Batfish at C53

[Mr. Nice Guy]

 

[jlyle]

WOW! Another batfish; must be a population boom. Great shot as it's on a sandy bottom and walking. Do you have any other images? I can't decide if it's a roughback or longnose.

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

 

[jlyle]

Longnose! It's not in Paul Humann's Reef Fish book.

 

[Christi]

Amazing shots and amazing find. Thank you for sharing!

 

[DjDiverDan]

I never really liked the C53 Wreck dive, and always argued against it on the dive boat. I still don't like the wreck, but if I thought I had the chance to see this strange and wonderful creature, I'd definitely go along for the dive and spend all my time scouring the sandy bottom around it.

 

[Sue Sue]

Fantastic ! Last Batfish DH and I saw for Cozumel was about 10 years ago....!! Excellent Find !!

Double S

 

[Skeptic14]

Wow! Great shots/angles really showing this creatures odd features!

 

[morecowbells]

I am loving the batfish pics. They are perhaps the oddest, most bizarre creatures on earth. Last Feb. while diving the pier in St. Croix my husband pointed out our first batfish sighting. I was elated. In an effort to photograph the guy he was clearly peeved by my presence and started kicking sand at my camera. My photo is lame, but am loving all these amazing batfish shots.

 

[deepsea21]

Only a diver could love something as ugly as that. Batfish. I wonder how it got that name... One look at it and I see "Turdfish"! Have to say, that is an absolutely fantastic/special find with great pics to boot. I've never found one. My best find (actually my DM's best find for me to date) was this frogfish on Paradise Reef...