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Hyeroglyphic hawkfish

Cirrhitus rivulatus

Description:

Is a common fish in the Galapagos Islands. Nice blue patterns over brown green color. Same size as small groupers.

Habitat:

Hiding in the rocks and crevices.

Notes:

These pictures were shared with me by a travel companion. My camera is nowadays the same model.

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13 Comments

SargonR
SargonR 9 years ago

Wow, he is quite the unique looking hawkfish--wonder how he stays hidden with those brilliant colors?

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Many thanks for your kind words, venus! :-)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

wish i could favorite this beauty twice

xiang
xiang 12 years ago

so nice indeed.. you'll see the details in its nostrils.. cool! astig! hehehe:j

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

What an awesome creature!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Argh nooo, I lost my camera to drowning too!! But I got a new one, in the same range but a more up-to-date model. I think I maybe need to get a better one some day, the strobe seems to make a lot of difference

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

I am sure experts use other models with even better results but for me the Olympus has worked really well, in special I see the difference underwater.
And I have already drown one camera while scuba diving and had to buy another one and I then chose the same model :-)

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

I was thinking the same thing Marta, how you manage to get the red spectrum back in your underwater photos! This one is lovely, what great colours :)

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Hi, thanks! my camera is Olympus SP-550UZ with its accompanying camera case and I also use an extra strobe for UW pictures.
I am very happy with it so far. It keeps very well the red color under water, which is progressively lost with increasing depth. But I am very amateur on this. Just love making pictures :-)

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

Beautiful pic! So sharp! What camera are you using?

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

They are a pretty sight when scuba diving in the Galapagos. One of the fishes of the area that everybody wants to spot :-)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Unusual!

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

WOW..

The MnMs
Spotted by
The MnMs

Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on Sep 10, 2005
Submitted on May 24, 2011

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