During today's dive I was hoping to come across pot-bellied seahorses, but unfortunately I wasn't able to find any. However, while looking hard I did come across some other interesting cryptic species like this flounder and these gobies.


Flounder (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)


Gobies (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

I also spent quite a deal of time chasing this blue-lined leather jacket around a pillar in an attempt to get a full body photo, however, I had to settle with this "hide and seek" photo.


Blue-lined leather jacket (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

In addition to all the great fish there are lots of very beautiful and colorful invertebrates. These Australian biscuit stars are my absolute favorite. They come in a variety of different colors. In fact, it seems everyone that you come across is unique.


Australian biscuit star (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

There are also many large eleven-armed sea stars that are often 12-15" in diameter.


Eleven-armed sea star (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

Tomorrow I head out for another good seadragon site.

Cheers,
Jeremy

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