Gozo-Sept2011

Red-lipped goby

Gobius cruentatus, among the boulders at Hondoq in about 2m

Red-lipped goby

Gobius cruentatus, among the boulders at Hondoq in about 2m

Painted comber

Serranus scriba

Spot the cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

Blue!

Ornate/turkish wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) and peacock's tail algae (Padina pavonica)

Cow bream

More Sarpa salpa

Cardinalfish and peacock worm

Apogon imberbis and Sabella pavonina

Buried...

Peacock worm (Sabella pavonina) up to its 'neck' in coarse sand

Stripy

Peacock worm (Sabella pavonina) up to its 'neck' in coarse sand

Stingray 1

Dasyatis pastinaca

Stingray 2

Dasyatis pastinaca

Stingray 3

Dasyatis pastinaca

Hondoq ir-Rummien

The downside to Hondoq - speedboats opening up in 2-3m of water

More stripes

Sally Lightfoot crabs (Percnon gibbesi) invaded the Mediterranean in 1999 and are spreading very rapidly

Alien invaders

Sally Lightfoot crabs (Percnon gibbesi) invaded the Mediterranean in 1999 and are spreading very rapidly

Pretty aliens

Sally Lightfoot crabs (Percnon gibbesi) invaded the Mediterranean in 1999 and are spreading very rapidly

Goby

Not sure which species! It's marked very like an Anemone goby (Gobius bucchichi) but there were no anemones nearby...

Hondoq ir-Rummien

The end of the slipway

Marsalforn

THE place for cakes, as it says on the sign (but only between Thursday and Sunday!)