Cuttlefish using its arms as lures Alan Sutton CephalopodsFactsMarine LifePopularPopular Marine Life Posts July 15, 2020 113
Trip to Latham Island ChroniclesLoftier ReadsPhotographyPopularPopular ChroniclesStoriesTravelling June 1, 2022 8
Free-Immersion Freefall: A Poem AfricaChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPoetryPopularPopular ChroniclesPopular Freediving PostsQuick ReadsStories September 14, 2015 605
Freedive Freefall in Blue Hole AfricaChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPopularPopular Freediving PostsPopular Photography PostsQuick ReadsStoriesUnderwater Sites September 5, 2015 137
Trip to Latham Island Seaunseen ChroniclesLoftier ReadsPhotographyPopularPopular ChroniclesStoriesTravelling June 1, 2022 8
Day Octopus – Facts Photographs and Video CephalopodsFactsInvertebratesMarine LifeMarine Life Footage August 20, 2017 992
Underwater City off Mafia Island, Tanzania Seaunseen Dive Sites April 22, 2016 18 7062PHOTOGRAPHY BY HANNAH JANE AND ALAN SUTTON hile on a helicopter flight off the usual flight path to the underwater city...
Overall Score Slemmestad Shipwreck Alan Sutton Dive SitesPhotos Taken while Scuba DivingUnderwater Sites March 9, 2015 2 459On the 27th of March 1951 the Slemmestad, laden with 3,500 tons of general cargo, including bitumen, brandy, kerosene, lube oil, matches and bagged cement, whilst on a voyage from...
Free-Diving at Walden Pond Renee Blundon ChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesLoftier ReadsNorth AmericaPhotographyPlacesPopularPopular ChroniclesPopular Freediving PostsStories October 10, 2014 1 1118othing is more fantastic than free-diving in the waters of my own beautiful homeland. Floating face down on the surface of Walden...
The Experience of Night Diving Renee Blundon Scuba Diving July 1, 2014 0 70Diving at night is a surreal, lunar-like experience. I’m surrounded in complete darkness at the bottom of the Indian ocean,...
Lionfish Make Love to the Camera Renee Blundon AfricaChroniclesFactsFishFish IDFreedivingFreediving PhotosFreediving StoriesLionfishMarine LifeMarine Life StoriesOdd Shaped Bottom DwellersPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPopularPopular ChroniclesPopular Freediving PostsPopular Photography PostsQuick ReadsScuba DivingStoriesVertebrates May 2, 2014 0 125ionfish are unquestionably one of the most photogenic fish in the sea, with an eccentric, gaudy profile, elaborate, vibrant stripes...
Trip to Latham Island Seaunseen ChroniclesLoftier ReadsPhotographyPopularPopular ChroniclesStoriesTravelling June 1, 2022 0 8Latham Island lies some 66 kilometers to the east of Dar es Salaam off the Tanzanian coast. It is a...
Peacock Razor Wrasse- Facts Video and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts May 13, 2021 0 210he Peacock Razor Wrasse (Iniistius pavo) is also known as the Peacock Wrasse, Blue razorfish, Peacock razorfish and the Razor...
Sea Grass Wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts March 31, 2021 0 100he Sea Grass Wrasse (Novaculoides macrolepidotus) is also known as the Emerald Wrasse. They are fairly rare in Tanzanian waters...
Ring-cheek slender wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts March 25, 2021 0 34he Ring-cheek slender wrasse, Pseudojuloides argyreogaster is generally a very rare fish in Tanzanian waters and is notoriously difficult to...
Eight Lined Wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 25, 2021 0 111he Eight lined wrasse (Pseudocheilinus octotaenia) is also known as the Eightstripe Wrasse or Eightline Wrasse. They are similar looking...
Clear Cleaner Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 28, 2021 0 212he Clear Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) is also known as the Anton Bruni Cleaner Shrimp, the Red and White Cleaner...
Triplespot wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 26, 2021 0 110he Triplespot wrasse (Halichoeres trispilus) is also known as the White wrasse. They are rarely seen in Tanzania and we...
