Lembeh strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Half a week on the way back home from Papua. There may be some pictures that fall below our usual standards here at overklighet, but what creatures! April 2008. Also see the
topside pictures.
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Looks like a caterpillar but can't be. What is...
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Cute little hiding place for a cute little Orb
...
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Anemone close-up
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Crocodile snake eel (
Brachysomophis crocodilin...
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Bubble coral shrimp (
Vir philippinensis) in bu
...
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Warty frogfish (
Antennarius maculatus)
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The nudibranch
Chromodoris lochi
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Bubbly honeycomb coral (
Euphyllia sp)
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flame file clam (
Lima sp)
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Banggai cardinalfish (
Pterapogon kauderni)
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Yellowbar(?) sandperch (
Parapercis xanthozona?...
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sea-squirt (
Nephtheis fascicularis )
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Feather star crab (
Tiaramedon spinosum)
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Pepper-and-salt commensal shrimp (
Ancylomenes ...
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Pepper-and-salt commensal shrimp (
Ancylomenes ...
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Purple-blotched smasher (
Odontodactylus latiro...
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Fingered dragonet (
Dactylopus dactylopus)
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Black-finned snake eel
Ophichthus melanochir)
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False fire urchin (
Astropyga radiata)
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unidentified shrimp goby (
Amblyeleotris sp)
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Harlequin shrimp (
Hymenocera picta)
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Harlequin shrimp (
Hymenocera picta)
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Spiny devilfish (
Inimicus didactylus) flashing...
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Spiny devilfish (
Inimicus didactylus), less al...
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Painted frogfish (
Antennarius pictus)
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Humpback grouper (
Cromileptes altivelis)
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Banggai cardinalfish (
Pterapogon kauderni)
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Giant frogfish (
Antennarius commersonii)
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Peacock smasher (
Odontodactylus scyllarus)
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Flying gurnard (
Dactyloptena orientalis)
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Spiny devilfish (
Inimicus didactylus)
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Flying gurnard (
Dactyloptena orientalis)
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Squat shrimp (
Thor amboinensis)
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Golden-dotted sea squirt (
Phallusia julinea)
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Fingered dragonet (
Dactylopus dactylopus)
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Cockatoo waspfish (
Ablabys taenianotus)
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Longhorn cowfish (
Lactoria cornuta)
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anemone
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Spotted seahorse (
Hippocampus kuda)
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Coral commensal shrimp (
Hamopontonia corallico...
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Bluespotted stingray (
Neotrygon kuhlii)
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Banded boxer shrimp (
Stenopus hispidus)
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Striped puffer (
Arothron manilensis)
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Imperator commensal shrimp (
Periclimenes imper...
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Napoleon snake eel (
Ophichthus bonaparti)
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Imperator commensal shrimp (
Periclimenes imper...
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Devil scorpionfish (
Scorpaenopsis diabolus)
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Japanese filefish (
Paramonacanthus japonicus)
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protection
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Sprite
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Striped frogfish (
Antennarius striatus)
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Coral wound
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Broadclub cuttlefish (
Sepia latimanus)
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Eye of Broadclub cuttlefish (
Sepia latimanus)
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Mushroom coral (
Fungi sp)
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Black coral shrimp (
Pontonides unciger)
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Wire coral goby (
Bryaninops yongei)
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Squat shrimp (
Thor amboinensis)
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Sargassum frogfish (
Histrio histrio)
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Sargassum frogfish (
Histrio histrio)
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brittlestar
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Anemone porcelain crab (
Neopetrolisthes macula...
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Paddle-flap scorpionfish (
Rhinopias eschmeyeri...
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female Ribbon eel (
Rhinomuraena quaesita), fem...
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Paddle-flap scorpionfish (
Rhinopias eschmeyeri...
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The nudibranch
Phyllidia ocellata
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Humbug damsel (
Dascyllus aruanus)
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Banggai cardinalfish (
Pterapogon kauderni)
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Fimbriated moray (
Gymnothorax fimbriatus)
