues to produce new ones, and Ally and I traveled to Hawaii and the Red Sea in Egypt. Those two trips really ran up the scoreboard. We also added a few from NH, TX, and NJ.
1 code goby
2 spotted moray
3 rosy blenny
4 dusky jawfish
5 cuban dogfish
6 belted sandfish
7 bluehead wrasse
8 redear herring
9 red devil cichlid
10 whitespotted frillgoby
11 brighteye damselfish
12 hawaiian sergeant major
13 bullethead blenny
14 reticulate flagfin
15 indo-pacific sergeant major
16 christmas wrasse
17 speckled squirrelfish
18 guppy
19 hawaiian flagtail
20 sandwhich island sleeper
21 saddle wrasse
22 paletail unicornfish
23 zebra blenny
24 hawaiian gregory
25 sharpnose mullet
26 stocky hawkfish
27 spotted boxfish
28 african cichlid hybrid
29 lagoon triggerfish
30 wedgetail triggerfish
31 island goatfish
32 bird wrasse
33 bandfin cardinalfish
34 redbarred hawkfish
35 pinktail triggerfish
36 manybar goatfish
37 tattler
38 clown knifefish
39 striped grunt
40 mahi mahi
41 queen triggerfish
42 inshore lizardfish
43 largescale spinycheek sleeper
44 dusky shark
45 plains longear sunfish
46 texas logperch
47 mexican tetra
48 ninespine stickleback
49 atlantic mackerel
50 bull shark
51 doubleline mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)
52 yellowedge lyretail (Variola louti)
53 yellowfin hind (Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
54 cheeklined wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma)
55 orangestripe triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
56 peac*ck hind (Cephalopholis argus)
57 titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
58 snubnose emperor (Lethrinus borbonicus)
59 redbreast wrasse (Cheilinus quinquecinctus)
60 yellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
61 blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)
62 redtooth triggerfish (Odonus niger)
63 coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata)
64 sky emperor (Lethrinus mahsena)
65 bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
66 scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus)
67 picasso triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi)
68 red sea goatfish (Parupeneus forsskali)
69 bluethroat triggerfish (Sufflamen albicaudatum)
70 spotted sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma)
71 freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)
72 checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)
73 greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)
74 dory snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)
75 silverspot squirrelfish (Sargocentron caudimaculatum)
76 pinecone soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan)
77 twospot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
78 bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
79 yellowlip emperor (Lethrinus xanthochilus)
80 bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus)
81 klunzinger wrasse (Thalassoma rueppellii)
82 orangespotted trevally (Flavocaranx bajad)
83 lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris)
84 red sea soldierbream (Argyrops megalommatus)
85 crimson jobfish (Pristipomoides filamentosus)
86 dirty ordure snapper (Paracaesio sordida)
87 longbarbel goatfish (Parupeneus macronemus)
88 red sea houndfish (Tylosurus choram)
89 red sea keeltail needlefish (Platybelone platura)
90 red sea halfbeak (Hyporhamphus gamberur)
91 blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
92 indian bird wrasse (Gomphosus caeruleus)
93 bigeye emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis)
94 rusty jobfish (Aphareus rutilans)
95 sulphur damsel (Pomacentrus sulfureus)
96 dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
97 goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus)
98 goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens)
99 sammara squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara)
100 paletail damsel (Pomacentrus trichrourus)
101 blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus)
102 tautog
103 summer flounder
104 bridle shiner
105 knobbed porgy
106 unicorn filefish
107 atlantic agujon
108 metallic shiner
109 dixie chub
110 apalachee shiner
111 bandfin shiner
112 redeye chub
113 sailfin shiner
114 flagfin shiner
115 blackbanded darter
116 choctaw bass
117 longnose shiner
118 russetfin topminnow
119 clown goby
120 darter goby
121 bluefin killifish
122 pygmy sea bass
123 flounder sp.
124 blackwing searobin
I took screenshots of the new additions to my photo album. A few are photo upgrades for species I already had, but most are new.
The total count is up to 933, so next year might be the year I reach 1000!
Take care everyone. Let's have a great 2023, fishing and otherwise. Let me know if any of you are passing through the Sebastian area if you're in FL.
