Drifting with current on the outside of the reef, north of the jetty
Small individual,poor pics of,found by buddy KS.
Saw lots of juvenile pipefish this day.
Tail coiled around weed in pontoon. I have been told these were called pinfish, though photos don't match so uncertain. Size approx. 6/7cm from tip to tip.
East of outer end of new jetty. The only syngnathid seen on this dive.
Presumably an immature Crested pipefish.
Yet another example of the dark morph, adult.
Swalkel in longshore tide pool.
pregnant male
Length approx 12cm, Habitat = Bare sand, 1.5m deep. unsure if all photos in this obs are the one individual as there were two near identical next to each other. Pics of the pair in a separate observation
Two very large isopods attached to the underside of the poor fishes throat
First observed hidden among amphibolis bed, then when I got closer with camera it drifted out over the nearby sand patch and hung vertically for a while presumably to evade me