It seems this autumn is very fruitful … heavyweight old individuals (relatively) keen to get photographed … that’s one of the reasons to enjoy diving in Goat Island marine reserve. Also as temperature goes down but there are no people underwater. Keywords: snapper fish “Pagrus auratus” Pagrus auratus australasian underwater undersea old big heavyweight “not shy” […]
Blue cod Parapercis colias is usually a friendly and inquisitive fish. Sometimes it’s even more. This one was following me for a significant part of the dive though I didn’t know about it. Accidentally I turned back and the glass port of my camera housing almost touched the fish. I pressed the shutter and this […]
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