Southern Velvet Fish


Posted by ChrisRoss on Sat May 13, 2017 4:16 am

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Southern Velvet Fish  Aploactisoma milesii

From today's dive at Bare Island isolated reefs in Botany Bay, a Southern Velvet Fish, apparently common but very well camouflaged so not often seen, it's a sit and wait predator.

Larger image:  Velvet Fish

Olympus OM-D E- M5 II + 12-40mm f2.8 @25mm: Nauticam housing 2x INON strobe.

1/160 @ f8 ISO320
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by D7avid on Sat May 13, 2017 6:31 am
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cool and cryptic fish
 

by StevenDillon on Sat May 13, 2017 9:00 am
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That's some fantastic camouflage! Must be neat to see things like this live.
 

by Tom Whelan on Sat May 13, 2017 4:20 pm
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Fine camouflage image and a nice find.
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by Matthew Pugh on Tue May 16, 2017 4:20 am
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Hi

Surprised you spotted him lol

Very nice


All the best
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