Reef sharks. When diving I'd expect to see a white or black tip on the fin, I couldn't make out either with these. |
Ribbon Sweetlips |
Assorted fish. |
Sweetlips at Paotere Fish Market |
Trevally |
Mackerel(?) |
Grouper |
Marlin |
Parasites found on Marlin I saw these parasites in Makassar & in Bira. They had me puzzled for two years until Japanese marine biologist, Urara Kuratani explained.
"There are two different parasites in your photo. Long whip-looking thing is a parasitic copepod called "Pennella" please see attached image. They embed their head into the fish. Another organism is present on your photograph. Those are stalked barnacle called "Conchoderma virgatum". This barnacle are actually not parasitic. It is using "Pennella" as settlement site, but they are not fish parasite. They are filter feeders, hence catch minute plankton from the water column." |
Grouper at Bira |
Yellow stripe trevally |
Shark-ray, & Hammerhead Sharks etc. |
Bluelined Snapper, (Lutjanus kasmira) |
Striped Mackerel, (Rastrelliger Kanagurta) |
Snapper |
Talang Queenfish |
Snapper |
Barracuda |
The locals said these were Napoloeon fish. (For me the Napoloen fish is a Humphead Wrasse, much bigger, and these are parrot fish.) |
Grouper |
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"Maps of Indonesia" |