fish upper left of centre under orange sponge
A black back was starting to eat it.
With Arcturidae on it but a bit too small to see.
There were lots of Philinopsis sp. around, maybe 15 individuals within 50m of each other.
There were lots of Philinopsis sp. around, maybe 15 individuals within 50m of each other.
Under an overhang.
There were lots of Philinopsis sp. around, maybe 15 individuals within 50m of each other.
I caught this in New Zealand, so this is my I.D. for now, but it doesn't match really with anything on the internet, and the underside of it's fins are blue, as well as the inside of it's mouth, as far back as I could see. It looks more like a northern stargazer, but they live across the world.
In a tiny rock pool so I moved it into the ocean
Juveniles next to the adult Slender Roughy.
Quite a bit on the Ecklonia deeper out. I was searching for Ceratodoris (Okenia) plana but nothing.