Endangered SAWing Surprises You Won’t Believe! January 2025 Fish Recap

This month’s highlight reel was packed with unexpected guests, including rare and even endangered visitors. The biggest surprise? A sawfish-easily the standout moment of the month. But that wasn’t all! Several manatees stopped by, a manta ray made an appearance, and we even spotted a stargazer, which is quite a rare sight. Fun fact: Stargazers can deliver a shock of up to 50 volts from behind their eyes-hence the name. They literally make you see stars!
And as if that wasn’t enough, we also caught a glimpse of a possible Venus girdle jelly, part of the comb jelly family. These jellies are just as stunning as they are mysterious.
We also welcomed our annual visit from the guitarfish and the long-awaited horse-eyed jack. And let’s not forget the weird-looking larva or plankton (possibly Collozoum inerme)-still not sure what it is, but definitely interesting to watch.
Now, about the music: I’m all about the dance tunes, and when I asked the chat for suggestions, that’s exactly what I got. But after searching for something catchy, I just couldn’t make it work with the big, unexpected moments of the month. These surprise guests deserved a dramatic entrance, so I went in a different direction to give them the grand entrance they deserved.
Even with a broken wiper, this was a month to remember. Looking forward to what surprises next month brings!
Finds this month:
Bait
Barracuda
Bar Jacks
Black Margate
Blennies
Blue Runners
Blue Striped Grunt
Blue Tang
Burr
Cero Mackerel
Chubs
Cowfish
Crabs
Crevalle Jack
Doctor
Fireworm
Guitarfish
Horse-eyed jack
Lookdown
Manatee
Mangrove Snapper
Manta Ray
Mojarra
Mutton Snapper
Nurse Shark
Ocean Surgeon
Orangespotted Filefish
Porcupine
Porgy
Pork fish
Ray
Remora
Sawfish
Sergeant Major
Snook
Stargazer (southern)
Turtle
Venus girdle Jelly
Yellowtail Parrotfish
Missing:
Where in the world is the smooth trunkfish? Sheepshead, angels, sharpnose puffer, high hat, almost all parrotfish, moonfish, octopus, soapfish, tomtate grunts, dusky damsels, lemon shark, sandbar shark, sennet, pompano, permit, amber or almaco jack, planehead filefish, balloonfish, and grouper
#sawfish #manta #HereFishyFishy #DFBfish #WelcomeToTheFishBowl #Stargazer #Manatee #UnderwaterCow

[@LM-lv6fv]

Always a highlight of my day 🫶🏼🎶 Wonderful footage and music 👍🏼💖

[@EmInMI80]

Wow, what a month! Thank you!

[@angieakaauntchris]

Wow! Another awesome compilation of the wondrous life happening below the waves! 💗🙌 thank you!

[@Ticolme819]

Excellent varied of visitors making their appearance. Especially the Sawfish and the Manta. So so cool.

[@celenadixon4633]

Awesome video. A little bit of everything. Miss you Deerfield Beach 🏖️🏖️ from Pennsylvania

[@solinina6708]

Wow,ty for the visual ❤️

[@1RustyShackleford1]

WOW! That was awesome to watch. The rare sightings that were captured are epic!! Great work - Job well done- especially with the wiper being down and the construction going on up top. Boy-o boy do I love watching these great recaps.

[@just_an_old_nicole]

That was lovely. Thanks!

[@klamaze1]

WOW another awesome video recap!!!!

[@ianjackson8643]

Lots of new visitors great compilation as usual

[@JulianZeezer]

Keeps getting better!

[@johnm5714]

Awesome-well produced musical arrangement is outstanding

[@joshuatorres5593]

Wow, wow & wow!

[@tanyahouston5635]

Awesome! Thanks for the names this time. Excellent choreography! (LOL)

[@Tomtuga]

Why are all the fish following the sawfish? Are they in awe too? Pretty cool!

[@1RustyShackleford1]

I think the fish are following the sawfish because they want to pick up the scrapes of leftover food when the sawfish does get a meal

[@rogertemple7193]

There is a lot of interesting fish and other undersea marine life swimming around here and they are all magnificent looking Thank You for the great video.🌊🐟🐠🐟🐠🌊

[@bettysilsbee879]

Love, love, love these videos. Keep up the good work.

[@Nenezilla]

Wow, spectacular!!!

[@marysaltlife1427]

Wonderful! Excellent video as always. There was a fantastic array of various creatures this time. Thanks, Deerfield!

[@GoRodent]

Someone needs to clean off the lens of that camera quickly!

[@dianec9456]

Unbelievably EPIC!! What a way to start 2025!