Hole-dwelling blenny, Bonaire, very shallow depth

This blenny is larger than a secretary blenny. I haven't got a really good picture yet, because it is about a foot below the surface on a pier piling (Eden Beach), and it's tough to focus when bouncing in the surge!

More mediocre photos coming soon.

Another fuzzy one. It's not that I can't take sharp blenny photos (I've got a few nice ones), but even on a calm day, getting a sharp photo while bobbing at or just under the surface with a 90mm lens is a crapshoot for me. This one is even a bit doctored to increase contrast a little... but it shows the dots on the body, a little. I can't find this in Fishes of the Caribbean DVD.

I believe the common name is "Seaweed Blenny"

Cheers

James

Another fuzzy one. It's not that I can't take sharp blenny photos (I've got a few nice ones), but even on a calm day, getting a sharp photo while bobbing at or just under the surface with a 90mm lens is a crapshoot for me. This one is even a bit doctored to increase contrast a little... but it shows the dots on the body, a little. I can't find this in Fishes of the Caribbean DVD.

 

The bumper-like striped upper lip makes it a pearl blenny.

Les

The bumper-like striped upper lip makes it a pearl blenny.

 

Les

Thanks, Les! NOW I see everything I needed to figure this out is in the FOTC DVD, but I needed some help.

About 2 inches from the pearl blenny is what I think is a tesselated blenny, "uncommon" in FOTC and thus exciting for me if I'm right:

Again, sorry for the mediocre photos. Surface surge + 90mm lens + my hands = poor focus

Thanks, Les! NOW I see everything I needed to figure this out is in the FOTC DVD, but I needed some help.

 

About 2 inches from the pearl blenny is what I think is a tesselated blenny, "uncommon" in FOTC and thus exciting for me if I'm right:

You are right. Nice find!

Les

Thanks, Les! NOW I see everything I needed to figure this out is in the FOTC DVD, but I needed some help.

 

About 2 inches from the pearl blenny is what I think is a tesselated blenny, "uncommon" in FOTC and thus exciting for me if I'm right:

I honestly thought you were trying to ID blennys from the Flight of the Conchords DVD ... so i google to see if there was a Fish of the Caribbean DVD and i see that the book went interactive on DVD... nice ... i wonder if it is any better than using a book .. somehow i think a book would be more convenient, but i havent tried the dvd .. whats your opinion of it ?

I honestly thought you were trying to ID blennys from the Flight of the Conchords DVD ... so i google to see if there was a Fish of the Caribbean DVD and i see that the book went interactive on DVD... nice ... i wonder if it is any better than using a book .. somehow i think a book would be more convenient, but i havent tried the dvd .. whats your opinion of it ?

Just so there's no confusion and people are not misled......

The DVD is not an electronic version of the book. The DVD and the book developed independently over many years --- the DVD produced by ReefNet and the book by New World Publications (NWP, Humann & DeLoach). There was no overlap in content until about a year and a half ago when ReefNet and NWP partnered for the development of additional marine life DVD's modeled somewhat on ReefNet's fish id DVD. At that point we were completing work on the 4th edition of the fish DVD, so we included many of the book's photos, and also adopted the book's cover photo for the cover of the DVD. Because of the huge number of photos in the DVD, there is still very little image overlap between the two products. We're prejudiced, but we think that they're both excellent and complement one another very well.

The first truly joint production by ReefNet and NWP will be the Reef Creatures DVD that is currently in development. It will encompass all of the material in the two other books of the NWP Caribbean trilogy (Creatures, Corals) supplemented by a great deal of new material from both companies, as well as from numerous contributing photographers.

Les Wilk

Thanks for the info ... that makes me wanna get them all now ..

.. all my books got ruined during Hurricane Ivan .. I havn't rebuilt the collection yet so now I have an excuse to do so when the dvd and book combo's come out !!

good stuff ...

Giles

Just blennies, and Seaweed / Tessilated blennies are my faves of all!

Some of my better shots can be found at....

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...979334152985714

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...979277043778978

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...883956468740466

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...883411007893730

Hope that you like them!

I believe that one of the reasons that Tessilated Blennies are considered 'uncommon' is that most divers do not consider man made piers to be exciting dive sites. Tessilated Blennies like to hide in uninhabited barnicle shells, commonly found on pilings, piers and the like. A friend of mine works on oil rigs, and one of the most common little fishes that he sees whilst about his work are Tessilated blennies!

I think that they are the cutest fish, and i am sure that if soft toys were made in their image they would become a top seller!

Just blennies, and Seaweed / Tessilated blennies are my faves of all!

 

Some of my better shots can be found at....

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...979334152985714

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...979277043778978

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...883956468740466

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/Indigodive/MyP...883411007893730

 

 

Hope that you like them!

 

I believe that one of the reasons that Tessilated Blennies are considered 'uncommon' is that most divers do not consider man made piers to be exciting dive sites. Tessilated Blennies like to hide in uninhabited barnicle shells, commonly found on pilings, piers and the like. A friend of mine works on oil rigs, and one of the most common little fishes that he sees whilst about his work are Tessilated blennies!

 

I think that they are the cutest fish, and i am sure that if soft toys were made in their image they would become a top seller!

I love that Eden Beach dive, and you are right, the surge is brutal! There is so much to see there--we always find tons of lobsters under the overhang. I always get thrown into the fire coral on the posts there because I get so caught up looking at things and not paying attention how close I am!