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Macro Monday : Chromodoris

More underwater images from the Philippines can be found here. More Nudibranch images can be found here.

I don’t know why Sea Cucumbers fascinate me. But they seem to stop me when I see them underwater. Thelenota ananas, also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish is a species of sea cucumber. I…

World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day is dedicated to raising awareness for the important benefits that the oceans provide, as well as efforts to protect and revitalize our oceans. All of the above images were captured in the Philippines. Underwater images from the Philippines can be found here.

Silent Saturday: Deep Water Sea Fan

A lovely deep water sea fan along a coral reef in Fiji. Additional underwater images from scuba diving around Fiji can be found here.

Wildlife Wednesday: Purple Rhinopias

Rhinopias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are mostly found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Rhinopias in the photo above was spotted off the coast of Anilao in the Philippines. More underwater images from the Anilao can be found here.

Fiji Clownfish

Anemonefish or Clownfish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Anemonefish typically live at the bottom of shallow seas in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons. Anemonefish are endemic to the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, and Pacific Ocean, the Great Barrier Reef, Southeast Asia, Japan, and…

Octopus in a Can

Octopus making the best of human trash in a marine park in the Philippines. More underwater images from the Anilao and Puerto Galera can be found here.

Purple Nudibranch

Also known as the Apolegma Nudibranch (Hypselodoris apolegma) and Apolegma Sea Slug. This nudibranch was spotted off the coast of Puerto Galera in the Philippines. Slowing moving along a beautiful coral reef. More images from dives in the Philippines can be found here.

Critter Alert: Reticulated Chromodoris

Reticulated chromodoris is a colorful nudibranch that live mostly in the waters of the indo-pacific. This sea slug is also referred to as Goniobranchus reticulatus, part dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. The nudibranch in the picture below was spotted off the coast of Puerto Galera in the Philippines.

Juvenile Black Ribbon Eel – Puerto Galera

The Ribbon Eel belongs to the Moray Eel family. Juvenile Ribbon Eels are usually jet black with a yellow dorsal fin. When the eel become an adult, its color will change. Male Ribbon eels develop into a blue color with a yellow dorsal fin and females will develop into a yellow color with black dorsal…