Another Hawaii Holy Grail - Harlequin

[smellzlikefish]

I know someone that would reference oceanographers after hearing you wide angle lens and tray table stories. They are the only people I know of who will make something at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, take it to the middle of the ocean, and dump it over board. They leave crap like that on the bottom all the time. I would expect the currents to pick your lens/tray table up and carry them away.

As far as the Harlequin on the Corsair, Keoki has a picture of that on his website, too.

 

[smellzlikefish]

P.S. the ones pictured in this thread (Hymenocera picta) only eat starfish and seem to have an affinity for Linckia multifora.

 

[DiveMaven]

We were fortunate enough to see 4 Harlequins on our recent trip to Maui. My husband found both pairs in very different locations at Molokini. Prior to that we've seen them most often at Red Hill it seems.

Like most, I'm a big fan of these little guys. They are just so danged cute!

 

[DMJulie]

wonderful pics.

 

[Gina/TeamKas]

What an awesome shot! I've seen the crown of thorns show on Kauai, have some cool video footage of those guys as well!

Thank god for underwater cameras! LOL

 

[skypierce]

Wow, great shots! How crazy beautiful!

 

[Scubaman7596]

Good Shots! dude

These shrimp rock!

 

[DiveMaven]

Sorry, tried to insert a picture, but it didn't work. Here's a link to it though: http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/uploads/26762/Harlequin_Shrimp_1.jpg