FEATURED MANATEE OF THE MONTH
RB490, Fish, Female
Minimum age estimates this manatee is 38 years old.
She has been sighted with 7 known calves.
“Fish” was first documented as an adult manatee in May 1989 in the Banana River, Brevard County.
She was sighted 3 times that summer in the Banana River, and has been documented subsequently several times in waters near Ft. Pierce and Vero Beach.
She usually arrives at the warm water effluent at Manatee Lagoon by December each winter, and has been sighted there nearly every winter since Dec 1990.
Her nickname “Fish” was assigned because the shape of one of her scars, which resembles the silhouette of a fish.
MEET OUR LOCAL MANATEES
CHESSIE:
Photo by Manatee Lagoon,
USFWS permit MA770191
CHEW CHOO:
Photo by FWC,
USFWS permit MA773494
NATALIE:
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey,
Sirenia Project
FISH:
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey,
Sirenia Project
FOOTPRINT II:
Photo by FWC,
USFWS permit MA773494
ILLUSION:
Photo by FWC,
USFWS permit MA773494
RB587:
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey,
Sirenia Project
RB618:
Photo by FWC,
USFWS permit MA773494
RB621:
Photo by FWC,
USFWS permit MA773494
RB659:
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey,
Sirenia Project
SUNSHINE:
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey,
Sirenia Project
SWEETHEART:
Photo by Manatee Lagoon,
USFWS permit MA770191
