Thanks to Diane, Kate, Lendell, Marcella, and Robin for another great dive at Sandy Bottom. This place just keeps getting better all the time.
The find-de-jour was an Ornate Ghost Pipefish that Lendell found at about 14M. Of the two other Ornate Pipefish I have photographed in Timor (see photo from November), both seemed to have claimed a territory, and were found in the same locations on our return visits. Although it's possible today's Ornate Pipefish had simply wondered away from a nearby crinoid or some other small coral, it appeared to be drifting along in the current, possibly looking for that perfect place to call home.
