drrich2
Contributor
Had an 8-day stay at Bonaire recently, and saw a few things I'm not familiar with.
This mackerel-type fish was so big it could've passed for a small to medium barracuda; it didn't stick around and by the time I realized it was something unusual (to me) and started snapping shots, it was nearly gone. This is a crop - don't know if you can I.D. it, but please try. I've seen (and eaten) cero's before; do they get that large?
Hanging out just past and slightly down from the pier at Windsock, I think I finally got a bucket list encounter when this rascal went winging by the bottom of the reef slope, maybe around 70 feet deep? I finned down after it and grabbed a few distant shots. Obviously not an eagle (no spots), southern or torpedo ray. Can someone confirm it's a manta ray, and perhaps state a species? I'd say the size was roughly on par with a really large eagle ray.
These little blue fish were in a small school at 1,000 Steps; roughly the size of blue chromis, but obviously a different species. What are they?
I've never been good with 'snappers.' Sometimes I can I.D. a cubera snapper, but there are others around. I know the school masters have yellow fins, and some get big, but this guy is something else. Dude's got some teeth!
Finally, I was chilling at safety stop depth one dive when I got blind-sided by a fish storm. What are these guys?
This mackerel-type fish was so big it could've passed for a small to medium barracuda; it didn't stick around and by the time I realized it was something unusual (to me) and started snapping shots, it was nearly gone. This is a crop - don't know if you can I.D. it, but please try. I've seen (and eaten) cero's before; do they get that large?
Hanging out just past and slightly down from the pier at Windsock, I think I finally got a bucket list encounter when this rascal went winging by the bottom of the reef slope, maybe around 70 feet deep? I finned down after it and grabbed a few distant shots. Obviously not an eagle (no spots), southern or torpedo ray. Can someone confirm it's a manta ray, and perhaps state a species? I'd say the size was roughly on par with a really large eagle ray.
These little blue fish were in a small school at 1,000 Steps; roughly the size of blue chromis, but obviously a different species. What are they?
I've never been good with 'snappers.' Sometimes I can I.D. a cubera snapper, but there are others around. I know the school masters have yellow fins, and some get big, but this guy is something else. Dude's got some teeth!
Finally, I was chilling at safety stop depth one dive when I got blind-sided by a fish storm. What are these guys?
