The continuing sagas of the Blue Heron Bridge

[Scuba_Jenny]

Nope. I went east and south. Found 5-6 different ones and all a bit shy. I tried for a few minutes with each one. This one was the most willing, he was the only one who reached out for my glove. Oh, my gosh! I just remembered. Weirdest thing with this guy. He was the only one who looked white, all the others were brown. He came out of his bottle a little bit, and I put my finger out towards him (like over his head) and kept thinking I was touching something. But there was nothing there. Then I realized I was getting a very faint sensation like an electrical current whenever I got my finger/hand near him. It was bizzare! Happened 4 or 5 times!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Great shots Jenny!!! That's first guy looks like a saddled blenny, I could be sooooo wrong though. I looked in Reef Fish Identification book, by Paul Humann.

Lisa

It's not a saddled blenny. (iris) Eye shape is wrong. He has a triangular shape, blennies are round. That puts him in the bass family.

 

[jet126]

Jenny's fish



Jenny is this the same fish you saw? KP took this photo when he was here last month. He called it a juvenile puddingwife, a wrasse that changes colors a few times during in its life cycle. I'm at work - so don't have my books handy for reference.

jet

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

After a long bout of moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, and changing out design software....

My signature line for Blue Heron Bridge Tides is finally up-to-date with 2011 Tides...

Also found here:

Blue Heron Bridge 2011 Tides

 

[scubajim 1]

Thanks CoolTech

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

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Jenny is this the same fish you saw? KP took this photo when he was here last month. He called it a juvenile puddingwife, a wrasse that changes colors a few times during in its life cycle. I'm at work - so don't have my books handy for reference.

jet

That's not a juvenile puddingwife. From what I recall, when I've seen juvenile puddingwife's their behaviors are similar to a blue head wrasse.. and shaped very much the same. I need to upload some more pics of this guy. But.. I think KP and I photographed similar fishes...

 

[Zzzz]

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Jenny is this the same fish you saw? KP took this photo when he was here last month. He called it a juvenile puddingwife, a wrasse that changes colors a few times during in its life cycle. I'm at work - so don't have my books handy for reference.

jet

Since I'm a noob to all this, I do a lot of Google searching to figure out different creatures I find at the bridge. Here's one of my favorite ID sites:
http://reefguide.org/carib/index4.html

That looks like a lantern bass. The first time I saw one was this past Wed. when I went snorkeling at the bridge. I got a good pic of it, and when I got home I used the above site to ID it.

 

[luthierlady]

Most of the people from Tennessee that drive up with 190 proof , made it themselves...but we usually don't see them pouring it in their ears...

Hey!

I resemble that remark!!! :crazyeye:

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Since I'm a noob to all this, I do a lot of Google searching to figure out different creatures I find at the bridge. Here's one of my favorite ID sites:
Caribbean Reefs - Groupers - Seabasses - Basslets - Soapfishes

That looks like a lantern bass. The first time I saw one was this past Wed. when I went snorkeling at the bridge. I got a good pic of it, and when I got home I used the above site to ID it.

Originally, I thought so too.. but the face shape is all wrong, and the body coloring is wrong too. I think a key identifier (and why I chose this pic) is the top of his dorsal fin where the front is longer and has white.

 

[Splitlip]

Hey!

I resemble that remark!!! :crazyeye:

He meant "drive down". I used to get my shine from a fella named R** D*****. He only had had two uppers. When he ate an apple he peeled it like one of the RonCo contraptions. IJS