Right fish wrong place

Another consequence of fish relocating (see blog 26/10/2011) is their occurrence in front of your very lens when diving in habitats where they shouldn’t be.(according to the books) I often receive photo’s from divers around the world asking is this a ‘pink, upside down, black-spotted hose fish’ etc when they know that it is, but it has been photographed in the wrong location (according to the books). During my years of involvement with fish recognition and diving I am constantly aware that publications (and web-sites) re-print what is considered best guess. If one book says it is right then it becomes gospel. On whatsthatfish.com I try to give locations in general terms taking into account the location of your photos which have been submitted, and ballast relocation would appear to be a very good argument as to why some of this relocating is occurring.