Beach Dive at Hibiscus 6/17/05

[SFLDiver]

Finally get time to go thru my photos of the dive ... some decent ... need to take my time when I find a good subject.

Extra points to whomever can ID the two juvenile fishes.

Me thinks I'z gonna need a bigger tube of Super-Gnome-Bum-Glue.

 

[Divesherpa]

This should help:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2004/fish.htm

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

#1 juvenile blue angel,
#2 yellow stingray
#3 juvenile blue (just a little older)
#4 goldentail moray
#5 dusky jawfish
#6 blue angelfish
#7 shovelnose lobster
#8 spiny lobster

 

[SFLDiver]

#1 juvenile blue angel,
#3 juvenile blue (just a little older)
#6 blue angelfish

*COUGH*
What the heck is a "Blue" angel ?

I was thinkin' more along the lines of Juvie Queen and Juvie Townsend,
and the adult Townsend.

I did not notice the difference between the two Juvies until I examined the photos.
It is possible that they are both Queens in different stages?
I doubt it as most juvenile fish don't start growing into their adult shading until they are morelike twice that size.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I originally thought they were juvenile queen angels, but when I looked in the book, the identifing difference between a queen and a blue (a townsand being a cross of the two) was the middle bar is straight on the blue, and curved on the queen.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Oh, the other blue angles are fast jets.

 

[Walter]

Good job, Jenny! You're so much more than just a pretty face.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

:blush: