色々と写真を撮ったので、、とりあえず何枚か紹介しますね！
Last weekend, I took a short trip to Okinawa main island and enjoyed scuba diving. I took last flight to Naha on Friday, enjoyed scuba diving on Saturday and enjoyed snorkeling at 'miracle' river. As usual, I took a lot of photos :)
トップバッターは、、初めて写真に収めたクロオビハゼ。よく潜る奄美では見かけたことがないハゼで、、過去に慶良間の内湾ポイントで見ただけだったので、見れただけでも嬉しかったです。
First photo is Black-line Shrimp-goby which I took for the first time. Though similar environment exists in Amami island where I often visited, I have not seen this goby there. So I have seen this goby only in Kerama islands in the past. Thus, I was very happy :D
同じくクロオビハゼの黄色バージョン。存在は知っていましたが、、こうもあっさりと見れるとは…余程日ごろの行いがいいんでしょうか(笑)
Below is yellow morph of the same goby. I knew existence of yellow morph, but hardly imagine that I can see it easily... How lucky I am!
水温が高いせいか、お馴染みのクサハゼもバンバン飛んでました～
Mertens' prawn-goby. Since see water was warm now, they were very active.
ちょっと青被りしていますが、、喧嘩する気満々の個体の姿も・・・
威嚇されているヤツシハゼも困っているような (^^;
Some of them were so active, that very aggressive.
It seemed Ornate prawn-goby which was threatened was embarrassed.
そして、、ケショウハゼの姿もチラホラ。水深も浅めで、のんびりと潜れました。
Also some Blue-spotted hole gobies were found. In general, I dived in shallow area and relaxed under the water.
密かに嬉しかったのが、、こちらのモヨウシノビハゼ♪♪♪ 実は写真に撮りたい！と長らく思っていた種類だったのでした。エキジット直前でエアが殆どなかったので適当にしか撮れなかったのが残念でしたが、、この程度の写真でも撮ったのは初めてだったのでルンルンでした
Cheek-streaked goby which I was excited to take photo, since I wanted to see and take photo of them for a long time!!! Since I found it just before exit and did not have enough air to take photo with certain care, I could not take good photo. But still happy :-)
そして、、こちらはイイジマウミヘビ？ 最近、川や森でイモリやらサンショウウオやらカエルやら普通に撮っているので、、その流れで自然に撮ってました (^^; いや～結構動きがあるので、撮り難いですね。
Probably Ijima's turtle-headed sea snake. Since I usually take photos of Japanese fire belly newt, salamander and frogs, I repeated same also under the water. Since he or she moved so quickly, it was little bit hard to take photo.
黄色とピンク･･･と言うにはちょっと無理があるオオウミウマ。
水深3m程度の場所で太陽光が強烈に当たっている場所でしたが、、それでもストロボを何回か発光させるとソッポ向いてしまいました (^^; やっぱり眩しいんですね
Yellow and pink (?) colored Threespot seahorse(?).
I saw them 3 m under sea level and sun shined directly there. But after I took some photos with flash for a few times, they looked the other way. Even in such a bright place, they are still sensitive to flash right.
ヘコアユの幼魚。実は幼魚って見た記憶がありません！ なので、刺さりまくり (^^;
Juvenile of Razorfish which I have not seen!!! So that I spent a lot of time to take photo :D
近くには成魚もいたので、こちらもパチリ
I also saw adults
そして、、日曜日、、この日は奇跡の川でヨロイボウズハゼ祭り！でした～
4月に訪れた時には見なかった婚姻色を出した雄がいたり、、
On Sunday, it was a fever day of Lentipes armatus. (English name is unknown.)
I saw a male is turning to mating color which I did not see in April.
変わったポーズで雌にアピールしている雄がいたり
Some male was appealing to female with unique pause.
体を茶褐色にして喧嘩している雄がいたりと、、行動が活発になっていました～
いやぁ夏ですねぇ
Some males with brown color were fighting. And indeed, they were very active.
因みに、、前回はこんな風な茶褐色の個体は全然見かけませんでした。全くの別種のようにも見えてしまいますね
By the way, I have not seen a fish with brown color. So that my first impression was somewhat different specie.
その他の魚ですが、、意外に不調でした。
前回あれほどいたコンテリボウズの雄は全く見つけられず、、雌が数尾いるのを確認したのみでした。ルリボウズは前回より数を見かけましたが、、臆病なのは相変わらず。。
Regarding other fishes, I did not see so much.
For example, I did not see any male of Stiphodon atropurpureus which I saw several last time. (Just some females)
Though I saw more Sicyopterus lagocephalus than last time, they were timid as usual.
ナンヨウボウズも雄の数が減っていて、、雌ばかりが目に付きました。
う～ん、、何が原因なんでしょうね？？ 8月頭の台風のせいで流されてしまったのか、、はたまた季節的なものなのか･･･気になります。
Situation was same with Stiphodon percnopterygionus and most of fish I saw was female. Uhhhhm what caused this change??? Most of male was carried away to downstream ? which I doubt. Or is this common in the mid of summer??
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