5798 This is a reef with several features of interest. The column that looks like macaroni stars is a soft coral, The white round structures to the right and left are hard corals. The blue squiggle is a giant clam embedded in the coral. The blue membrane lines the inside edges of his shell. Below and to the right is his more boring cousin, not as easy to see.
5832 His attractive green cousin is rarer, at least in these reefs. I only saw two. All the structures you see in this picture are live corals.
5852 I’m holding a piece of fish to attract some suspects. The group above my hand are Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish. The black striped fish are Scissortail Sergeants. Below my hand you can see the crosshatched pattern on the Threadfin Butterflyfish.
5974 Sea Turtles racing to the food.
5985 This Black Tip Reef Shark has a traveling buddy. Just above his pectoral fin is a small yellow with black stripes fish I can’t remember the name of. You’d think this shot was just an accident but wait until you see what I saw later.
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