Tag Archives: Chubs

Catching the light

Brassy chubs catch the sun in the waters off Hawaii

There are many things I like about chubs. One is how they swim near the water’s surface and catch the light beautifully.

You gotta laugh

Breakfast strikes back — A green anole tries to eat a Chinese Rose Beetle, and loses. Original post here.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Comics or Funny Pages (aka silly or funny photos).’ See more responses here.

These are photos that I’ve run before, but quite a while ago. They still make me smile and I hope they do the same for you.

A green turtle is temporarily stranded on a rock. — Tight squeeze! Original post here.

Geckos are endlessly entertaining.

A gecko looks out from a Pepsi machine — Change anyone? Original post here.

But they’re not the only ones.

A gray chub in the waters off the Big Island — Want to come along? We’re going fishing! Original post here.

Brassy Chubs

Chubs might be the most cheerful-looking fish in our local waters, and with their touches of brassy yellow, these chubs are amongst the most colorful.

Dappled chubs

A school of chubs catch the light in the waters off Hawaii

One of the many things I like about chubs is how they catch the light as they cruise close to the surface.

Chubs cleaning

It’s not unusual to see a variety of fish performing the same maneuver as this chub. I think what it’s doing is rubbing off parasites that attach themselves to fish. They seem to like this particular rock, possibly because of its rounded top and just the right amount of abrasiveness.

Bicolor Chub

The Bicolor Chub is one of several chubs here, but the only one endemic to Hawaii. While it has a lot of similarities to the Gray Chub, the two-tone coloring makes it easy to identify. Some Bicolor Chubs are dark at the back and light at the front. This one also has the dark top to its head and face. Some of them also have dark backs so that the only light part is the belly area.

Cheerful chubs

A school of chubs in the waters off Hawaii

Conditions have been terrible for snorkeling lately. There’s been one swell after another barreling in from the northwest, which is good news for surfers, but which churns up the water and makes it hard to see anything.

Despite this, there can be clear patches and it was passing through one of these that I saw this school of chubs swimming by me, nicely illuminated by the sunlight.

Yellow chub and other reef fish

A variety of fish swim in the surge over a shallow part of the reef. The yellow chub is an unusual color variant of the gray chubs swimming with it.

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii