I don’t often see Fivestripe Wrasses when I go snorkeling, which is not surprising since they’re uncommon here. This one is a supermale, which are even less common than the females.
Fivestripe Wrasse
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The Numbers Game #117
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 239. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Bluespine Unicornfish
I haven’t been seeing as many Bluespine Unicornfishes as I used to, but lately the numbers seem to have picked up a bit. I don’t know why the numbers fluctuate as they do.
The Numbers Game #116
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 238. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Greenery
This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge, guest hosted by Susanne at Cats and Trails and Garden Tales, is ‘Jade Green.’ See more responses here. Just the two this week, in part because of inclement weather and power outages.
Top is an underwater view at Two Step, a popular snorkeling spot in South Kona. Second is some dappled light in the greenery at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
Flowery Flounder
It’s been a while since I last saw a flounder, but I spotted this one just before I got out from a recent swim. It was moving and thus easy to spot, but it plopped down on this rock and immediately became less obvious.
Hawaiian seascapes
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme, guest hosted by Cathy at Between the Lines, is ‘Seascapes.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.
Diadema Savignyi Urchin
A couple of urchins here. A familiar and quite common Red Pencil Urchin, and a Diadema Savignyi Urchin. The latter one is rare in Hawaii and looks a lot like the Long-spined Urchin, but is distinguished by the striking blue lines on its test.
Graham's Island 