Tunnel Beach, Dunedin
Buscando un nuevo anfitrión, nos acompaño casi toda la inmersión
Very lucky to see a pair of cute juveniles just on a floating leaf moving towards shore. Sadly it was choppy so quite disappointed I didn't get any extraordinary shots but oh well.
Not sure if these are pipefish or seahorse?
I also saw a creseidae pteropod but couldn't get a shot.
~1.5cm long
Maybe? Found dead
Maybe. Alive on the wet beach. Put it back out to sea (the tide line was about 20m from it at that point)
Looks like the same as a previous observation of these cool looking larval fish just a younger one: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/135866086
~1cm long
Looks like the same as a previous observation of these cool looking larval fish just a younger one: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/135866086
~1cm long
Huge balls of these baitfish being devoured by trevally, koheru, kahawai etc.
Large, ~1.2m. Wasn't next to the boat ramp the day before. Only visible damage was to the lower jaw and the kink/twist where it was folded over. Trawlers and a longliner(?) operate from the wharf, locals report catching large pale or grey eels in the harbour.
NW side of White Reef at 12m, Deep Water Cove
found on White reef in Deep Water Cove on SE corner at 16m