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Cuttlefish using its arms as lures Alan Sutton CephalopodsFactsMarine LifePopularPopular Marine Life Posts July 15, 2020 149
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Milky Ovulid -Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 6, 2020 0 53he 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 227he 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 324he 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 79he 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 111he 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 68he 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 139he 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 66he 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 690he 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 167he 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 337he 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 300he 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 110he 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 267he 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 271ygmy 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 566inoid Shrimp are also known as Feather Star Shrimp. They live exclusively on Crinoids or Feather Stars. Crinoids or Feather...
African Wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 10, 2020 0 196he African wrasse (Coris cuvieri) is also known as the African Coris and False Clown wrasse. They are not a...
Spotted Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 9, 2020 0 768he Spotted Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus) is also known as the Seven-eleven crab, the Dark-finger coral crab, and the Large...
Filefish Teeth Anchoring at night Alan Sutton Marine Life November 8, 2020 0 59ome species of Filefish teeth anchorage are known to wedge themselves into corals at night and it is theorized that...
Birdbeak Burrfish – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 7, 2020 0 404he Birdbeak Burrfish Cyclichthys orbicularis is also known as the Orbicular Burrfish. Burrfish differ from the Porcupine fish in that...
Sea Urchin Cardinalfish-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 5, 2020 0 166he Sea Urchin Cardinalfish ( Siphamia mossambica) is not an easy fish to spot as they spend most of their...
Spot Tail Dartfish-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts October 20, 2020 0he Spot Tail Dartfish, Ptereleotris heteroptera, is also known as the Blacktail Dartfish, Indigo Dartfish and Blacktail Goby. They are...
Whitemargin Moray Eel-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts October 15, 2020 0 105he Whitemargin moray eel (Gymnothorax phasmatodes) is also known as the Ghost Moray Eel, they are similar in looks to...
Indian Mimic Goatfish- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts October 15, 2020 0 64he Indian mimic goatfish (Mulloidychtys ayliffe) is also known as the Blue striped goatfish. They are not common in Tanzanian...
Enigmatic Moray Eel-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 28, 2020 0 107he Enigmatic moray eel (Gymnothorax enigmaticus) is also known as the Banded Moray Eel. They are not common in Tanzanian...
Ridged Swimming Crab – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 7, 2020 0 340he Ridged swimming crab (Charybdis natator) is also known as the wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab. Because of the...
Three-Ribbon Wrasse- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 6, 2020 0 254he Three-ribbon wrasse (Stethojulis strigiventer) is also known as the Silverstreak wrasse, Silverbelly wrasse, Lined rainbowfish and Silver-streaked rainbowfish. They...
