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Since it's Saturday we had to hit the beach! We decided to go to Faga'alu to try to see some green turtles. We didn't get out far enough to see any turtles since the kids are still just getting the hang of snorkeling, but we saw a bunch of fish - including a few that we're pretty sure are panther flounders. It was amazing to see how well they blended in. In fact, we went by several before we noticed the eyes and saw that it was a fish, at first we just thought the sand was a slightly different color in places.
The best part of the whole experience was that a small group of men were sitting near the shore singing Samoan songs the entire time we were snorkeling. We couldn't have asked for better background music!
Then we drove to the end of the road on the East side of the island:
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Everett: It's a brother picture!
Simon: Nooo, not a brother picture!
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You saw a panther flounder already? I saw my first one on my last trip to the beach. Lucky!
It was so cool! I guess it might just be the right time of year for them - if you saw it just a couple weeks ago?
We also saw these cool eel-looking things. They were tiny (about 4-6 inches long and as big around as my pinky finger) with brown and white stripes. I haven't been able to figure out what they were though. Any ideas?
I think you may be thinking of pipefish. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipefish
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Very good posting.
Thank you - Have a good day!!!
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I figured it out - They were shrimp gobies!
I was pretty sure it wasn't an eel because the head shape was different, but it was very long and narrow. It wasn't a pipefish because the head was a different shape. But it wasn't as long as I thought it was either. It just looked longer than it was because it's tail was still in a burrow and because it's top fin is set pretty far back in relation to the size of the fish.
This picture is basically what I saw - http://www.deepseaimages.com/dsilibrary/data/1207/thumbs/10blennysp12_6_03a.jpg
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