Wednesday, May 1, 2024

SearchResearch is taking a week off!

 Every so often... 


... one needs a break.  So this week, I'm off in Hawai'i enjoying a dive trip with a few friends.  Here are a couple of photos of my piscine friends... 

Back next week.  

Keep searching.  (I will leave it to you to identify the kinds of fish shown in the photos.) 




Not a fish, but roll with it.  What makes those electric blue pentagonal patterns?





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15 comments:

  1. remmijMay 2, 2024 at 9:28 AM

    The urchin, is that an homage to Elvis (Blue Hawaii)?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadema_savignyi
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Diadema_savignyi
    http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/inverts/urchins/neaturchins.htm
    http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/books/hawaiis_fishes/fishbook.htm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LiFFL3dOww
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_NNZbI4hXU
    and of course, Scubius Danio nigrofasciatus Devario aequipinnatus
    Mahalo, scuba/snorkel on…
    (will this comment appear or be lost at sea?)
    where is Dory?

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  2. remmijMay 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM

    a different blue… but in the vicinity?
    https://onebreathkohala.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/lapakahis-magic-coral-patch-and-an-alien-urchin/

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  3. remmijMay 2, 2024 at 11:38 AM


    Five Caves, Makena, Maui, 40 feet

    "BLUE-LINED LONG-SPINE URCHIN
    Locally abundant on reefs with good water circulation. Spines black in adults, juveniles tend to be a mixture of unbanded white and brown spines, always with neon blue lines. Test attains 3 inches, spines 8 inches. Thin venomous spines protected by thicker primary spines. Red Sea to Okinawa and Easter Island. It appears to be an accidental introduction to Hawaii after the 1990's."
    https://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/echinoderms/urchins/diadema-savignyi.htm
    si see sea urchins:
    https://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/marine.htm

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    1. Dan RussellMay 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM

      The long spine sea urchins are plentiful, but they may/may-not be an accidental introduction. Do I smell a future SRS Challenge?

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  4. remmijMay 2, 2024 at 11:41 AM

    not to blow my own horn…
    https://reefguide.org/hawaii/pacifictrumpet.html

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    1. Dan RussellMay 8, 2024 at 10:36 AM

      It's hard to tell from the photo, but that's actually a Cornetfish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetfish

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  5. remmijMay 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM

    nünü —— many colors
    https://www.waikikiaquarium.org/experience/animal-guide/fishes/trumpetfishes/trumpetfish/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpetfish
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvaAGONJ2q8
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Trumpetfish
    another contender:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needlefish

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    1. Dan RussellMay 3, 2024 at 5:35 PM

      The only needlefish we've seen here in the "Alligator needlefish" aka "Houndfish." See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndfish

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  6. remmijMay 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM

    not quite the season…
    "The only part of the sea urchin uni that is edible is the roe, which is actually the gonads. The best time to enjoy uni is during spawning season, usually in late summer/fall."
    https://fultonfishmarket.com/blogs/articles/my-one-and-uni

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  7. remmijMay 4, 2024 at 12:05 PM

    things to consider as I attempt to write…
    https://shorturl.at/qCEGT
    https://www.techradar.com/best/ai-writer
    now, if there was an AI for fish that wasn't fishy…
    https://www.fishverify.com/
    https://www.ai.fish/
    https://www.seattleyachts.com/resources-for-fish-identification
    https://www.ottumwacourier.com/cnhi_network/nova-scotia-company-using-ai-to-count-fish/video_68a45077-9950-5685-9ab3-da6fdb23debd.html
    https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/11/17/ai-to-track-fish-earns-national-award/
    https://www.fishtrack.com/
    AI will need humans like a fi…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1I7btYlbfA

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  8. remmijMay 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM

    in case the counting video was unavailable -
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zss2JF7bK2c
    https://oceansupercluster.ca/who-we-are/about/
    https://oceansupercluster.ca/

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  9. remmijMay 6, 2024 at 4:44 PM

    Hawaii flashback?
    https://shorturl.at/ehqsY

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  10. remmijMay 8, 2024 at 7:50 AM

    while drowning in the ocean - swimreswim… connectivity is spotty… canine oar? the carnie folk would shout, “Close! But no cigar!”
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Internet
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Hawaii
    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=fish+of+Hawaii&title=Special:Search&ns0=1
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fish_of_Hawaii
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpetfish
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetfish
    https://xkcd.com/
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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  11. remmijMay 8, 2024 at 9:07 AM

    dive site? weird - always thought Hawaii was bigger…
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Molokini-crater-maui.jpg/1024px-Molokini-crater-maui.jpg
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterocentrotus_mamillatus
    https://www.talkaboutfish.com/red-fishes-basses-congers-etc/emperor/#google_vignette
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrasse
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggerfish

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