Tag Archives: Blennies

The Numbers Game #80

A Coconut Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 201. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Simply Red. See more responses here.

A Spinner Dolphin doing its thing.
The firehose of lava entering the sea from Kilauea Volcano
A long exposure of the fire hose of lava.
A shedding anole.
Super blood wolf moon!
Hawaiian Zebra Blennies.
A Potter Wasp on a Tree Heliotrope.

The Numbers Game #74

A monument commemorating Ikua Purdy, a Hawaiian paniolo
This statue in Waimea celebrates the role of paniolos in the region. (Original post here.)

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 195. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A hair salon in Hawi.
A Bright-eyed Damselfish and a Red Pencil Urchin.
The front of a 1978 Peterbilt fuel truck, not moving fortunately.
A stick swimming crab in the waters off the Big Island, Hawaii
A fascinating, but rarely seen, Stick Swimming Crab. Original post here.
A Bullethead Blenny monitors his territory.
A table on elephant carvings in Hawaii
An elephant table outside a house on the North Kona coast.

The Numbers Game #60

Two Hawaiian monk seals tussle in a tide pool.
A pair of Hawaiian Monk Seals at Upolu. One of my favorite monk seal photos.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 181. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A juvenile Threadfin Jack.
A Gargantuan Blenny rests on a patch of coral
A Gargantuan Blenny.
An adult Black-crowned Night Heron.
A Bristled-thighed curlew on the Big Island coast
A Bristle-thighed Curlew.
A flowery flounder swims off the Big Island of Hawaii.
A Flowery Flounder heading for cover.
The shadow of Mauna Kea stretches out above the clouds.
The shadow of Mauna Kea projected on the cloud cover. Another favorite!

Spotted Coral Blenny

A Spotted coral blenny perches on a coral head in the waters off Hawaii

I saw this Spotted Coral Blenny perched on a small coral head, as they typically do. I snapped a quick photo an instant before the fish zipped down behind the rock. I’ve seen the same fish there a few times since, but it disappears before I can try another photo. Given its elusiveness, I was happy this photo turned out pretty well.

Scarface Blenny

A Scarface Blenny Peeks out from under a step at Mahukona, Hawaii

You don’t have to go far to see something interesting in the water. This Scarface Blenny hangs out around the ladder for getting in and out of the water at my local snorkel spot! I’d seen it before, but not been able to get a photo of it.

A few days ago, I had my camera ready as I approached the ladder. Sure enough, I saw the blenny’s head sticking out from below one of the ladder’s rungs. It quickly disappeared, but I hung on to the ladder to see if it would return. It did, and I was able to get a couple of shots.

I thought this was a Gargantuan Blenny, but when I got home and looked at the photos, I realized that the red eye ring and red marks on the face meant this was actually a Scarface Blenny. Both these blennies are endemic but the Scarface Blenny is slightly smaller than the other.

A Scarface Blenny Peeks out from under a step at Mahukona, Hawaii

The Numbers Game #26

Sunrise from the road to Mauna Loa Observatory, now no longer accessible since the 2022 eruption.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 147. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A view of Rainbow Falls in Hilo Hawaii
Rainbow Falls in Hilo.
The stairs down to Kaumana Caves in Hilo.
A view of a river gully on the Hamakua Coast in Hawaii as seen from the air
A view of Kealakaha Stream gully, on the Hamakua Coast, from the air.
A Black Triggerfish looking agitated in the waters off Hawaii
An agitated Black Triggerfish.
Hawaiian Zebra blenny and Padina japonica in a tide pool in Hawaii
Hawaiian Zebra Blenny in a filed of Padina japonica seaweed.
A view of Mauna Kea from Mauna Loa showing Pahoehoe and A’a lava flows side by side.