anhsmith's Identifications

2 m depth

Shark 6: 'Torn Fin', 4 m TL adult male

Images courtesy of Kina Scollay (pole camera).

Found exposed by low tide
@anhsmith, maybe this is the same guy you found!!

Male in breeding colouration.

Image courtesy of Kirstie Knowles.

Variable triple fin eating a blue-eyed triple fin.

This pool was full of juveniles, and possibly one or two adults.

depth 1 m

6 m depth, uncommon.

Large school of juveniles. Elsewhere schools of smaller juveniles were observed hovering in the open outside entrances to overhangs and caves occupied by larger fish.

Depth 6 m.

School of adults with a single sweep to the left.

Juvenile colouration.

6 m depth

6 m depth

Common.

The fish in the centre of the image - blue maomao to the left.

Common.

2.5 m depth; uncommon

Large adults schooling over sand off the edge of the reef, 7 m depth.

6-7 m depth

6 m depth

7 m depth

Juvenile snapper among patches of Carpophyllum plumosum.