Fanbelly Leatherjacket

A bit emotional posting some photos of one of my dearest dive buddies. They were always there, in good times and in bad ones. Some were injured, missing their spike. But they were always up for a play, poking me gently and similar to a cat always do what you don't want it to do. So many of my photos have been photobombed by this species. And oh, they were so proud in mating season (which did not seem to follow any particular seasonality). I was lucky enough to capture a moment where two fish were dancing rather than poking me. I can not remember ever having seen juveniles, smaller individuals may, pygmies but not the same species.