My guidebook to Red Sea fishes says of the Little Dragonfish: ‘Rarely seen, but probably more common than thought’ I tend to agree; it took two of us almost an entire dive to find these two fish, it was worth it though, to see one of the oddest looking fishes I’ve ever [...]
I recently shared some images of butterflyfish from the Indo Pacific and Red Sea regions, touching in brief on Chaetodon semilarvatus, the Masked Butterfly. Given that’s it is such a wonderful fish and such an impressive species when photographed, I thought I’d share some of my [...]
In my last post I shared some images of superficially similar Chaetodon species from the Red Sea and Indo Pacific region. Here are three more similar fish from the same part of the world. My first species is the Head-band butterfly, C. collare. I first came across this species whilst [...]
Time after time I’ve been out on a reef photographing something – a coral head full of anthias perhaps – when part of the reef gets fed up with me and scuttles away, well, that’s what it feels like anyway, for the spilt second before I realize that the bit of coralline [...]
Out on the reef, yellow is a very prominent color, especially in full tropical sun. Yellow fish, especially members of the Chaetodontids, make great photography subjects. Here are several Indo Pacific species I’ve recorded over the years; note just how superficially similar they can [...]
MACNA is here and since my mind will be occupied with the show’s coverage for the next couple of weeks, I felt obligated to close the Reefapalooza chapter with the last of the coral episodes, so here it is: Corals, part III Featured in this part: Gingerbread Tropical Fish [...]
I’ve often shared images of shipwrecks and mentioned how interesting they are as artificial reefs. Well, here are some images of an amazing wreck that really prove my point. This old tub, once known as the Stellar Maru, lies off the west coast of Mauritius. She was sunk on [...]
I’ve long wanted to swim with a Whale Shark, but sadly, they keep eluding me. To cope, I’m reminiscing about my encounters with the second biggest fish in the sea, the Basking Shark. Every year, just as summer starts, the UK newspaper industry starts churning out scare [...]