They are bottom dwellers which often makes for an easy photo subject.... but these guys like to burrow into the sand under the coral and are pretty shy about coming out where we can see them.
As you may know, Cozumel is famous for it's drift diving.
So a good pixture can be even more of a challenge.... as the current is always looking to move you along to the next adventure.
Being bottom dwellers, their eyes are on the top of their head and built for looking up, with almost no horizontal vision.
As you can see they have a pretty distinct striped pattern.
They also have a total of 8 fins.... 7 of which are outlined with the bright yellow that makes them a bit of a photographic prize.
This fellow is looking right at the camera, Mike. It seems to be also smiling... :-)
ReplyDeleteI always love the textures that you are able to capture in your pictures.