A pair of crinoids
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Underwater flowers?
On the left, looking like a sad flower waving in the breeze, a sea lily.
On the right, as though someone clenched a fistful of feathers, a feather star.
They’re part of the same class of creatures, the crinoids, that can either be stalked and attached to the bottom (lily) or free moving (star). And yes, I said creatures. Despite their resemblance to plants, they are part of kingdom Animalia.
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And still more fish…
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A ribbon of them...
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So many fish…
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...so little time
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Staring at each other with suspicion…
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Who is watching who?
Lionfish in a current make a diver uneasy. Unlike most fish, they’re not skittish. That means it’s possible to drift ridiculously close to those poisonous spines.
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What’s the name of this fish again?
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North Indian anemonefish
Also, I believe, properly known as a Clark’s Anemonefish. Like all species, identification is difficult because people everywhere call them by different common names.
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Old joke: How do lionfish mate?
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Lionfish interrupted
Very carefully.
The logistics seem difficult with all those spines… but I might have disturbed a tender moment between two poisonous, beautiful fish.
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Pull up to Jackson’s bar
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How many different species do you see?
A riot of life surrounding a barrel sponge
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