7/20 Maui pics

[Gilligan]

Hawaiian Swimming Crab
F7.0 Macro Mode, 1/200, External Strobe, Cropped

Leaf Scorpionfish
F7.0 Macro Mode, 1/125, External Strobe, Cropped

I.D. pending
F7.0 Macro Mode, 1/650, External Strobe, Cropped

 

[justleesa]

Interesting fish, looks like a flying Gurnard gone wrong...Wonder what it is.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Gilligan]

Interesting fish, looks like a flying Gurnard gone wrong...Wonder what it is.
Thanks for sharing!

I also think it is a Flying Gurnard but wasn't sure. It kept advancing towards me on the bottom but never spread its fins as Gurnard's often do.

 

[justleesa]

yeah, looking at the pic in the Hoover book it seems in your fish the "wing"s aren't long enough and the pattern is different....sadly I can't see the head as well as in your photo. Very interested in the results.

 

[redrover]

I thought Gurnard too, but….I wonder if it could be a juvenile. I looked in Shore Fishes of Hawaii and Fishes of Hawaii as well but no mention of juvenile. Looks like that lower jaw protruding is all wrong. But here on http://nene.essortment.com/strangefish_rwqt.htm it says, “The young flying gurnards have small pectoral fins that are so different from the adults that they were once place in another genus.” So, very interesting! A couple of other links maybe worth pursuing (from google). http://www.sealife-timmendorf.de/Quiz01b.pdf
http://www.infochembio.ethz.ch/links/en/zool_fische_flughaehne.html

And gee, your photos are superb…well as far as I have seen.

That crab in good coral surround, perfect framing. That Gurnardy thingy popping out of the same background, very impressive. When I was getting desert lizards and toads it was a huge challenge to see the dang things even when I knew what I was looking for. I’m sure if I had a good camera I could do so well underwater – HA!!!!!!

 

[Gilligan]

"Tortuga" ID'd the fish for me. It is a Longtail Dragonet and is not in the Hoover book.
A pic of it is here

 

[Azotomix]

I like very much the crab. What strange blue eyes he has…

But why can I not dive every day like you do. I am so evious…

 

[redrover]

Thank you for the stuff on Hoover!!!! Yea gads, I have an old book. They look the same and I missed reprint had updates. Nor have I looked for his site – way cool stuff. I was going to bed ages ago and got stuck there and the places he led to.
Ah, a Dragonet…that was cheating not showing the long tail….or just my be lazy and not look for it

nono:, it is in the Randall. Thank you too for the fun and sharing your photos.

 

[Scuba65]

Nice pictures as usual! thanks

 

[DennisW]

Again, really nice pictures. The Longtail Dragonet is really interesting. I like the crab pic the best.