CategoriesFish Maldives Amphiprion nigripes – Exclusively magnificent! Posted onNovember 17, 2024November 17, 2024 The Maldivian clown fish, in Dhivehi Maagandu mas, taught me the American way of symbiosis, and a fascinating fact about … Continue ReadingAmphiprion nigripes – Exclusively magnificent!
CategoriesFish Maldives Gymnothorax flavimarginatus – Dinoflagellates, this time it’s ugly! Posted onJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024 The yellow margin moray eel is a rather common species in the Maldives. The front of this fish is speckled … Continue ReadingGymnothorax flavimarginatus – Dinoflagellates, this time it’s ugly!
CategoriesFish Maldives Plectorhinchus gibbosus – Harry hotlips talks! Posted onMay 12, 2024May 25, 2024 Sometimes things take time. It took me a while to identify this fish, and even longer to write about it. … Continue ReadingPlectorhinchus gibbosus – Harry hotlips talks!
CategoriesFish Maldives Galeocerdo curvier – I of the tiger Posted onMarch 26, 2024March 26, 2024 This is already the third tiger on picmybug! Following the cute, purring tiger tail seahorse, and the colorful tiger beetle, … Continue ReadingGaleocerdo curvier – I of the tiger
CategoriesFish Maldives Cheilinus undulatus – A Napoleon you cannot poison! Posted onAugust 4, 2023August 4, 2023 To make it very clear, this post is about a fish, and not about the French leader. Also I neither … Continue ReadingCheilinus undulatus – A Napoleon you cannot poison!
CategoriesFish Maldives Rhincodon typus – The world’s largest aquarium fish Posted onOctober 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Three holy grails of diving in a row: First the Mola mola, then the Manta, and now the Whale shark, … Continue ReadingRhincodon typus – The world’s largest aquarium fish
CategoriesFish Indonesia Mola mola – 300 million tiny suns! Posted onSeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022 It’s the first time that I’m writing about an animal of which I have no photo yet. I haven’t had … Continue ReadingMola mola – 300 million tiny suns!
CategoriesFish Indonesia Mobula alfredi – Mirror test buddies! Posted onJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Mantas look a bit like flying carpets, and in fact “manta” is Spanish for blanket. They are one of the … Continue ReadingMobula alfredi – Mirror test buddies!
CategoriesFish Singapore Hippocampus comes – They purr and growl! Posted onNovember 2, 2021September 24, 2022 Seahorses are very special fishes, and so exiting findings during a dive. The divers signal alone is fun, because it … Continue ReadingHippocampus comes – They purr and growl!