creatures of bare island: pygmy lionfish

We keep seeing a pygmy lionfish (possibly more than one?) at bare island. it has the strange habit of sitting inside sponges upside down, or pointing its "nose" straight down.

I was just reading this article about lionfish that threaten reefs in the Caribbean, so I remembered the lionfish photos i got from bare island, somehow!

The most recent encounter was saturday 19-Jul-2008. This time it was not hiding in the sponges as usual.

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photos from 25-May-2008, and on 26-Apr-2008.



from 10-apr-2008, night dive:



More pics (14-Mar-2008)



I believe my first photos of this lionfish at bare island are from 30-Jan-2008.




Here are the photos that i got from different dives, side by side, oldest to most recent.