Flashlight Fish
Photoblepharon palpebratum
As the end gets closer, Lembeh is still astounding me. This week I did one of the most incredibly dives of my life. The weather has been really calm...
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Shrimp and Shrimp Goby
Amblyeleotris sp & Alpheus sp
The relationship between these ‘Shrimp Goby’ and their ‘Shrimp’ reminds me of the expression ‘which came first, the chicken or the egg?’ The Goby has pretty good eyesight and...
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Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti
Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorses are one of the critters that helped put Lembeh on the map. Lembeh was one of the first locations where you could be guaranteed to see...
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Hispid or Striated Frogfish
Antennatus sp.
Frogfish can be very difficult to ID. They are highly variable in colour and size. One of the easiest ways is by the shape of their lures. Now this...
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Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus sp.
Pontohi Pygmy Seahorses are one of the most beautiful critters we get in Lembeh. They are also one of the hardest to find and the hardest to get photos...
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Honshu Pipefish
Doryhamphus japonicus
Pipefish are one of the hardest small critters to photograph or film. Not only are they small, they are also long and thin. One of the problems that we...
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Moyer’s Dragonet (juvenile)
Synchiropus moyeri
Dragonets are one of the most beautiful fish we get. But most of the ones you see are rather drab and boring. But drab and boring is rather good...
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Giant Frogfish
Antennarius commersoni
We’ve been finding a couple of Giant Frogfish recently, so I thought I would put on my wide angle lens and go and film one of them. It was...
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Rare Yellow Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Even though we get many different types of Lionfish in Lembeh, I am still amazed by how beautiful some of them can be. This is a rare yellow variation...
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Harlequin Sweetlips – juvenile in slo mo
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
These wonderful juvenile Harlequin Sweetlips are known to to divers all over South East Asia. There name derives from the fact that there big lips are considered a very...
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Coral Cardinalfish – Pregnancy
Siphamia corallicola
It’s a well known fact the male seahorses incubate their fertilised eggs. It is also fairly well known that male Jawfish incubate their fertilised eggs in their mouths. It...
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Zebra-stripped Seahorse
Hippocampus trimaculatus
This wonderful Seahorse is a very rare variety of a Longnose Seahorse. Although it is known here as a Zebra Seahorse this is not quite the correct name, as...
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Spiny Devilfish – pre-mating
Inimicus didactylus
Spiny Devilfish usually, as one can guess from their highly camouflaged appearance, do not move very much. I came across three of them in quite an excited state on...
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Pegasus (Dragon) Sea Moth
Eurypegasus draconis
One of the most bizarre fish, anywhere in the world, is the Pegasus Sea Moth. These little fish, about 10cm long when fully grown, often hang around in pairs...
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Mushroom Coral Pipefish
Siokunichthys nigrolineatus
Mushroom Coral Pipefish are one of the hardest critters to film, for four reasons… 1. They are small. 2. They are white, making it very hard to film without blowing...
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Transparent Juvenile Eel
Gymnothorax sp.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime find. It is not known exactly what sort of Moray Eel this is a juvenile of, only that it is probably in the Gymnothorax species. This...
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish with Eggs
Solenostomus paradoxus
Ornate Ghost Pipefish are more of the most bizarre and most beautiful critters. Around July they start to appaer on many dive sites, usually picking a Feather Star to ‘hide’...
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Severn’s Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus severnsi
This is, I think, a Severn’s Pygmy Seahorse. These Pygmy Seahorses are incredibly difficult to film as they are so tiny. This one is about 1cm tall and, as you...
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Threadfin Sand Diver
Trichonotus elegans
Though this fish is not that uncommon here but it is not often seen and it is very difficult to get close to. They live in the sand, usually in...
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Lembeh Pygmy Seadragon
Kyonemichthys rumengani
The unique Lembeh Sea Dragons. These tiny Pygmy Pipe Dragons were discovered in Lembeh Straits at the end of 2006, and are another example of the incredible variety of life...
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Robust Ghost Pipefish – Mating Fight
Solenostomus cyanopterus
Robust Ghost Pipefish usually hang vertically in the water, not moving, pretending to be a bit of Sea Grass. Here we have two males (the two smaller Pipefish) fighting over...
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Pinnate Spadefish – Small Juvenile
Platax pinnatus
These juvenile Spadefish are one of the most striking juveniles of any species. As adults they are fairly nondescript silver coloured, oval shaped fish. But as juveniles they are black...
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Pinnate Spadefish – Large Juvenile
Platax pinnatus
These juvenile Spadefish are one of the most striking juveniles of any species. As adults they are fairly nondescript silver coloured, oval shaped fish. But as juveniles they are black...
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Signal (Crabeye) Goby
Signigobius biocellatus
This is a very elusive fish and we rarely get to see them. And when we do, they tend to quickly dart into their burrows and disappear from view. They...
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Longhorn Cowfish
Lactoria cornuta
This is a large juvenile of the wonderful Longhorn Cowfish. These are very tricky fish to film, as they always seem to know exactly where your camera is and then...
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Clark’s Anemonefish Fertilising Eggs
Amphiprion clarkii
I was lucky enough to catch this male Clark’s Anemonefish fertilising his partner’s eggs. Anemonefish use, as can been seen here, external fertilisation. I have seen the eggs many times,...
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Yawning Bargibanti’s Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti
Pygmy Seahorses are one of the critters that put Lembeh on the map. You can come here and be guaranteed sightings… ..but Pygmy Seahorses are very frustrating critters to photograph...
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Lembeh Velvetfish
Paraploactis sp1.
This rather ugly fish is a member of the Velvetfish family. What makes it so special is that, as the name suggests, it is only found in Lembeh Strait. It...
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Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomidae
This is some great video of three more different type of Ghost Pipefish that I didn’t even know existed until 1 amazing dive in Lembeh. The video starts by showing...
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Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
This was filmed at the world famous shark dive in Beqa, Fiji. You get incredibly close to these majestic creatures, with no cage to get in the way!! This female...
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Fingered Dragonet (juvenile)
Dactylopus dactylopus
This clip starts off showing an adult Fingered Dragonet, which is about 15-20cm long. Fairly drab in color, it’s a interesting fish none the less, with it’s banner-like adapted dorsel...
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Cockatoo Flounder
Samaris cristatus
These flounder look like a normal flounder until they feel threatened, as which point they display their ‘cockatoo’ fin, designed to make them look larger than they actually are....
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Striped Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
We often see these young Catfish is groups, but they are usually feeding on the sand and difficult to approach closely. This group seemed quite content to keep hiding...
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Ambon Scorpionfish
Pteroidichthys amboinensis
These Ambon Scorpionfish are hard to find and hard to film. The are very shaggy, with multiple protrusions coming out of just about every part of it’s body, especially...
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