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Scuba Forum / General / January 2008Pictures n Fish ID challenge
Been doing some winter hibernation and getting pics organized. Revised manta production; ~7 minute runtime: (warning: embedded 20MB .mp4 file): http://www.photo-hh.com/Photos-I/Pages/Kona_Mantas.html Cayman Brac (mostly topside): http://www.photo-hh.com/Photos-I/Pages/Cayman_Brac_2007.html Can anyone ID these schooling fish? Its similar in color to a Blue Chromis, but are longer and more slender in shape: http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-19%20school-1wss.jpg http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-24%20school-2ss.jpg (and the Jacks that were after them) http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-21%20school-1ss.jpg -hh > Been doing some winter hibernation and getting pics organized. Thanks for the links. I've added this to my favorites in hopes of having some time in the near future to look at your pictures. > Can anyone ID these schooling fish? Its similar in color to a Blue > Chromis, but are longer and more slender in shape: > > http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-19%20school-1wss.jpghttp://ww w.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-24%20school-2ss.jpg Juvenile creole wrasse, perhaps? I don't know what else would school like that unless they're silvery and therefore herrings or the like. > (and the Jacks that were after them)http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-21%20school-1ss.jpg Bar jacks? > Juvenile creole wrasse, perhaps? I don't know what else would school > like that unless they're silvery and therefore herrings or the like. No, they're not creole wrasses. They're much more like a herring, but blue and with a less blunt face. I think one of the DMs said "bohio" or something like that. > > (and the Jacks that were after them) > > http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-21%20school-1ss.jpg > > Bar jacks? At least. The above image is the only one I have that captured any of the predators; I didn't notice anything particularly huge. The school was moving pretty quick and at times ripping back and forth along probably 100ft+ horizontally, along a 'shallow' (~60ft) section of wall between two deeper drop-offs. It was a lot of fun just to be there and watch. -hh "-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message news:9dd67b27-bc23-4793-a4e7- > At least. The above image is the only one I have that captured any of > the predators; I didn't notice anything particularly huge. The > school was moving pretty quick and at times ripping back and forth > along probably 100ft+ horizontally, along a 'shallow' (~60ft) section > of wall between two deeper drop-offs. It was a lot of fun just to be > there and watch. I was fortunate to be diving near St Lucia when (night dive) a wall of what looked like aluminum foil came writhing toward us. It turned out to be a cloud of barracuda bigger than your local gas station. I have no idea what they were doing, and have talked to a couple icthiologists about it since, and they figure it may have been a mating scenario (spelled "orgy"). There was nothing else in the water for them to predate, and as such, no reason for them to school. As in many things, often the critters teach us how much we *don't* know. "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I was fortunate to be diving near St Lucia when (night dive) a wall of what :looked like aluminum foil came writhing toward us. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : :As in many things, often the critters teach us how much we *don't* know. Sounds a lot better than Detroit. Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. > Can anyone ID these schooling fish? Its similar in color to a Blue > Chromis, but are longer and more slender in shape: > > http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-19%20school-1wss.jpg > http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/brac/071016-1-24%20school-2ss.jpg Sardines? > Sardines? Possibly - - but blue instead of silver? -hh >> Sardines? > > Possibly - - but blue instead of silver? in West Aus they use what they call Blue Sardines for bait. They don't look very blue to me however > -hh |
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