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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanMay 14, 09 Comments Off
 spotlight-goby-gobiosoma-louisae Good evening all, we found a new fish! This is a Spotlight Goby and from what all the books and research say there has never been one of these reported in our Southern Caribbean waters, so that’s pretty cool! He is only about an inch in length and is identified by the perfect little yellow spot on the top of his nose. I first saw him yesterday from high above and knew immediately this was something different. He is living inside a Touch-Me-Not sponge but came out and perched himself on top long enough for me to take his picture. Not only is this sponge poisonous if touched it is covered in little white sponge worms, can you see them?? Look down into one of the two holes, those white things along the sides are all worms and are commonly found in association with these Touch-Me-Not sponges. Aimee and I did a deep dive this morning so I was able to re-take his photo as yesterday I had the wrong lens. We dove to around 100 feet this morning looking for new sponges and found a treasure chest full of them down there, need to go back ASAP with my wide angle lens. Because of rough seas overhead the overall visibility wasn’t that great but still very enjoyable, it was a short but fun dive.
For lunch we went to the new Tony Roma’s that opened a few months ago and it was great! We have been home now close to four hours and we both are still stuffed, man was it yummy!
That’s about it, we are taking the dogs hiking now for a few hours and then calling it a day. Have to run, Barry
05-14-2009
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