Pygmy Jawfish (Anoptoplacus pygmaeus). The male specimen (top) has additional black coloration at the base of the anal fin and scattered across the head. The female (bottom) apparently lacks this patterning, suggesting that there is sexual dichromatism in this species. Credit: Smith-Vaniz [...]
The Stellate Scorpionfish Scorpaenodes barrybrowni. Credit: Barry Brown / [...]
Curaçao Blue. Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 3 – October 13, 2015 Tuesday. The sun has set hours ago, casting the sky into a featureless obsidian. But unlike the hapless humans, creatures of the ocean seek solace and comfort in the stars and spotlight, inching their way towards [...]
Vanessa and I in the curasub. Photo credit: Barry Brown. Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 2 – October 12, 2015 Monday. I’m writing this log on a ship! The R. V. Chapman. Things got a little bit gung-ho today. Well, a lot gung-ho. Sweet serendipity comes not nearly enough in a [...]
The whimsical colors of Curaçao. Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 1 – October 11, 2015 Sunday. Today was incredible. It has been over twelve hours since I arrived on Curaçao. Strange. It felt like days ago when Vanessa and I were eating gummy bears in Miami, waiting for our plane [...]
