March April 2014

SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT:
- the siphon the Octopus uses to swim rapidly through the water by jet propulsion
- the tiny Sabertooth Blennies attempting to get a meal from the skin of the Manta Ray
- the shell in the mouth of the young Sea Lion as it swims by.
- the solitary Cortez Sea Chub in the big school of Razor Surgeonfish
- the Black Tip Shark which appears briefly in the school of Hammerheads

UNUSUAL FOOTAGE:
Schooling White-tipped Reef Sharks
Octopus jet propulsion
Pacific Seahorse
Mexican Hogfish eating Green Sea Urchin
Tiger Snake Eel
Hammerheads
Sunset Wrasse
Pup Galapagos Sea Lion riding on back of mother
Bigeye Trevalle
Manta Ray
Golden Grouper
Peruvian Grunts cleaning Green Sea Turtle
Fine Spotted Moray

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE (common and scientific names):
Schooling White-tipped Reef Sharks Triaenodon obesus
Galapagos Octopus Octopus oculifer jet propulsion
Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinari
Salema X. jessiae, Creolefish P. colonus and Barberfish J. nigrirostris
Pyramid Seastar Pharia pyramidata
Pacific Seahorse Hippocampus ingens
Young Galapagos Fur Seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Anemone, Sponge and Rusty Damselfish Nexilosus latifrons
Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas feeding on algae with Mexican Hogfish B. diplotaenia
Closeup of Mexican Hogfish Bodianus diplotaenia
Mexican Hogfish B. diplotaenia feeding on Green Sea Urchin Lytechinus semituberculatus
Razor Surgeonfish Prionurus laticlavius and Cortez Sea Chub Kyphosus elegans
Tiger Snake Eel Myrichthys tigrinus
Hammerheads Sphyrna Lewini
Sunset Wrasse Thalassoma grammaticum
Red Sun Star Heliaster cumingii
White Sea Urchin Tripneustes depressus and Slate Pencil Urchin Eucidaris thouarsii
Galapagos Shark Carcharhinus galapagensis
Black Striped Salema Xenocys jessiae
Galapagos Sea Lion Zalophus wollebaeki
Galapagos Sea Lion Zalophus wollebaeki with shell
Pup Galapagos Sea Lion Zalophus wollebaeki riding on back of mother
Creolefish Paranthias colonus
Coral Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Feather Hydroid Macrorhynchia philippina
Bigeye Trevalle Caranx sexfasciatus
Pacific Boxfish Ostracion meleagris
Stone Scorpionfish Scorpaena plumieri mystes
Manta Ray Manta hamiltoni and Sabertooth Blenny Plagiotremus azaleus
Spotfin Burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus
Panamic Sergeant Major Abudefduf troschelii and Creolefish Paranthias colonus
Harlequin Wrasse Bodianus eclancheri
Golden Grouper Mycteroperca olfax
Flightless Cormorant Phalacrocorax harrisi
Chocolate Chip Sea Star Nidorellia armata
Panamic Cushion Star Pentaceraster cumingi
Peruvian Grunts Anisotremus scapularis cleaning Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
Fine Spotted Moray Eel Gymnothorax dovii
Bumphead Parrotfish Scarus perrico
Blue-chin Parrotfish Scarus ghobban
Blue Sea Star Phataria unifascialis

In my first videos I listed what I filmed in the order of appearance. I am now also labeling what is seen in the video. I am also listing things to spot in my video and some of the more unusual things I have been able to film while free diving. None of this footage is taken while scuba diving. I just hold my breath while diving down. (I am often asked how long I can hold my breath. I have timed myself holding my breath for three minutes but I rarely stay down for more than a minute while I am filming.) Note: The sound you hear in these videos is what I have recorded while snorkeling but may not correspond to the footage. The clicking sound you sometimes hear are from Snapping Shrimp which are common in the Galapagos Islands.

Видео March April 2014 канала Greg's Galapagos