A pair of pinktail durgon. I don't mean they were together actually though. These fish tend to maneuver on their own.
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A Drupe (the bigger shell near the left corner) and a Basket shell...the smaller one. Similar but not the same.
3 of my Rock Mover pals. These were pretty decent size, so probably teenagers. Well, not sure how long they live, but I mean intermediate size.
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Achilles Tang. Love the orange.
Ambon Puffer. It is amazing how tough it is to get a photo of that electric blue fin underneath!
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OK, now, which animal did you spot first?
The Spotfin Scorpion fish? Or the little Snowflake Moray eel peeking out to its left?
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The Cone above got a bit broken up, but I'd be willing to bet someone was living inside: either the "real" animal or a crab.
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Brighteye Chromis.
This urchin probably weighed twice as much because of the stuff it was carrying around.
Nice lobes of coral. Sometimes I spot crabs or fish hiding inside these empty spaces.
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It's a little easier to see the shells when they are enlarged like this.
Octopus deep in its den.
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Trust me, there really was one in there! It was just not supported by good light. So hard to see. But that's what they do: put stones in front of the den for protection from octo-snoops like me.
I was very happy to see an octopus once again in this coral head. I check it each time I swim, if the deep side is open, and it has been empty or occupied by a crab for quite a while. So it was nice to see this one in the hole.
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Another octopus, hiding, too.
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This octopus is to the right of the Bluefin's tail..
He saw me right away.
Deeply hiding octopus.
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Hebrew Cone Shell
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Moorish Idols...I'll follow you.
Above and below: two Juliana's Sea Hares. Differing sizes, that's how I was certain I wasn't just seeing the same one again.
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Da leaf fish.
This little urchin was about 3 inches across. Very cute.
I scared this Lizard Fish and it flew off. But stopped again for its closeup.
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Nice male Trunk Fish with face showing for a change.
I do not know what these pale ivory colored things are. But they were interesting.
The Spotfin and Moray again. I guess the Moray was more worried about me than the Spotfin...I am bigger, but I don't have poisonous spines.
The storm clouds above where I swim.
And of course, palm trees!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyRNcqwkgqD-yk29oPTkV-mYbH9AMJB8jCyN7__0QcPssWpk3fucNPBr32i7-LTefdQlKGbzHDgNkma0sVznZL3FnI5hYJiQ3uNSyb6GeWWa3OG9brF_ob-_dM-jGiK9rI2ov4VSm1gYB/s320/palms.jpg)
Nice blue parrot fish.
Pencil urchins.
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I think it's a Horn shell. and I think it was occupied. drat.
Snoozing seal.
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The Spotfin and the Moray.
Was it something I said?!
A very nice swim. Six octopuses, well yeah. Missed my friend, though, as she had to take someone into town. Still, a very good day and a good prayer time at church. What a Sunday!
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