One week in Lembeh Strait, north Sulawesi, Indonesia. This time at
Black Sand Dive Retreat. We saw lots of new critters compared with
2008, perhaps because we mostly visited the
dive sites in the north part of the strait, or due to the very competent dive guides Atu and Hengke. Steina without camera (drowned in Weda) and Bo with one flash only (one imploded in Weda). March 2011
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Whiteface waspfish (
Richardsonichtys leucogast...
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Monkeyfish (
Erosa erosa)
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Shortfin dwarf lionfish (
Dendrochirus brachypt...
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A very small nudibranch, might be a young
Hyps...
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A hydroid
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Double whiptail (
Pentapodus emeryi)
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Shortnose boxfish (
Ostracion nasus)
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juvenile Pantherfish (
Cromileptes altivelis)
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Ringed pipefish (
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)
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Bloch's bigeye (
Priacanthus blochii)
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Black-finned snake eel (
Ophichthus melanochir)
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Warty frogfish (
Antennarius maculatus)
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Twospot wrasse (
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus)
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Hypselodoris tryoni
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Blackfin sandperch (
Parapercis snyderi)
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Gold-specs jawfish (
Opistognathus randalli)
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Banggai cardinalfish (
Pterapogon kauderni)
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Sea pen (
Veretillum sp) in the black sand
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Largenose boxfish (
Ostracion rhinorhynchos)
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flatworm (
Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
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a sea-urchin
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Striped frogfish (
Antennarius striatus), small...
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Striped frogfish (
Antennarius striatus)
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Ocellated flounder (
Pseudorhombus dupliciocell...
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Longhorn cowfish (
Lactoria cornuta)
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Spotted seahorse (
Hippocampus kuda)
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nudibranch (
Pteraeolidia ianthina)
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Mimic octopus (
Thaumoctopus mimicus)
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A shrimpgoby (
Amblyeleotris sp)
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Pacific clown anemone shrimp (
Periclimenes bre...
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Bubble coral shrimp (
Vir colemani)
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Fringelip mullet (
Crenimugil crenilabis)
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unidentified jawfish (
Opistognathus sp)
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Spiny devilfish (
Inimicus didactylus)
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Spiny devilfish (
Inimicus didactylus)
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unidentified damsel (
Pomacentrus sp)
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Painted frogfish (
Antennarius pictus)
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Whitemargin stargazer (
Uranoscopus sulphureus)
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Pin Cushion Seastar (
Culcita novaeguineae), a ...
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Pin Cushion Seastar (
Culcita novaeguineae), be...
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Pin Cushion Seastar (
Culcita novaeguineae), a ...
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Pin Cushion Seastar (
Culcita novaeguineae), be...
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Robust ghostpipefish (
Solenostomus cyanopterus)
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Seamoth (
Eurypegasus draconis)
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Seamoth (
Eurypegasus draconis)
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Seamoth (
Eurypegasus draconis)
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Map puffer (
Arothron mappa)
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Longspine waspfish (
Paracentropogon longispinu...
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juvenile Zebra batfish (
Platax batavianus)
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almost invisible shrimp,
Gelastocaris paronae
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Banded snake eel (
Mytichtys colubrinus)
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Many-lobed ceratosoma (
Ceratosoma tenue)
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Porcelain crab (
Neopetrolisthes maculatus)
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Wunderpus (
Wunderpus photogenicus)
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Wunderpus (
Wunderpus photogenicus). This indiv...
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smashing mantis shrimp (
Odontodactylus sp)
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crinoid snapping shrimp (
Synalpheus stimpsoni?)
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juvenile Blue razorfish (
Iniistius pavo)
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Giant frogfish (
Antennarius commersonii)
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Rhopalaea crassa, a highly variable sea squirt
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Banggai cardinalfish (
Pterapogon kauderni) wit...
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Bubble coral shrimp (
Vir colemani)
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Whip coral spider crab (
Xenocarcinus tubercula...
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pygmy seahorse (
Hippocampus bargibanti)
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Crinoid commensal shrimp (
Periclimenes commens...
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Crinoid squat lobster (
Allogalathea elegans)
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Crinoid squat lobster (
Allogalathea elegans)
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Napoleon snake eel (
Ophichthus bonaparti)
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Napoleon snake eel (
Ophichthus bonaparti)
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Commensal shrimp (
Ancylomenes tosaensis)
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Peacock smasher (
Odontodactylus scyllarus)
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Peacock smasher (
Odontodactylus scyllarus)
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Xenia swimming crab (
Caphyra sp)
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Sharp-snout snake eel (
Apterichtus klazingai)
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Calappa crab (
Calappa calappa)
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Starry Night Octopus (
Callistoctopus luteus)
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Thick-skinned sea star (
Echinaster callosus)
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Glossodoris cincta
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Ardeadoris cruenta
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Thorny seahorse (
Hippocampus histrix)
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Thorny seahorse (
Hippocampus histrix)
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Unidentified damselfish
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Sea Urchin Crab (
Dorippe frascone) carrying a
...
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Alligator pipefish (
Syngnathoides biaculeatus)
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Coconut octopus (
Amphioctopus marginatus)
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Coconut octopus (
Amphioctopus marginatus)
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Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish (
Metasepia pfe...
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Ambon scorpionfish (
Pteroidichthys amboinensis)
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Longtail seamoth (
Pegasus volitans)
