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Guam 2020: Post 35: Epic Snorkeling Day at Piti Bomb Holes Marine Preserve with Matt and Judy



Get ready for an epic day of snorkeling photos.  The fish were thick today, both little ones and big ones.

But first, we have to swim out there between the floating dock and the round observation building.  If you don't want to swim out, you can pay to walk out on the walkway above our heads.  But the real action is in the water.


Judy's snorkel has the yellow tip, and Matt's is black.  This is the trip that got them excited about snorkeling.


Convict Surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus


Picassofish Rhinecanthus aculeatus


Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga


Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish Chaetodon ulietenses

Redfin Butterflyfish or Oval butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus









Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis


Trevally:  Is it a Bluefin at the top?  What is the white one?


Is the big one a Bluefin Trevally?  Is the one in the lower right corner with the bump on his forehead some kind of Unicorn fish?


Here are some more with bumps on their forehead.  Are they some kind of unicornfish?


Orange-striped triggerfish Balistapus undulatus


Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke



Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke



Mystery Fish in the left center (What is it?), Teardrop Butterflyfish Chaetodon unimaculatis,  Lined Spinecheek Scolopsis lineata


Teardrop Butterflyfish Chaetodon unimaculatis,  Lined Spinecheek Scolopsis lineata



Teardrop Butterflyfish Chaetodon unimaculatis


Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon unlientensis


Bullethead Parrotfish Cholourus sordidus, male coloring


Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens, Bullethead Parrotfish Cholourus sordidus, male coloring


Scissortail Sergeant or Striped Damselfish Abudefdul sexfasciatus 

Scissortail Sergeant or Striped Damselfish Abudefdul sexfasciatus 



Scissortail Sergeant or Striped Damselfish Abudefdul sexfasciatus 


Trumpetfish Alustomidae 





This is where things started to get exciting.  All the little reef fish came and gathered under Matt and Judy.  Are they looking for food?  Or could they be looking for safety?


What they didn't see, that I could see, was a Black-tipped Reef shark that came and started to slowly circle around them.










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