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Hello little boxfish. Despite being a cube (an armoured cube though!) with fins you do really well on the reef. This one is Ostracion solorensis - my favourite is O. cubicus (don't tell this one that cause it exudes poison through its skin when stressed - which is why keeping them in tanks means you often end up with just these...).⁠

Don't look so gloomy crocodile fish. We could be calling you a tentacled flathead... This guy is related to the scorpionfish and stonefish, his camouflaged mottling may have given the game away. Poor sand resting place choices that day it seems as I totally saw you... this beautiful lippy fish is found through the Indo-pacific and has actually now snuck into the Med through the #Suez Canal (he could fit through sideways). ⁠

#Starfish - Both the best and worst named creature; star = yes, fish = hell no. Perhaps we should stick to ‘sea stars’ huh? These multi-legged animals (not just five- some have many more legs) move on a hover board of tiny tube feet. Some species get to over 35 years old. Cute and colourful they are actually carnivores for the most part; they exude their stomach out of their central downward facing mouth and then suck it back in. Mmmmm. Enjoy dinner everyone :) ⭐️

Things I wish I was doing today ... preparing to #dive 🐠 Soon ... .

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