~ Gallery II ~

butterflyfish
butterflyfish
sea spider
sea spider
long-horned cowfish
long-horned cowfish*

$4A
one of the real characters of the reef: the mantis shrimp*

pair of Porcelain crabs [142K]
anemone hosts a pair of porcelain crabs

#6A
one of the smartest animals on the reef: the cuttlefish*

#7A
straight and narrow: the trumpetfish*

#8A
my buddy Erick encounters some anemonefish*

#9A
A tiny "squat lobster" peeks out of his home in the reef

#10A
a small spider crab on coral
tubastrea coral polyps (#88A)
flower-like
tubastrea coral polyps*
finger coral with "squat lobster" [142K]
finger coral with crab

#13A
a type of angler fish known as a "frog fish"

#14A
Filipino fish collector in action*

#15A
a hawkfish perched on coral

reef scene #10 [118K]
reef scene #10
reef scene-- typical of Mainit Point (Southernmost Luzon, P.I.)
reef scene #11
reef scene-- divers cruise Philippine reef
reef scene #12
tubercular night anemone [81K]
tuberculate night anemone
arc-eye hawkfish [69K]
arc-eye hawkfish
anemone shrimp, P. brevicarpalis [108K]
anemone shrimp*
macro reef scene #1 thumbnail [added 19 nov 00]
macro reef scene #1
macro reef scene #2 [added 20 jan '01]
macro reef scene #2
macro reef scene #3 [131k]
macro reef scene #3
mimic filefish [added 5 feb '01]
mimic filefish
reef scene #16 [112k]
reef scene #16
goby [75K]
goby
.....How fortunate we are to live in this new age, in which SCUBA diving enables us to experience the incredible diversity and wonder of the world's oceans!....visit frequently for additional gallery images and reef creature descriptions................

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