Boga

This morning, we encountered a school of boga swimming above the second reef on a site to the south, at about 60 feet.  The boga  is a member of the bonnetmouth family, and is a schooling open-water fish.  They are silvery with thin stripes, a blue cast, and a yellow snout.  These fish were about 6 inches long.  We watched them feeding above us, in a spaced out pattern, but then they pulled together into a tight school to move on, perhaps feeling threatened by us or nearby predator fish.

It is always a treat to encounter a school of boga,

Above us

Here they come

There they go