Snowflake Moray, La Reina, Sea of Cortez

The Sea of Cortez must be the moray capitol of the world. Or maybe we were there at the time of the International Olympic-Year Moray Convention and Beauty Contest.  In any event, we had lots of morays on nearly every dive, mostly the boring big green ones, but often some with most interesting patterns.  This one was swimming freely across a broad slope of rubble as Betty and I finned overhead looking a a big school of what the locals called  "Machete"  which look kind of like Barracuda, and seem to behave exactly like barracuda. After we'd gawked for a while, I looked down and this little guy was swimming back and forth under me, seemingly saying, "And what am I, chopped liver?" Never one to disappoint a fish seeking attention, I dropped down to his level, and he folded himself up so I could get twice as much moray in the frame.

Nikon D100, 105mm f/2.8 AF Auto Micro Nikkor, Subal D-10 Housing, 2 Sea and Sea 90 strobes, f/18, ISO 200.

 

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