With the round
goby invading these so - called conservation «hot
spots,» many scientists worried that the invasive fish would prey on those mollusks or out - compete native fish critical to the mussels» life cycle.
Through the 12 dives we did (max of 17 possible), the following were encountered:
spotted eagle ray, barracudas (one was 3.5 ft), angel fish (many varieties), parrot fish (many varieties), jacks, snappers (many varieties), sergeant majors, wrasse (many varieties), rock beauties, butterfly fish, damselfish, blue chromis, trunkfish, moray eels (couple of varieties), blue tangs, doctor fish, flying fish (on the Blue Hole trip), grunts, graysby, basslets, puffers,
gobies, file fish, turtles, flounders, lobster, banded coral shrimp, lettuce leaf slug».
That was not all, as (juvenile) Broadclub Cuttlefish, Signal
Gobies, Orangutan Crab, Coleman Shrimp and the seldom seen Whiskered Pipefish were also
spotted.