by Barry Brown | May 12, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Hi all, it’s Friday!!! As a friendly reminder Mothers Day is this Sunday, so do whatever it takes to make yours feel super special! Yesterday was yet another Curacao holiday, that’s two for this week alone making this week fly by! I have a Tiger Grouper for you all today that I found on one of my many dives in beautiful Bonaire. by Barry Brown | May 1, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Hi all, I have a super camouflaged, very hidden, Fringed Filefish for you all today that we found hiding on the side of a giant pillar that was holding up a monster sized pier. Many have asked, “how did you even spot that” I tell them I was looking for something different and then something moved and with a closer look there it was! These little two inch fish are masters of camouflage and have the ability to change colors in a split second mimicking almost any underwater background color, it’s one of those things I just can’t explain you have to see it to believe it. Appearing very much like their close relatives the triggerfish, filefish are rhomboid-shaped fish that have beautifully elaborate cryptic patterns. Deeply keeled bodies give a false impression of size when these fish are viewed facing the flanks. Filefish have soft, simple fins with comparatively small pectoral fins and truncated, fan-shaped tail fins; a slender, retractable spine crowns the head by Barry Brown | Apr 28, 2016 | Contest, Corals, Reef, Science
ABOUT Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last ten years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. He is currently working with the Smithsonian Institution documenting new Caribbean deep-water species and building a one of a kind database. His underwater images can regularly be seen in Sport Diver, Scuba Diver and on the Ikelite website. His image of a "Collage of Corals" seen under blue-light at night recently placed in the TOP 10 images for the 2014 NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Association) photo contest. by Barry Brown | Apr 24, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning readers, how is your week going???? It’s pretty quiet on the island right now but that will soon change with “Kings Day” arriving next week wednesday, it’s one of the biggest holidays of the year here. I’m doing a lot of riding lately trying to stay in shape for one of the hardest races of the year coming up June 1st which will be held on my trails and is 3 loops around the salt pond, I think it’s close to 25 miles. Last night we did two of those loops in just over an hour so if I can stay like I am now I should do well. I have a massive school of Blackbar Soldierfish for you all today that we found residing under the famous sunken tugboat at Caracasbaai. by Barry Brown | Apr 17, 2016 | Fish, Invertebrates, Reef, Science
Good morning from way down south!! I have our hands down favorite fish for you today that puts the letter “C” in CUTE! This is a young trunkfish, it’s not a baby and it’s not an adult so lets just say he or she is a teenager. I think this gentle little treasure was only around an inch and a half in length and I believe we photographed him at night out in front of the Sea Aquarium. When Aimee and I find these (which is fairly uncommon) we pretty much drop whatever we are doing and quietly watch as they work their way around a small part of the reef looking for food.
