More mundanity

[mntlblok]

This is from the shallows on the way back into the beach at LBTS back in September. I guess they're 6-8 inches long. Is this a little bar jack and a yellow jack, or two bar jacks and one of them just looks a little different? Don't think I've come across small yellow jacks before.

Kevin
Savannah

 

[mntlblok]

A couple more. . .

 

[knotical]

Consider Yellowtail Snapper for the odd man out.

Where / what is LBTS?

 

[mntlblok]

And then there was this guy doing that bar jack shadowing thing. . .

 

[smellzlikefish]

The guy doing the shadow thing is a type of grunt. Blue-line grunt maybe?

 

[knotical]

I think the Jack is shadowing the Blue-Striped Grunt, not the other way around. I've seen Bar Jacks do this to several different species, including rays.

 

[smellzlikefish]

You're probably right, knotical. I wasn't thinking.

 

[livi120]

Pretty sure all the jacks are bar jacks including the "little bit different one" with more yellow. Then there are 2 slippery dicks, and a Yellowtail snapper on the other pics. and finally another bar jack with a Bluestriped Grunt.

@knotical : LBTS = Lauderdale by the Sea, a popular local beach dive here in South east FL by Frt. Lauderdale.

 

[mntlblok]

Consider Yellowtail Snapper for the odd man out.

Where / what is LBTS?

Whilst on that very dive at Lauderdale By The Sea (LBTS), I spotted a juvenile (intermediate?) Yellowtail Snapper: IMG_4757acrre | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Haven't noticed many of those on other dives.

Kevin