Also took a look at the living creatures on the shore.
A strange stranded fish. It was still alive and seemed to recover somewhat when returned to water.
About a foot long.
It seems to have no eyes. Suggested by Ivan to be Taenioides gracilis.
Drill snails and eggs.
Kok Sheng found this razor clam. It has a rather interesting movement method which Kok Sheng captured on video.
Kok Sheng also found this bubble shell snail.
Strange worm.
Tiny Polychaete, about 1-1.5cm long.
The only peacock anemone I saw.
Kok Sheng found this purple sea cucumber.
Astropecten indicus. Quite a few of them on this shore.
Stichodactyla haddoni. There were a few of them along the beach. They are indicator organisms according to Kok Sheng (soft bodied and among the first to die due to low salinity) and so it is good that they are still doing well.
Not sure if I've seen this anemone before. It is about 1cm across including the tentacles and found on a log. Anthopleura?
Sea pen.
Holes in the dead logs make good hiding places.
Fiddler crab defending its mate in the burrow?
Quite a few of these dead pink eel-like fish along the bank of the canal outlet. They also appear to have no eyes but seem different from the living blind fish.
More dead fish.
Luckless parasitic isopod casualty.
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That isopod sure was unlucky.
The live pink fish is very likely some sort of goby. Your photo of the pelvic fin was a very big clue. In fact, A Guide to Gobies of Singapore lists a species known as the bearded eel-goby (Taenioides gracilis), a blind species that burrows through mud. It has 3 barbels on each side of the chin.
The dead pink fish are something else though, possibly pink mud eel (Macrotrema caligans), another blind burrower.
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