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"Scartella cristata" o mas conocido como "Molly Miller Blenny"
La verdad es que me gusta más su nombre común "Molly Miller".
Vive en las aguas someras a escasos 20cm de profundidad, los machos lucen estos colores tan vistosos en el periodo reproductivo.
Este precioso blenio esta incluido en el catálogo de especies protegidas del UICN.
Fotografía realizada en la Cala del Raco ( Calpe) España.Copyright @ 2023 José Salmerón. All Rights Reserved
"Scartella cristata" or better known as "Molly Miller Blenny".
I actually like its common name "Molly Miller" better.
It lives in shallow waters at a depth of just 20cm, and the males show off their bright colours during the breeding season.
This beautiful blenny is included in the IUCN catalogue of protected species.
Photograph taken at Cala del Raco (Calpe) Spain, Copyright @ 2023 José Salmerón. All Rights Reserved
Marine life, or sea life or ocean life, is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life affects the nature of the planet. Marine organisms produce oxygen and sequester carbon. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land. The term marine comes from the Latin mare, meaning sea or ocean. Most life forms evolved initially in marine habitats. By volume, oceans provide about 90 percent of the living space on the planet. The earliest vertebrates appeared in the form of fish, which live exclusively in water. Some of these evolved into amphibians which spend portions of their lives in water and portions on land. Other fish evolved into land mammals and subsequently returned to the ocean as seals, dolphins or whales. Plant forms such as kelp and algae grow in the water and are the basis for some underwater ecosystems. Plankton forms the general foundation of the ocean food chain, particularly the phytoplankton which are key primary producers. Marine invertebrates exhibit a wide range of modifications to survive in poorly oxygenated waters, including breathing tubes as in mollusc siphons. Fish have gills instead of lungs, although some species of fish, such as the lungfish, have both. Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, otters, and seals need to surface periodically to breathe air. There are over 200,000 documented marine species with perhaps two million marine species yet to be documented. Marine species range in size from the microscopic, including phytoplankton which can be as small as 0.02 micrometres, to huge cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), including the blue whale – the largest known animal reaching 33 metres in length. Marine microorganisms, including protists, bacteria and viruses, constitute about 70% of the total marine biomass. 24401
Portuguese Man-O-War (Physalia physalia).
Gulf Stream Pelagic Birding Trip. May 15, 2022. Second day.
Aboard the Stormy Petrel II out of Hatteras, North Carolina.
25+ miles offshore.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/8 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 560.
Goldbar wrasse-Girelle paon à épaules jaunes (Thalassoma hebraicum), indian ocean, South Africa. 🐠 🌊 🌏
👉 Getty Images South Africa
www.gettyimages.fr/photos/vincent-pommeyrol-south-africa?...
Seals have some of the most beautiful and sweet eyes ... so big and expressive ... they almost seem to be trying to tell a story with just their stare.
In 2015 while in Valdez, we had a fabulous encounter with a group of seals that were fishing for salmon as they dined in the open waters off of Valdez. They were so amazingly playful and quite skillful as well. They were quite curious about our presence ... almost seemingly posing for the camera. LOL. I found it hard to tear myself away from the experience.
Last night a new blog post was published which features more images and stories from that encounter. If interested, check it out by clicking the link below:
www.tnwaphotography.wordpress.com
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