I think this is a sea perch.
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Closeup of the sea perch. Like most of these fish it was quite alert and
wondering what the heck I was doing outside the tank.
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Closeup snapper face. These snapper are around twelve years old.
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Two blue cod sitting on the tank bottom. The cod spent a lot of time sitting
watching and only occasionally moving.
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They might sit on the bottom alot but they are always watching what is going
on.
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Blue cod lurking under a rock.
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Closeup of a groper face.
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Full body shot of a groper.
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A snapper looking lovely with a groper in the background.
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Full body snapper, their silver sheen shifted colour dramaticly as they moved.
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This Trumpetter was a very active fish, constantly swiming. Combine that with
its fairly large size and it was tricky to get a decent shot of him.
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Snapper again.
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Rock lobsters!
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This is almost waving to us. For some reason a B-52's song keeps creeping into my
head whenever I look at this.
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I think these are two sea perch at differing stages of life, the younger being
darker in colour. Or it could be just two varieties.
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Behind the younger sea perch you can see the a soldier fish lying flat. It
seems these fish often sleep in unusual positions including upside down and
nose first into the gravel.
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This tube anenome normally lives in fairly deep water so is a bit unusual to see.
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This is just all about the soldier fish's delicate fins. This was another fish
on the move at the time, although as can be seen in the sea perch photographs
these fish stop and sleep.
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Like most of the fish in the center this one was curious about whomever was
looking at it. Quite possibly hoping I was about to put some food in the tank.
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All in all this center is well worth a visit. They are open most Sundays
from 10am to 3pm with entry costing $2 per person. Fundraising is underway to
build a bigger exhibition center in Lyall Bay at the old Maranui quarry site.