Here we find harlequin bass, trumpet fish, french grunts, dusky damselfish, pork fish, blue chromis, schoolmasters, stoplight parrotfish and
squirrelfish darting among the coral cover with many other types of majestic marine life.
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.
Octopus roam and
squirrelfish dart out of your light beam, and the phosphorescence sparkles at your fin tips.
The local relative of
the squirrelfish is called u «u; the bonefish is called o'io; the parrotfish, uhu.
My current work in the Marshall's lab, also takes me to the reef to study holocentrids (
squirrelfish and soldierfish), a family of conspicuous nocturnal reef fishes that are connected to the deep - sea.
The pillar coral pinnacles near the mooring pin attract small numbers of schoolmasters and
squirrelfish.
There are many swim - thrus that are thick with grunts and
squirrelfish.
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.
Below them the longspine
squirrelfish and rock beauty seek refuge in the large holes.
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.
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.