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.