Need ID help.

kent_1848 · Aug 28, 2005

My wife is scrap booking our trip to Costa Rica (Pacific side), and wants to know the names of the animals in the following pics.

Found at about 45 ft. No idea how large he was, he wouldn't come out.

These 3 were all found at about 30 ft. Never seen any like this before.

Found at about 60 ft. About 4 to 6 inches across.

90 ft. About 3 ft. long. Had this one written down somewhere but lost it.

70 ft. About 10 inches across.

20 ft. About 4 inches long, just sitting on the coral.

20 ft. About 2 to 4 inches long, the pic is bad, but it is the best of all of them that I took of these little guys.

redrover · Aug 28, 2005

1st is a Snowflake Moray, very docile, up to 30".

Some pretty vivid urchins they have there. The last two in row of three look to be possibly in the Diadematidae family. The collector type maybe in Toxopnustidae family.

And the star maybe in the Oreasteridae family, very similar to Pentaceraster cumingi.

Next to last is a Scarface Blenny (I think they are so cute).

alcina · Aug 28, 2005

#1 is some sort of moray...I think he might be called a starry moray? - wrong part of the world for me

#2 are sea urchins as is #3, I believe. urchins often have a bunch of bits they've picked up on them. You'll need a good invertebrate book to ID the species.

#4 (line 4 in case I lost you!) is a numb ray, I'd guess. That distinctive pattern should be quick to ID.

#5 a sea star "Protoreaster lincki"

#6 some sort of gobie...you'll need an area specific area book or someone who has one!

#7 looks like some sort of damsel...again a specific area book is going to be a great investment or even see if your local library can get a couple in for you.

hth

alcina · Aug 28, 2005

Snowflake...starry...I knew it was something like that!

kent_1848 · Aug 28, 2005

Yeah, that Scarface Blenny just reminded me of a cute little puppy dog for some reason.

kent_1848 · Aug 28, 2005

These pictures were my first foray into underwater photography, so please feel free to give advice and critique.

archman · Aug 28, 2005

The ray is one of the electric "torpedo" types. I think that particular one's the "bullseye electric ray". I had a glimpse of the new Humann Baja guide, and saw something looney-tunes like that.

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