The local relative of
the squirrelfish is called u «u; the bonefish is called o'io; the parrotfish, uhu.
The pillar coral pinnacles near the mooring pin attract small numbers of schoolmasters and
squirrelfish.
Sea turtles, angelfish and queen triggerfish make lazy passes around the upper decks, while the sands near the keep hide
squirrelfish, purple mouth morays, flying gurnards and — for the keen - eyed observer, a population of seahorses.
Here harlequin bass, trumpetfish, French grunts, dusky damselfish, porkfish, blue chromis, schoolmasters, stoplight parrotfish and
squirrelfish commonly dart among the coral cover.
There are many swim - thrus that are thick with grunts and
squirrelfish.
Schools of
squirrelfish and yellowtail snapper patrol from bow to stern.
Parrotfish, yellowtail, angelfish, damsels,
squirrelfish, snappers, trunkfish, and other colorful species are all found in abundance.
Long - spined
squirrelfish — pale and ghostly, not the brighter red
squirrelfish of Grand Cayman — watched me suspiciously with their stark black eyes.
The top of the wall is ablaze with fish life: large angelfishes in groups of four or five; every variety of btutterflyfish, always in pairs; large
squirrelfishes posing outside their holes; and small grouper, impatient to see the world deeper down, looking and behaving in the same way as their much larger parents.
Here you will find longspine
squirrelfish, tiger grouper and hogfish in the groove recesses.
The diversity of topography is reflected in the many animal attractions here, from moray eels, lionfish,
squirrelfish, soft corals and fans occupying the colourful chamber dwellings, to schooling trevallies and sharks patrolling the reef channels and walls.
The Blackfin
squirrelfish — whose dorsal fin looks like a big toothy mouth when raised — yeah well you try asking a
squirrelfish to raise his dorsal — it wasn't happening for me that day.
Octopus roam and
squirrelfish dart out of your light beam, and the phosphorescence sparkles at your fin tips.
The cavernous hull of the Dunraven is adorned with soft corals and black corals and is full of schooling goatfish and glassfish,
squirrelfish and a few groupers and moray eels.