New Jersey Scuba Diving

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ocellatus

Size: juveniles 1-2"; adults to 6"

Habitat: inlets and rivers, late in the season

Notes: The adult fish is shown above, the juvenile below.

The best time to view or capture these fishes is at night when they are asleep. During the day they are wary and very quick. Nighttime coloration is completely different from daytime - dark vertical bars and blotches over the entire body.

Butterflyfish
In aquarium
Butterflyfish
Nighttime colors in the wild
Herb Segars Photography

Identifying The Emerald

Captain Steve Nagiewicz (above) uses a lift bag
Captain Steve Nagiewicz (above) uses a lift bag to raise the stern bits of the Emerald which had been sent to the surface and are shown connected to a lifting pole or 'gin pole.' the arrangement is ready to be hoisted aboard.

New Jersey scuba divers provide evidence of the identity of a popular New Jersey dive site

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