Thursdays Photo ~ Fish Faces

[raviepoo]

This guy is from my first batch of digital photos.

 

[raviepoo]

Dwarf Moray

 

[docmartin]

some don't like to show their face...

others display their profile...

and dental work...

of course there are those who look things straight in the eye

 

[Dee]

The exposure on that second one is superb! It's not easy to shoot onto white sand or a reflective surface, like the Barracuda, much less both at the same time.

Good Job!

 

[Rooster]

Fish Faces

I like taking portrait shots of fish, here’s a few

 

[Rooster]

More Fish Faces

Some of these have been posted here before, some are new

 

[ssra30]

crocadile fish

 

[Bomber]

 

[Dee]

Great photos, everyone!

Rooster, I love the teeth. Is that a Harlaquin Tusk in both those groups? The fourth one in the first gropup and the first one in the second?

 

[Rooster]

Dee once bubbled...
Great photos, everyone!

Rooster, I love the teeth. Is that a Harlaquin Tusk in both those groups? The fourth one in the first gropup and the first one in the second?

I guess I should have IDed these guys. The ones you are talking about are Red-breasted wrasse. Starting from top to bottom they are:

Longnose filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)

Multibarred goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

Red-breasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)

Bandcheek wrasse (Cheilinus digrammus)

Red-breasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)

Multibarred goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

Fingerprint sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster compressa)

Peacock flounder (Bothus mancus)

Palenose parrotfish (Scarus psittacus)

Red-spotted blenny (Istiblennius chrysospilos)