Marhaba! Greetings from the beach! I spent some time snorkeling today without the family (husband and munchkins went to go pick up a friend of Munchkin #1 - Mum took advantage of the alone time). We had a little yellow fish with a black spot hanging out around our favorite little stretch of beach. The husband noticed babies the last time we went out. I went back today to get some video of the little ones.
I'm digging around on http://www.fishbase.org/ at the moment to see if I can identify these little guys. They are fast, and as you can see by the video, they are rather shy. I think, according to fishbase.org that this little guy might be a Dory Snapper, Family Lutjanidae, Lutijanus fulviflamma. If my identification is correct, then that means a reef species is living on our fave little beach.
Thinking of fishbase.org, I uploaded a photo of a mated pair of Arabian Butterfly Fish. I'll know in a few more weeks if they accepted the submission.
Munchkin #1 is very happy to have one of his buddies from school over at the moment. This particular friend lived for a few years in the same city I grew up in! Small world. His family is originally from Bolivia.
Hope the little yellow fish is visible in the video. The were some waves today, and I was having difficulty staying still enough to shoot video.
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