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Flying Gurnard, creeping

along

Flying Gurnard, flaring its

pectoral fins

The fins are usually

folded, getting them like

this is not easy

This was an unusually

co-operatve Gurnard

Polka Dot Batfish. Just

plain weird

Polka Dot Batfish

Polka Dot Batfish

Polka Dot Batfish. If you

look closely, it's

extending a little feeding

"lure" above its mouth.

Shortnose Batfish

Shortnose Batfish. Here's

an overhead so you get a

better idea of the shape.

Shortnose Batfish

Atlantic Longarm

Octopus

Atlantic Longarm

Octopus

Atlantic Longarm

Octopus, burying itself in

the sand

Atlantic Longarm

Octopus, sometimes they

get out of the sand and

stand up for a look

around

Atlantic Longarm

Octopus. I have only seen

previously seen this

"stand up" behavior with

Pacific species like the

Mimic Octopus

Common Octopus, small,

living in a piece of

wreckage

Common Octopus

Tiny Common Octopus

making a home out of a

beer bottle

Plumed Scorpionfish,

marching along the sand

Plumed Scorpionfish

Plumed Scorpionfish,

lurking and waiting for

something small to swim

by

Striated Seahorse, well

camouflaged

Striated Seahorse

Lancer Dragonet

Seaweed Blenny.

Blennies have little

"tufts" over their eyes

and usually live in holes

or crevices.

Seaweed Blenny maybe

1-1/2 inches

Sailfin Blenny.

Maddening to

photograph, this is a

male doing its "dance".

About 2 inches

Sailfin Blenny. They dart

out of their hole, flash the

dorsal fin for a second

then drop back in

You need to find an

active Sailfin and this one

popped out every few

minutes. Most don't.

And you need patience. I

spent 35 minutes in the

same place to get these

five shots

Thank you Sailfin

Molly Miller Blenny. This

one is a male, guarding

eggs,  it won't come out

of its crevice on the

bridge pilings

Molly Miller, about 4

inches.

I don't know who Molly

Miller was but the name

goes back to the 1800's

so she wasn't a punk

rocker

Dusky Jawfish. They

make and live in burrows

and seldom come fully

out with divers around

Dusky Jawfish

Male Dusky Jawfish. The

males incubate the eggs

in their mouths

Male Dusky Jawfish,

about 2-1/2 inches

These eggs are almost

ready to hatch, you can

see the eyes of the

embryonic fish

Banded Jawfish. Much

bigger than the Dusky,

about 6 inches, also

incubating eggs

Banded Jawfish

Banded Jawfish

Banded Jawfish

These eggs are just about

to hatch

Blue Heron Bridge, May 2013