Category: Critters

Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse

Hippocampus denise is tiny, growing only to a total length of 1.5 cm (5/8 inch)

Denise’s pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise).

Pygmy seahorses are among the most well camouflaged species in the oceans, being very difficult to spot amongst the gorgonian coral they live in. Hippocampus denise is tiny, growing only to a total length of 1.5 cm (5/8 inch). It is orange and resembles the pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, though its tubercles are less distinct (From Widipedia).

Shot with a Canon 5D Mark III, 100mm lens in Nauticam housing. Lembeh strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Feb/2013.
Diving with NAD lembeh resot. nad-lembeh.com

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Yellow Pygmy Goby

Yellow Pygmy Goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) is a small bright yellow color goby.

Yellow Pygmy Goby

Yellow Pygmy Goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) is a small bright yellow color goby.
Normally under 3cm long, living in holes, bottle or can. Usually found in pairs.
Footage taken in dive site around Lembeh, Indonesia & Dauin, Philippines. 

Pair of yellow pygmy-goby
Pair of yellow pygmy-goby / Canon 7D, 100mm

Feeding Humphead Parrotfish

Feeding Humphead Parrotfish at Batu Kelebit, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Feeding Humphead Parrotfish

Feeding humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) at Batu Kelebit dive site, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Nov/2012.

Humphead Parrotfish
Humphead Parrotfish / Canon 7D, Tokina 107mm

Batu Kelebit is one of my favorite dive site around Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
When I was living in Bali, I often hired the Jukung(small traditional fishing boat)  from the village near Tulamben wreck and went alone between Batu Kelebit and Tulamben dropoff.
At night time, they sleep inside the wreck and every morning coming here to feed the corals.
You don’t see big school here but surrounding by 5~6 huge (some of them +1 meter) humphead was always great experience.

Sleeping humphead parrotfish
Sleeping humphead parrotfish inside Tulamben wreck / Canon 7D, Tokina 107mm
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Coconut Octopus in Lembeh Straits

Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) use coconut shells (or other objects) as a mobile home.

Coconut Octopus in Lembeh Straits

Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) use coconut shells (or other objects) as a mobile home.
Filmed at Lembeh strait in Indonesia, diving with NAD lembeh resort.

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