Northern outskirts of the Farasan banks outside Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a bunch of nice Swedes on a liveaboard. Six diving days with 25 dives each. Good, but not better than Marsa Shagra. Hot water, 30-31 degrees centigrade all the way down. Also see the
topside pictures.
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Clearfin lionfish (
Pterois radiata)
2
Scale-eating sabretooth blenny (
Plagiotremus t...
3
Steina approaching a nice soft coral
4
Spiral wire coral (
Stichopathes sp) at 42m
5
Unique hanging sponges at Chioppi point
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Erika at the 5m safety stop
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Fridman's dottyback (
Pseudochromis fridmani)
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Halfspotted grouper (
Cephalopholis hemistiktos...
9
Red Sea soapfish (
Diploprion drachi)
10
Royal angelfish (
Pygoplites diacanthus)
11
Bloodspot squirrelfish (
Neoniphon sammara)
12
turban shell, probably (
Turbo petholatus)
13
Redmouth grouper (
Aethaloperca rogaa)
14
Red sea bannerfish (
Heniochus intermedius)
15
Red sea shrimp goby (
Ctenogobiops maculosus)
16
Redbreasted splendour wrasse (
Cheilinus fascia...
17
Forster's hawkfish (
Paracirrhites forsteri)
18
unidentified parrotfish
19
Striated fusilier (
Caesio striata)
20
Masked butterflyfish (
Chaetodon semilarvatus)
21
Propeller of a wreck
22
Spiked-shelled swimming crab (
Thalamita picta)
23
two nudibranches of the genus
Glossodoris
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very tiny cnidarian on sand
25
Humphead parrotfish (
Bolbometopon muricatum)
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Humphead parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum)
27
Titan triggerfish (
Balistoides viridescens)
28
Orangespine surgeonfish (
Naso lituratus)
29
coral close-up
30
Honeycomb sponge (
Crella cyathophora)
31
coral close-up
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coral close-up
33
Pixy hawkfish (
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)
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Coral scallop (
Pedum spondyloideum)
35
knotted fan coral (
Melithaea sp)
36
Longnose parrotfish (
Hipposcarus harid) in py...
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Parrotfish eye
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parrotfish fin
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Abbot's coral crab (
Hypocolpus abbotti)
40
Red coral guard crab (
Trapezia cymodoce?)
41
Red-spotted coral guard crab (
Trapezia tigrina...
42
Baby Whitetip reefshark (
Triaenodon obesus)
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reef scene
44
Steina at a coral head
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Leopard blenny (
Exallias brevis) with Forster'
...
46
Steinitz' partner goby (
Amblyeleotris steinitz...
47
Bubble coral (
Plerogyra sinuosa) with host gob
...
48
tiny host goby on soft coral (
Pleurosicya sp)
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host goby (
Pleurosicya sp)
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host gobies (
Pleurosicya sp) on sponge-encrust...
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Gorgonian goby (
Bryaninops tigris) on black co...
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host goby (
Pleurosicya sp) on whip coral
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Squat lobster (
Gallathea sp) on Thorny sea sta
...
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squat lobster (
Galathea sp)
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Giant sea fan coral at 40m
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Red cluster whip coral (
Ellisella sp)
57
Giant moray (
Gymnothorax javanicus)
58
encrusting sponge (
Microcionidae, probably Cla...
59
Red Sea anomonefish (
Amphiprion bicinctus)
60
fan coral
61
Fluted giant clam (
Tridacna squamosa)
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Giant clam, mantle
