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May 16, 2006

Maui Marine Life

In addition to the eels and sea turtles I've already blogged about, I thought I'd share some of the reef critters we encountered while snorkeling in Maui.

Now keep in mind, I'm no fish expert, so I had to rely on hand-drawn book diagrams and bad pics to id some of these guys. Sorry the pictures are so grainy, but they were taken with a bunch of crappy underwater disposable cameras I bought on ebay for $20 because the film in them had recently expired. Not to mention, in case you didn't know, it's bloody difficult to take sharp photos underwater while snorkeling without a decent photo rig.

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Honolua Bay Reef, Maui

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Bluestripped Snapper

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Triggerfish

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Moorish Idol


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Trumpetfish

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Chub

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Goatfish

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Parrotfish

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Orangespine Unicornfish

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Boxfish

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Raccoon Butterflyfish

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Black Sea Urchin

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Cauliflower Coral

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Rock Crab

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Black Durgon

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Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

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School of Mullet


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Needlefish

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Ornate Butterflyfish

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Goatfish

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Bluefin Tervally

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Convict Tangs


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Slate Pencil Urchin (See the face in the coral?)

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A Submerged Car (Pollution)


Here's a great reef fish chart you can download and laminate yourself! For a more extensive list with great photographic detail, check out Fishpics Hawaii. You can also check out some of my other underwater photography of great white sharks.





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wonderful pics...so glad you had a good time


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