Dives 1268-1276

Mandarinfish

Synchiropus splendidus - heading up to spawn.

Night, Kwato Island Dock, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 26, 2004

1271#0105

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4 Mandarinfish

Synchiropus splendidus - males competing for chance to spawn with a female.

Night, Kwato Island Dock, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 26, 2004

1271#0108

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Mandarinfish

Synchiropus splendidus - Spawning ascent.

Night, Kwato Island Dock, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 26, 2004

1271#0111

Larry L. Jackson

Unknown Sponge

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0001

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Batangas Halgerda

Halgerda batangas

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0003

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Unknown Sponge

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0006

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Unknown Sponge

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0007

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Winged Pipefish

Halicampus macrorhynchus - really blends with the substrate.

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0009

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Winged Pipefish

Halicampus macrorhynchus - detail of head.

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0011

Larry L. Jackson

Undescribed Flatworm

Thysanozoon species 1

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0014

Larry L. Jackson

Free-living Hard Corals

Heteropsammia cochlea - I gathered a few for the photo. There is a worm living in the base that moves this coral around on the substrate mostly at night.

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0016

Larry L. Jackson

Undescribed Doto

Doto species 19

Kwato Channel, MV Chertan, Papua New Guinea, September 27, 2004

1272#0017

Larry L. Jackson