I’m not even sure what kind of fish these are on, but I spotted these two separate cases of fish parasites while diving in the PNW during my first visit. The first one is a little tough to spot, but look for the small isopod…
Category: Underwater
A common denizen of the Blue Heron Bridge, I actually passed these guys up for photographs more often than not because of how difficult they are to frame in the shot because of those large gangly arms…
Another ambush predator, but this time in the chilly waters of the Pacific Northwest, these Buffalo Sculpin (at least I think they are all Buffalo Sculpin) have a camouflage that basically makes them look like a grumpy rock with eyeballs…
Scorpionfish are masters of camouflage – which is great for their hunting strategy since they basically just sit still until some fish swims in front of their large mouths and then they just suck them in… but it also makes them dangerous for careless divers…
A tiny little mollusk/sea slug that I managed to find several of at the Blue Heron Bridge, these Flapping Dingbats or Bating Slugs (Gastropteron chacmolis) only grow to about 3-7mm.
I’ve dragged my feet on posting these for a long time… mainly because they’re not the greatest photos of a really awesome subject. I’d seen photos of the “Shaun the Sheep” nudibranchs in magazines and websites for a while and always wanted to find some…
Headed back to Pacific Northwest waters for some more cold water diving and so I thought maybe it would be a good idea to share some fish photos from the archives before I collect some more… Enjoy!
Maybe I should have posted these a few weeks ago on Halloween… Regardless, here are some more Skeleton Shrimp photos from both Florida and Washington. Looking at these again, I realize just how hard these tiny critters are to find… now imagine doing it underwater,…
Found in the Pacific Northwest, Bay Pipefish (Syngnathus leptorhynchus) could sometimes be found among the eel grass, and like most things in the PNW were rather larger than my expectations and I guess explains why I seem to only have photos of their faces and…
One of my favorite little critters to find at the Blue Heron Bridge… I’m not sure why some of them have speckles for their coloration, but it certainly makes them look sparkly!
Not even going to try IDing these… just enjoy the colors and shapes of these beautiful nudis from Bali.
Still in the mollusk family and closely related to nudibranchs, Leech Aglaja (Chelidonura hirundinina) are considered “headshield slugs”. This is a species that I’ve looked for a while now and during my last visit to Florida were very plentiful at The Bridge.
A fairly common resident at the Blue Heron Bridge, I had plenty of photos of these Yellowline Arrow Crabs (Stenorhynchus seticornis).
