One doesn't normally associate the colour green with the ocean, at least I don't.
So it was with great pleasure that I spent time with some small fish chilling out in a large patch of brilliant-green seaweed. First, a goby (Pterogobius elapoides), known as kinubari (キヌバリ) in Japanese:
![Pterogobius elapoides Pterogobius elapoides](https://www.tonywublog.com/assets/images/2017/07/pterogobius-elapoides-seaweed-650px-tony-wu.jpg)
And next, a hanajiro-gaji (ハナジロガジ), a blenny-like fish (Opisthocentrus tenui) found in depths ranging from one to 300m, give or take.
![Opisthocentrus tenui Opisthocentrus tenui](https://www.tonywublog.com/assets/images/2017/07/opisthocentrus-tenui-seaweed-650px-tony-wu.jpg)
The brilliantly hued seaweed blooms in the spring and disappears by summer, all part of the natural rhythm of the ocean.