Favoritos de marinejanine

Adult to L of an adult Magpie Perch in 1st photo, and the other photos (which are not in temporal order) are all of the same individual, I'm fairly sure. Seen near end of this MLSSA dive .
Poor visibility hampered imaging but more importantly this fish was fast and flighty, surprisingly so given it's relatively low-risk location ie outgoing weak ('dodge') tide, and the relaxed generally approachable behaviour of many of the more common reef fishes at this site.
It zoomed about in depths from ~4m to ~7.5m, stopping quite often but only briefly (perhaps seeking a clean from the many WCCs and other host cleaner fish observed there).

Very small demersal fish caught by hand net at the Lady Bay Road Reef Watch site at low tide. Pictured in small plastic container full of seawater, above the juvenile sea cucumber,in first photo (See earlier submission).
2nd and remaining photos in the above sequence only show the pink and white belly and ventral surface of the fish, due it's already moribund state (See below),but I include them as they show that the fish has rather frilly margins around the head and mouth, which would aid cryptism when in its natural habitat,perhaps sandy bottomed tide pools rather than ledges etc for which the pale base color would be less suitable.
I think the fish is either a juvenile goby or less likely a type of Clingfish (?juvenile or adult, unsure if so).
Unfortunately it may have been killed by my accidentally including a tiny jellyfish in the container for the brief time spent photographing each critter. Returned to the water in an almost moribund state despite having been kept cool and in shade.

The red algae I reported a couple of months ago turned into a bloom. It can look really impressive in the waves as they break on the bar but it is hard to capture in a photograph.

Surfers say it is strange but does not interfere with their surfing although it gets inside their wetsuits. It does not seem to cause irritation. These are some of the photographs I have taken over the last few weeks. It appears to be reducing and it seems that this is coinciding with the cooling of the weather. @kaytee

EDIT: Have heard back from kaytee at NIWA, a visiting expert and DNA testing have identified the algae. It is a first recording in New Zealand

These pictures were taken by @amandabiddle on the same dive as the other obs of mine that I've added here, and are included in the trip video I compiled. Since the records for this site are still a bit few and far between, I'm including this observation to document what life was present at this site on this particular night.