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Scuba Forum / General / January 2004Is This A Tilefish?
Warning - file is 340 kbytes, those with slow modems be prepared to wait. http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/ukfish1.jpg If it is not a tilefish, what is it? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ If you are asking, then yes, it is. I believe its "full" name is Sand Tilefish. Here's another photo of one. http://www.csulb.edu/depts/biology/marine/species/Sand_Tilefish.html_f/2.Sand_Ti lefish.jpeg.JPG > Warning - file is 340 kbytes, those with slow modems be prepared to > wait. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----  SignatureDave Mabry dmabry@mich.com Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team Most likely is. Some sort of Malacanthus (see page 282 of Allen & Steene). Where did you take the shot? Ken Kurtis NAUI Instr. #5936 Co-owner, Reef Seekers Dive Co. Beverly Hills, CA kenkurtis@aol.com (Ken Kurtis) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Where did you take the shot? I have since learned that it is a sand tilefish. The picture I originally posted was not as good as this one, http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/ukfish1.jpg (same filename as the original). I know, this one isn't the best photo in the world either. All pictures were taken off Mona Island last week. Since these are white fish, and normally a couple of feet at most above sand, I tried to take the pictures using only ambient light. Depth was around 50 ft. Whenever I use flash under those circumstances, everything is overexposed. Also, these are shy fish and I probably took the photos from about 4 ft away. Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > kenkurtis@aol.com (Ken Kurtis) pounded away at his keyboard resulting > in: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Also, these are shy fish and I probably took the photos from about 4 > ft away. I see these fish regularly when diving in Belize at the reef off of San Pedro. They are quite pretty in their way. The edges of their fins are almost irridescent mauvy/blue. In my experience, they haven't been terribly shy, though admittedly they aren't as outgoing as many of the other reef fish. "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :In my experience, they haven't been terribly shy, though admittedly they :aren't as outgoing as many of the other reef fish. Maybe they are female fish and are being coy with me. Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> pounded away at his keyboard resulting > in: > :In my experience, they haven't been terribly shy, though admittedly they > :aren't as outgoing as many of the other reef fish. > > Maybe they are female fish and are being coy with me. They aren't coy fish, they are tile fish. >Warning - file is 340 kbytes, those with slow modems be prepared to >wait. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. >The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ Sand tilefish for sure. I've seen lots of these guys on the south side of Cayman Brac. They'll dive for their burrows at the slightest provocation but they're soon out again. Patience is rewarded! --Toren > Sand tilefish for sure. I've seen lots of these guys on the south > side of Cayman Brac. They'll dive for their burrows at the slightest > provocation but they're soon out again. Patience is rewarded! > --Toren Right, be still, don't be flapping around, or finning, and you can get a pretty good look at them. |
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