April 11, 2016

Blue Shark and Pilotfish Allison Vitsky Sallmon

4/10/2016
Offshore San Diego

Blue Shark
Prionace glauca

Pilotfish
Naucrates ductor

Canon 7D mark II
Dual Sea & Sea YS-250 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens at 15 mm

Melibe colemani Kevin Lee

4/9/2016
Alinao, Philippines

Melibe colemani

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

California Scorpionfish Lucas Traurig

4/7/2016
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sony Rx100 M2
Nautican housing
Dual YS-01 strobes
Nauticam super-macro converter

Undescribed Flatworm Roger Uzun

4/4/2016
Mission Bay
15 feet

An undescribed polyclad flatworm
Unidentified

Canon XA30 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Pink Cardinalfish John H. Moore

4/10/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Pink Cardinalfish
Apogon pacificus

Nikon D200
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens

Mussel Blenny Clinton Anderson

4/6/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Wall
55 feet

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Olympus E-PL3
Single Sea & Sea YS-02 strobe

Pebble Crab Sandy Dildine

4/6/2016
Laguna Beach
Divers Cove
10 feet

Pebble Crab
Cycloxanthops novemdentatus

Olympus TG-3
Internal flash

Pacific Seahorse Brian Herold

4/9/2016
La Jolla Shores

Not one, but TWO, Pacific Seahorses!
Hippocampus ingens

Olympus TG-2
Single Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe
Sola 1200

Pacific Seahorse Mark Stabb

4/9/2016
Solana Beach
South of Fletcher Cove

Apparently the seahorses are getting so common that they're washing up on shore now
Hippocampus ingens

Giant Sea Bass Herb Gruenhagen

4/8/2016
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Giant Sea Bass (>4 ft)
Stereolepis gigas

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Flatworms David R. Andrew

4/5/2016
La Jolla Shores
62 feet

A polyclad flatworm
Pseudoceros mexicanus

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 250

Dirona picta Heather Lippert

4/10/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
50 feet

Dirona picta

Nikon S1
Single strobe

Dragon Moray Clint Crowe

4/8/2016
Kauai, Hawaii
Koloa Landing
20 feet

Dragon Moray
Enchelycore pardalis

Canon G11
Canon WP DC-34 housing

Brown Cup Coral Mark Pidcoe

4/10/2016
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
105 feet

Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Intova ISS4000 strobes

Stripetail Rockfish Adam Obaza

4/9/2016
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
75 feet

Juvenile Stripetail Rockfish
Sebastes saxicola

Canon T1i
Canon 50mm lens

Janolus barbarensis Tiffany Poon

4/6/2016
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Janolus barbarensis

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
14-42mm lens with macro lens adaptor

Flabellina pricei Christopher Huynh

4/10/2016
La Jolla Shores
38 feet

A pair of Flabellina pricei

Olympus EPM-1
Single Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe
60mm lens

Giant Sea Bass Phil Garner

4/10/2016
Hermosa Beach
55 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D3x
f/5, 1/125