dr. mykle hoban
@thefishbotherer.bsky.social
A dedicated follower of fishes. Technical diving, mesophotic reefs, and biodiversity at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. (he/they)
Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier, Part 2.
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
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Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier, Part 2.
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
Part one of a potentially ongoing series entitled Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier*
Let's start with a common one (but a fun one). This is the ‘ō‘io orshortjaw bonefish, Albula glossodonta. For some reason, they're often bigger in Hawai‘i than elsewhere in the Pacific.
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Let's start with a common one (but a fun one). This is the ‘ō‘io orshortjaw bonefish, Albula glossodonta. For some reason, they're often bigger in Hawai‘i than elsewhere in the Pacific.
🐠🦑
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Part one of a potentially ongoing series entitled Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier*
Let's start with a common one (but a fun one). This is the ‘ō‘io orshortjaw bonefish, Albula glossodonta. For some reason, they're often bigger in Hawai‘i than elsewhere in the Pacific.
🐠🦑
Let's start with a common one (but a fun one). This is the ‘ō‘io orshortjaw bonefish, Albula glossodonta. For some reason, they're often bigger in Hawai‘i than elsewhere in the Pacific.
🐠🦑
A beautiful kelpfish (Gibbonsia metzi) from an after-dark negative tide near Santa Cruz, CA. Look at his little striped mittens! 🐟🐠🐟
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A beautiful kelpfish (Gibbonsia metzi) from an after-dark negative tide near Santa Cruz, CA. Look at his little striped mittens! 🐟🐠🐟
What's the best one liner in movie history?
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What's the best one liner in movie history?
Shameless repost for #invertefest and #marinelife feed:
Last week I got to dive in a sub to ~470 m (~1600 ft) on a seamount near the island of Rotuma and look a living nautilus* in the face. Not a thing I thought would ever happen.
(given our location, maybe N. vanuatuensis or N. samoaensis?)
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Last week I got to dive in a sub to ~470 m (~1600 ft) on a seamount near the island of Rotuma and look a living nautilus* in the face. Not a thing I thought would ever happen.
(given our location, maybe N. vanuatuensis or N. samoaensis?)
🦑
April 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Shameless repost for #invertefest and #marinelife feed:
Last week I got to dive in a sub to ~470 m (~1600 ft) on a seamount near the island of Rotuma and look a living nautilus* in the face. Not a thing I thought would ever happen.
(given our location, maybe N. vanuatuensis or N. samoaensis?)
🦑
Last week I got to dive in a sub to ~470 m (~1600 ft) on a seamount near the island of Rotuma and look a living nautilus* in the face. Not a thing I thought would ever happen.
(given our location, maybe N. vanuatuensis or N. samoaensis?)
🦑
Here’s a shitty video I took with my telephone of a nautilus. Given our location in the Pacific, this seems likely to be Nautilus vitiensis, which is (so far as is known) endemic to Fiji.
April 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Here’s a shitty video I took with my telephone of a nautilus. Given our location in the Pacific, this seems likely to be Nautilus vitiensis, which is (so far as is known) endemic to Fiji.