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itziar
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Dragon wrasse, that is the juvenile of a rockmover wrasse
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Thanks, itziar. Saw a couple of these off of San Carlos this past week. Have never seen them or the adult before. With your information I found it in my Sea of Cortez book now. Strange, as many dives as I've done in the Sea of Cortez, this is the first time seeing this!
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Thanks, but actually my sister took those. There were a couple just hanging out in the cove we were diving. Haven't seen the adult version yet!
itziar
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Dive-aholic:
I've never seen them in the Pacific coast myself, but they are pretty common in Hawaii.
I just checked the REEF database (www.reef.org) and there is a ~1 to 3% sighting frequency for rockmover (adult or juvenile) in the Sea of Cortez, depending on the area, so good find!
Nice pic too!
Itziar
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Wow! Well, anyone heading out to San Carlos, Mexico, keep an eye out. We saw 2 of these in 2 separate dive sites about 20 minutes apart from each other by boat.
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