Visitors (or Not) in the Mediterranean Sea

This year snorkeling surprised with many encounters I supposed not usual in the Mediterranean sea. Common species of Red and Indian-Pacific seas were not rare in the Greek and Libyan sea of Crete in 2022

Sea urchins with very long (mildly venomous) needles
Red Lionfish (venomous, too) on both north and south shores
The good old, local Octopus
A delicious, Mediterranean cuttlefish
Barracuda, also (?) common the Mediterranean sea

This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):

1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia

2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise

3. Solo sliders

4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete

5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty

6. Balos, all the colors of water