2015-12 Solomon Islands Dives 2178-2210

Midnight Angelfish

Centropyge nox - besides being skittish these fish are almost impossible to get the camera to focus on for a photo.

Caves, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2187#7575

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Acropora desalwii

A worrisome colony that may have expelled zooxanthellae.  Hopefully not an early sign of big bleaching episode.

Caves, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2187#7577

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Acropora cerealis & Porites lichen

Caves, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2187#7580

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Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa - with a fairly common color pattern.

Caves, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2187#7581

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Foxface Rabbitfish

Siganus vulpinus - pair.

Caves, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2187#7582

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Chironephthya specie

In full feeding mode.

Canyons, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2188#7585

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Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ulietensis - possibly feeding on the Sea Star tube feet.

Canyons, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2188#7589

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Yellow-mask Angelfish

Pomacanthus xanthometopon

Canyons, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2188#7590

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Anna's Chromodoris

Chromodoris annae

Canyons, Mbulo Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 4, 2015

2188#7598

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Artillery Piece

A difficult shot with my macro lens. Field artillery gun on the front of a small, sunken Japanese freight ship.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7600

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Longnose Hawkfish

Oxycirrhites typus - with a shrimp.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7602

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Two-tone Pygmy Squid

Idiosepius pygmaeus - with captured Translucent Gorgonia Shrimp.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7604

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Ornate Ghost Pipefish, male

Solenostomus paradoxus

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7614

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Clown Triggerfish

Ballistoides conspicillum - juvenile.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7617

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Anchors

Encrusted with 60 years of growth.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7622

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Netfin Grouper

Epinephelus miliaris - hunting Cardinalfish.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7623

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Threadfin Butterflyfish & Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses

Chaetodon auriga & Labroides dimidiatus - the Butterflyfish is being cleaned.

Maru 2, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2189#7624

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Lace Coral

Distichopora specie - nice name for a stinging coral.

Wickham Island, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2190#7626

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Flatworm

Thysanozoon specie - Debbie spotted this nice Flatworm.

Wickham Island, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2190#7629

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Anne's Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis annae - very small.

Wickham Island, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, December 5, 2015

2190#7631

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