Dives 1043-1047

Longfin Spadefish juvenile

Platax teira

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0011

Larry L. Jackson

Bandtail Scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis neglecta

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0014

Larry L. Jackson

Schooling Bannerfish

Heniochus diphreutes

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0017

Larry L. Jackson

Fingered Dragonet male

Dactylopus dactylopus

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0023

Larry L. Jackson

Scrawled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus - circumtropical species.

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0026

Larry L. Jackson

Coconut Octopus

Amphioctopus marginatus

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0029

Larry L. Jackson

Coconut Octopus

Amphioctopus marginatus - using shells for protection.

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0035

Larry L. Jackson

Onyx Cowrie

Cypraea onyx

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0039

Larry L. Jackson

Onyx Cowrie

Cypraea onyx

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0040

Larry L. Jackson

Barred Shrimpgobies

Cryptocentrus fasciatus - this pair of mostly black gobies in black sand, a challenging exposure.

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0043

Larry L. Jackson

Barred Shrimpgoby

Cryptocentrus fasciatus

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1244#0047

Larry L. Jackson

Black-finned Snake Eel variation

Ophichthus altipennis - best guess due to nostrils, shape of mouth, two skin flaps upper jaw.  The white markings could be scars from a predator.

Hairball, Lembeh Strait, Ocean Rover, Indonesia, August 11, 2004

1245#0048

Larry L. Jackson