September Photo Theme: Incognito in Plain Sight

[mselenaous]

Incognito in Plain Sight!
Show us all those critters most divers miss until someone starts pointing them out.

For me it's usually scorpion fish on rocks, peacock flounders or seabiscuits in the sand.

 

[Kukuisa]

hanging out on the reef at Curaçao.

 

[Tigerman]

Now this one, I have to admitt, I missed myself untill someone pointed it out to me..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89057162@N03/9305388697/sizes/l/in/photostream/

 

[chile7236]

an old one that no one saw until I started taking pics...

 

[Searcaigh]

Melbe minifica nudibranch, just looks like a piece of algae, and almost a foot long



This one inhabits soft coral that looks similar, Phyllodesmium jacobsenae

 

[alcina]

Octopus are great at pretending they aren't there!

 

[spt29970]

Here are a couple:

Invisibility Cloak by - drsteve -, on Flickr


Do you believe in Angels? by - drsteve -, on Flickr

 

[chile7236]

 

[ozziworld]

We do not have a shortage of hard to spot critters in Anilao.

Frogfish

Rhinopias

Halimeda Ghost Pipefish

Stargazer

Xenia Crab

 

[MaxBottomtime]