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Cuttlefish using its arms as lures Alan Sutton CephalopodsFactsMarine LifePopularPopular Marine Life Posts July 15, 2020 147
Cow Fish AfricaBoxfishesFactsFishFish IDMarine LifeOdd Shaped SwimmersPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken while Scuba DivingPlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsPopular Photography PostsVertebrates March 20, 2015 98
Trip to Latham Island ChroniclesLoftier ReadsPhotographyPopularPopular ChroniclesStoriesTravelling June 1, 2022 135
Free-Immersion Freefall: A Poem AfricaChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPoetryPopularPopular ChroniclesPopular Freediving PostsQuick ReadsStories September 14, 2015 675
Freedive Freefall in Blue Hole AfricaChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPopularPopular Freediving PostsPopular Photography PostsQuick ReadsStoriesUnderwater Sites September 5, 2015 155
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Day Octopus – Facts Photographs and Video CephalopodsFactsInvertebratesMarine LifeMarine Life Footage August 20, 2017 1303
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Free-Immersion Freefall: A Poem Renee Blundon AfricaChroniclesFreedivingFreediving StoriesPhoto of the DayPhotographyPhotos Taken on Breath-HoldPlacesPoetryPopularPopular ChroniclesPopular Freediving PostsQuick ReadsStories September 14, 2015 675
Crinoid Squat Lobster-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 25, 2023 0 6he Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) is also known as the Feather Star Squat lobster or the Elegant Squat Lobster....
Painted Sweetlips – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 17, 2023 0 6he Painted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus pica) is also known as the Magpie sweetlips, Black And White Sweetlips and Dotted Sweetlips. They...
Floating Blenny-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates November 17, 2023 0 4he Floating blenny (Aspidontus dussumieri) is also known as the Lance blenny and as Dussumier’s blenny. They were first described...
Floral Blenny-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates July 4, 2023 0 30he Floral blenny (Petroscirtes mitratus) is also known as the Floral Fangblenny,the Crested Sabretooth blenny and the Helmeted blenny. They...
Bloody Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 25, 2022 0 135he Bloody Hermit Crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) is one of the more colorful smaller hermit crabs in Tanzania. They were first...
Interesting fish behavior – A new mimic ? Alan Sutton Marine Life September 10, 2022 0 76ne day back in September 2020, I was doing a dive on Big T Wall , off Dar es Salaam...
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...
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...
Midas Blenny – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates July 3, 2020 0 605he Midas blenny (Ecsenius midas) is also known as the Golden Blenny, the Lyretail blenny and the Persian blenny. They...
Bobtail Squid- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Marine Life February 15, 2020 0 629obtail squid are also known as Dumpling Squid. They are exceptionally cute looking little cephalopods and are fascinating to watch. ...
Goniobranchus albopunctatus – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 14, 2020 0 116oniobranchus albopunctatus is a colourful looking species of sea slug . They are dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. They were...
Trapania naeva – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 1, 2020 0 94rapania naeva is an attractive looking species of sea slug . They are dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. They were first...
Taringa caudata – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 13, 2019 0 66aringa caudata is a species of colorful sea slug that is fairly rare in Tanzania but is common in certain locations....
Janolus savinkini – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 28, 2019 0 212he Janolus savinkini is a species of colorful sea slug that is also known by its common name of the Purple-tipped...
Unicorn Shrimp- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 10, 2019 0 854he Unicorn Shrimp (Genus Plesionika) are also known as the Narwhal Shrimp. They obtain their name from the proportionally very...
Unusual Moray Eel Alan Sutton Facts August 20, 2019 0 705hile diving on Octopus Reef off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I noticed a strange looking Unusual Moray Eel with its...
Reticulated Hinge Beak Shrimp- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 1, 2019 0 116he Reticulated Hinge-beak Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus reticulatus) is also known as the Green-eye Dancing Shrimp. They are fairly rare in Tanzanian...
Glossodoris pallida – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts May 25, 2019 0 69he Glossodoris pallida is a species of colorful sea slug that is also known by its common name of the Pallid...
Mozambique Ghost Goby – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts May 8, 2019 0 353he Mozambique Ghost Goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) is also known as the Common Ghost Goby, the Toothy Goby and the Many-host...
Halloween Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 10, 2019 0 903he Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus) is also known as the Cone Shell Hermit Crab, the Striped Hermit Crab and...
Goniobranchus gleniei – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 14, 2019 0 218oniobranchus gleniei is not very common in the waters around Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They were initially described in Sri...
Nembrotha lineolata – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 1, 2019 0 225he Nembrotha lineolata is also known as the Lined Nembrotha. They are not common on the Tanzanian mainland coast where...
Nembrotha kubaryana – Nudibranch Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 2, 2018 0 1767he Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the Variable Neon Nudibranch or the Dusky Nembrotha, is not that common in the...
Blackflap Blenny – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates December 2, 2018 0 176he Blackflap Blenny (Cirripectes auritus) also known as the Eared Blenny and the Black-eared Eyelash Blenny. They are combtooth blennies...
Interesting fish behaviour – Small fish pretending to be big fish Alan Sutton AfricaArticlesFactsFishFish IDGoatfishMarine LifeOdd Shaped SwimmersPlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsVertebrates July 5, 2018 0 2386hile swimming across the reef looking for Zanzibar Butterflyfish (Chaetodon zanzibarensis) to photograph ( they are yellow), in the distance...
Mozambique Blenny – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates June 1, 2018 0 451he Mozambique Blenny (Meiacanthus mossambicus) is also known as the Harptail Blenny. Blennies in the Meiacanthus Genus have grooved canine teeth...
False Cleanerfish – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton AfricaBlenniesElongate Sand and Burrow DwellersFactsFishFish IDMarine LifePlacesPopularPopular Marine Life PostsSnorkelingVertebrates May 13, 2018 0 2047he False Cleanerfish (Aspidontus tractus) mimics the Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)pictured below across each stage of its life....
