I saw these two Fourspot Butterflyfishes happily nibbling on this coral head. If you look closely, you can see a small Arc-eye Hawkfish nestled in the coral, just behind and below the butterflyfishes. It looks a little anxious, probably wondering if it’s going to be nibbled next.
Threadfin Butterflyfishes are almost always seen in pairs. They are quite common, but not numerous around here.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Groups.’ See more responses here. I’m going under the water for this. Captions on the photos.
The largest of their family, these butterflyfish can be ‘as large as dinner plates’ according to my fish book. This one was probably a little over half that length.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful.’ See more responses here.
Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.
An Orangespine Unicornfish and Common Longnose Butterflyfish swim by each other. I always feel a bit sorry for these butterflyfishes. If longnose isn’t a bad enough moniker, adding common seems excessively harsh. Mind you, it’s close kin is the Big Longnose Butterflyfish, which is no better!
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 184. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘Rosy Red.’ See more responses here. Captions are on the photos.
