Setting up my galleries from a recent trip to Curacao, which was fantastic. Saw all kinds of things I hadn't seen before - Pederson Cleaner Shrimp, Greater Soapfish, Sand Diver, Sharptail Eel, Boga & Glassy Sweeper Schools...I'd like some confirmation on a few things. The first is this vertical coral - I'm guessing it's pillar coral, but it's a guess and not very specific. The second image is detail of the same coral.
The 3rd image shows a really neat phenomenon I watched. A Sharptail Eel was foraging along the bottom and it had several other fish, hanging out above it, waiting for food that was stirred up (I assume). Obviously, the vertical fish is a trumpetfish, but what are the smaller, dark, spotted fish? I checked my books for hind, graysby, and similar but the color and the yellow fin accents don't match. I don't have an image with better detail of them - I was too entranced by the eel.
The fourth image were very small creatures (1-2"), blueish/purpleish in color, affixed to rocks, and not particularly mobile. I don't even know where to start with them.
All images are Westpunt, Curacao, 20-30 fsw. Sorry for such basic questions, but you never learn unless you ask (after research). Thanks!
The 3rd image shows a really neat phenomenon I watched. A Sharptail Eel was foraging along the bottom and it had several other fish, hanging out above it, waiting for food that was stirred up (I assume). Obviously, the vertical fish is a trumpetfish, but what are the smaller, dark, spotted fish? I checked my books for hind, graysby, and similar but the color and the yellow fin accents don't match. I don't have an image with better detail of them - I was too entranced by the eel.
The fourth image were very small creatures (1-2"), blueish/purpleish in color, affixed to rocks, and not particularly mobile. I don't even know where to start with them.
All images are Westpunt, Curacao, 20-30 fsw. Sorry for such basic questions, but you never learn unless you ask (after research). Thanks!
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