Palau Diving May 10 2014

Leopard coralgrouper (Plectropmus leopardus) with sweeper fish on Sand Bar Reef.

Leaf fish (Taenianotus triacanthus) on Sand Bar Reef.

Large friendly Napoleon Wrasse on Blue Holes and Blue Corner followed the group most of the dive.

Napoleon Wrasse or Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Four inches off the camera dome port!

He loved gazing at his refection on the dome port.

Brick soldierfish (Myripristi amanea)

Giant Moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus)

Black-spotted pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus) hiding under a table coral.

Goggle-eye (Priacanthus hamrur)

Yellowmask angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthomeopon)

Ulong Channel

Giant Clam (Tridacna gigus) in Ulong Channel.

Siphon on giant clam.

Family of  Orangefin anemonefish (A. chrysopterus) the tiny juvenile is off to the right.

Schooling Bigeye scad on the Blue Corner.

Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) Ulong Channel.

Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) on Sam's Wall.

Juvenile Harlequin sweetlips

Macro photos  Splendid Mandarinfish.

 

Blue-lined snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) Ulong Channel.

Night Dive Piti Channel Guam

                                           CockerelWrasse (Peterogogus enneacanthus)

                                           Slate sea urchin

                                           Many Spotted Pipe Fish (Corythoichthys polynotatus)

                                          Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix)

                                          Spotfin Lionfish (pterois antennata)

                                        

                                          Stonefish or Flasher scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis machrochir)

Blue Hole Dive on Guam

Lin and Wasana dropping down into the Blue Hole.

 

 

At 135 feet depth near the exit opening Wasana was narked and almost forgot to turn right. 

 

Lionfish (Pterois volitans) 

 

 

 Spotfin lionfish (Pterios antennata)

 

 

 

                                                 Bottom  view of a pin cushion star fish.

Juvenile Clark's anemone fish (Amphiprion clarkii)