I like porcupine fish. They’re slow and easy to follow – no darting off before you can get a nice good look or even a picture. And they have such big eyes so the pictures are cool!

Big Eyed Porcupine Fish

This is a porcupine fish I saw in Florida. We have a lot of them around here and sometimes they can get pretty big. This is an average sized one.

Porcupine Fish

Porcupine fish come in all shapes and sizes. You can find them all over the world.

Porcupine Fish Around the World

Here are a few images of some porcupine fish from around the world – you can see that there are a lot of varieties.

Galapagos Porcupine Fish

Porcupine Fish from Vietnam

Porcupine Fish Australia

Even just in the Caribbean, there are several different kinds. For more information about porcupine fish in Florida, you can check out the Florida Museum of Natural History.

The first sign that told us that diving the Delray Wreck was going to be a good dive was that immediately on arrival, we found a little ray.

The little stingray was just swimming next to the Boiler just as we arrived. It sat on the sand for a bit but I guess I was probably breathing too loud as it swam off soon after. (more…)