A Few Fish from FLL
A toothsome ‘sand diver’ lizardfish Synodus intermedius waits patiently for a smaller fish to come a little bit closer.
On Tuesday morning, our newest team member Graham and I made a shore dive just underneath the flight path of the Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL). I’d read that there was some decent shore diving in the area, but I have very little experience in this neck of the woods. 95% of all my dives in Florida have been in the Keys. It was a nice change of pace, although if you go yourself, don’t expect to see the level of diversity and coral coverage you might find further south or offshore.
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A juvenile ‘high hat’ (Pareques acuminatus) takes refuge amongst some sponges.
A tiny roughhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria aspera) (2cm) pokes its head out warily from its worm hole home.
A male ‘rosy blenny’ (Malacoctenus macropus) perches on a rock overlooking his territory.
This is the less ‘rosy’ female rosy blenny (Malacoctenus macropus), but no less amusing to watch hop around on her pectoral fins.