View from under Ti Point Wharf at school of fish in the current at outgoing tide. The visibility was poor but the view was amazing. The school was not moving but swimming against the tidal flow just enough to keep the position. Then they got scared by the noise of my exhalations, turned around and […]
Prickly eleven-armed sea star Coscinasterias calamaria on a pillar of Ti Point Wharf near Leigh, New Zealand. Keywords: sea star “sea star” starfish Echinoderm prickly eleven arm arms eleven-armed Coscinasterias calamaria “Coscinasterias calamaria” bottom exposed underwater undersea shallow temperate water Pacific ocean “Ti Point” wharf Whangateau harbour harbor New Zealand nz Leigh
School of bigeyes hiding in a crevice of rocky reef in Goat Island marine reserve, New Zealand. The ceiling of the crevice is inhabited by colourful invertebrates. Keywords: bigeye bigeyes “big eye” fish school crack crevice rock rocky reef invertebrate colourful colorful ceiling Goat Island marine reserve underwater undersea temperate sea Pacific ocean southern New […]
Colourful Goat Fish Upeneichthys porosus resting on sandy bottom in shallow water around Goat Island near Leigh, New Zealand. Its colours remind me of tropical fish. Keywords: goat fish “goat fish” Upeneichthys porosus “Upeneichthys porosus” perciform Mullidae barbel barbels Percoidei colour colourful colorful change chameleon-like bottom “bottom dwelling” underwater undersea temperate water Pacific ocean
Couple of australasian snapper Pagrus auratus swimming over kelp forest covered shallow water reef in clear waters of Goat Island marine reserve, New Zealand. Keywords: snapper Pagrus auratus “Pagrus auratus” fish couple pair kelp forest rock rocky reef brown algae vegetation sea weed weeds underwater undersea temperate sea water shallow reef Pacific ocean goat island […]
Stalked brown kelp Ecklonia radiata attached to a rock where the reef meets the sandy bottom. Keywords: kelp brown “brown kelp” stalk stalked “stalked kelp” “stalked brown kelp” Ecklonia radiata “Ecklonia radiata” frond fronds underwater undersea forest vegetation flora sea weed weeds temperate water Pacific ocean southern rocky reef