Top 10 Saltwater Aquarium Fishes Seaunseen Fish January 13, 2021 0 318The Most Recommended Fish for Saltwater Aquariums and Tips for Choosing Your Fish Marine fish are among the top 10...
Saber Squirrelfish – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 1, 2021 0 93he Saber squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) is also known as the Giant squirrelfish and Spiny squirrelfish. They are named after the...
Tricolor Parrotfish-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 11, 2020 0 830he Tricolour parrotfish (Scarus tricolor) is also known as the Three color parrotfish. Tricolor Parrotfish are relatively common in Tanzanian...
Feather Star Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 9, 2020 0 145he Feather Star Crab (Tiaramedon spinosum) is not commonly seen in Tanzanian waters and this is likely a function of...
Milky Ovulid -Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 6, 2020 0 35he Milky Ovulid (Procalpurnus lacteus) is also known as the Netted Milky Ovulid. Although they resemble cowries, they are not...
Bluemoon Parrotfish-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 2, 2020 0 108he Bluemoon parrotfish (Chlorurus atrilunula) is also known as the Black Crescent Parrotfish. They were described in 1984 by Randall...
Tomato Grouper – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 30, 2020 0 149he The Tomato Grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati) is also known as the Tomato Rockcod, the Tomato Hind, the Red Coral Grouper...
Celebes Flathead- Facts and Photographs Seaunseen AfricaCrocodilefishFactsFishFish IDMarine LifeOdd Shaped Bottom DwellersPlacesVertebrates November 29, 2020 0 47he Celebes flathead (Thysanophrys celebica) is also known as the Quarterspined Flathead , the Manado Flathead and the Sulawesi Flathead....
Rosy Spindle Cowrie -Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 28, 2020 0 56he Rosy Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) is also known by other local names as the Many Host Phenacovolva, the Double-snouted...
Longsnout Flathead- Facts and Photographs Seaunseen AfricaCrocodilefishFactsFishFish IDMarine LifeOdd Shaped Bottom DwellersPlacesVertebrates November 27, 2020 0 42he Longsnout flathead (Thysanophrys chiltonae) was first described by Schultz in 1966 and they are probably the most common of...
Giant Reef Corallimorph – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 26, 2020 0 52he Giant Reef Corallimorph (Paracorynactis hoplites) is neither an anemone or a coral but falls somewhere in-between. Essentially they are...
Red Sea Flathead- Facts and Photographs Seaunseen AfricaCrocodilefishFactsFishFish IDMarine LifeOdd Shaped Bottom DwellersPlacesVertebrates November 25, 2020 0 27he Red Sea Flathead (Thysanophrys springeri) was only described by Knapp in 2013. They were named after Victor G. Springer,...
Chestnut Eyelash-Blenny – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates November 24, 2020 0 407he Chestnut Eyelash Blenny (Cirripectes castaneus) is also known as the Chestnut Blenny. The species was described by Valenciennes in...
Forktail Rabbitfish-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 23, 2020 0 91he Forktail Rabbitfish (Siganus argenteus) is also known as the Streamlined Spinefoot and Schooling Rabbit-fish. They were originally described by...
Threadfin Anthias – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 16, 2020 0 169he Threadfin Anthias (Nemanthias carberryi) is also known as the Threadfin Goldie and Carberryi Anthias. They are not at all...
Spider Decorator Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 15, 2020 0 135he Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab, the Velcro Crab and the Tarantula...
Spotted Dwarf Goby – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 14, 2020 0 67he Spotted Dwarfgoby Eviota guttata is as its name suggests is a small fish. At the time of description they...
Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 13, 2020 0 115he Burrowing Fine Spine Sea Urchin (Echinostrephus molaris) is also known as the Boring Urchin. As can be seen in...
Pygmy Squid- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Crustaceans & Shellfish November 12, 2020 0 147ygmy squid are technically not squid although they closely resemble them. Instead they fall in the genus Idiosepius. Very little...
Crinoid Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 11, 2020 0 246inoid Shrimp are also known as Feather Star Shrimp. They live exclusively on Crinoids or Feather Stars. Crinoids or Feather...
