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| Black-spotted Pufferfish, Arothron nigropunctatus |
Finally we had a sunny day with a sunset. We did morning
dives at Potato Reef and Bandos Housereef and an afternoon dive at Gowagathi
Thila. Nothing spectacular seen, but enjoyable dives. On land I photographed an
interesting bird, a female Asian Koel or Cuckoo bird, Eudynamys scolopaceus.
Potato Reef:
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| Acropora coral |
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| Bandos |
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| Bandos |
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| Blackside Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri |
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| Clark's Anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii |
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| Featherstar |
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| Maldive Anemonefish, Amphiprion nigripes |
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| Midnight Snapper, Macolor macularis |
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| Noble Featherstar, Comanthina nobilis |
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| Orange Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis & Coral Reef |
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| Orange Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis & Coral Reef |
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| Orange Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis & Coral Reef |
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| Orange Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Featherstar & Sea fan |
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| Orange-fin Emperor, Lethrinus erythracanthus |
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| Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus |
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| Parrotfish, Scarus species |
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| Pin-cushion Sea Star, Culcita schmideliana |
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| Sergeant Majors, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Orange Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis & Coral Reef scene |
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| Sixspot Rock Code, Cephalopholis sexmaculata |
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| Slender Sweeper, Parapriacanthus ransonneti |
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| Sponge |
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| Sponge on coral |
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| Tubeworm |
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| Vermilion Rock Cod, Cephalopholis miniata |
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| Whitetip Soldierfish, Myripristis vittata |
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| Soft coral |
Bandos Housereef:
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| Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus |
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| Blue-green Chromis, Chromis viridis & Humbug Dascyllus, Dascyllus aruanus |
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| Bluestripe Snappers, Lutjanus kasmira |
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| Circular Batfish, Platax orbicularis |
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| Humbug Dascyllus, Dascyllus aruanus on Acropora coral |
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| Indian Dascyllus, Dascyllus carneus on Acropora coral |
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| Masked Bannerfish, Heniochus monoceros |
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| Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus |
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| Painted Rock Lobster, Panurilus versicolor |
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| Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes |
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| Sixspot Rock Code, Cephalopholis sexmaculata |
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| Sixspot Rock Code, Cephalopholis sexmaculata |
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| Titan Triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens |
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| Vlaming's Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii |
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| Yellowtail Anthias, pseudanthias evansi |
Gowagathi Thila:
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| Featherstar on Sea fan |
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| Imperial Angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator |
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| Maldive Anemonefish, Amphiprion nigripes & Magnificent Sea Anemone, Heteractis magnifica |
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| Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus & Gold-striped Emperors, Gnathodentex aureolineatus |
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| Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus & Gold-striped Emperors, Gnathodentex aureolineatus |
On Bandos:
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| Asian Koel, Eudynamys scolopaceus |
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| Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor |
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| Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor |
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| view from the Sunset bar |
OK Colin, you've had enough fun now. Come back home to enjoy the grey skies and cold with the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteBWs, Neil
Haha! Sadly my last 2 dives will be tomorrow morning :(
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