I made a point to visit the Waikīkī Aquarium, especially since I had lived in Monterey for a year and never made it to the world famous Monterey Bay Aquarium (otherwise known as the Cetacean Institute to you Star Trek IV fans).
Anyway, I took a few photos. Most turned out blurry or grainy, and I got quite a few shots of fish butts—these little guys just weren’t into posing.
These first two are amazing. They seem almost alien; I had never even heard of a Sea Dragon before. They are native to the waters around southern Australia and are in the seahorse family. This first one (he was about a foot long) is a Weedy Sea Dragon.
The creature below, which looks quite a bit like a clump of living seaweed is a Leafy Sea Dragon. Cool.
Next up are some jellyfish. I love the way they lit them up.
This giant grouper (over three feet long) was lounging around inside the shark tank (all my shark pics, including the gorgeous black-tip reef shark, turned out blurry).
This octopus was making his way up the side of his tank.
This spiny specimen is a South Pacific Turkeyfish.
Unfortunately, I didn’t grab any photos of the unofficial state fish, the humuhumunukunukuāpua‘a. :-)
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