Huge manta rays, anchovy bait balls, clouds of schooling fish, colorful nudibranchs and flatworms, pigmy seahorses and countless reef fishes were omnipresent on our dives in Raja Ampat and Misool. A very special moment was the close encounter with a heavily pregnant reef manta ray with an impressive bulged belly and back. On one particular dive we were surrounded by anchovy bait balls which were constantly threatened by passing jack fishes. Many times we had clouds of schooling fish passing above us and darkening the ocean.
In the corals we found many different species of nudibranchs, a huge variety of marine flatworms and lots of pygmy sea horses and other critters.
Welcome to our diving safari to Raja Ampat over Christmas and New Year 2019/2020. We stayed 11 nights on the Amira Liveaboard and 6 nights in the Misool Eco Resort.
For animal identification please refer to the video subtitle or the species list below.
With best regards,
Sandra and Markus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List of species in order of appearance:
00:59 Bigeye trevally
01:14 Yellow-and-blueback fusilier
01:29 Blackfin barracuda
02:15 Blacktip reef shark
02:22 Oxeye scad
03:07 Two-spot snapper
03:22 Blue-streak fusilier
04:43 Bigeye snapper
05:46 Philippines chromis
05:55 Wide-band fusilier
06:28 Longfin spadefish
06:36 Humphead wrasse
06:45 Twinstripe fusilier
07:01 Vermiculated rabbitfish
07:09 Yellowmask surgeonfish
07:31 Grey reef shark
07:42 Bluefin trevally
07:47 Smalltooth emperor
09:18 Reef manta ray
13:26 Pygmy seahorse
13:49 Raja Ampat pygmy seahorse
14:19 Denise pygmy seahorse
14:28 Severns pygmy seahorse
14:46 Cleaner pipefish
14:57 Margovula margarita
15:06 Soft coral crab
15:14 Banded pipefish
15:28 Pipefish
15:39 Anchovy
19:11 Bludger trevally
20:32 Jorunna funebris
20:39 Goniobranchus kuniei
20:45 Goniobranchus leopardus
20:50 Doriprismatica atromarginata
20:54 Golden mantis shrimp
20:59 Hypselodoris bullockii
21:11 Peacock mantis shrimp
21:17 Ceratosoma tenue
21:24 Halgerda batangas
21:31 Orang-utan crab
21:38 Glossodoris cincta
21:45 Holthuis anemone shrimp
21:52 Halgerda okinawa
21:59 Goniobranchus sp.
22:07 Hexabranchus sanguineus
22:22 Jorunna rubescens
22:29 Goniobranchus reticulatus
22:36 Nembrotha sp.
22:49 Crinoid clingfish
22:57 Nembrotha chamberlaini
23:04 Nembrotha cristata
23:12 Tambja morosa
23:19 Ornate ghost pipefish
24:50 Sea turtle
25:14 Tasselled wobbegong
25:33 Masked rabbitfish
25:40 Three-spot angelfish
25:45 Moorish Idol
25:48 Blue girdled angelfish
25:51 Titan triggerfish
25:54 Sixbar angelfisch
25:58 Highfin coral grouper
26:03 Spinecheek anemonefish
26:09 Pink anemonefish
26:32 Green chromis
26:36 Chevroned butterflyfish
26:41 Indian dascyllus
27:05 Lisa's mantis
27:11 Ribbon eel
27:17 Pteraeolidia semperi
27:23 Caloria indica
27:27 Pseudoceros laingensis
27:32 Pseudoceros lindae
27:37 Banded coral shrimp
27:41 Flabellina riwo
27:47 Pseudobiceros fulgor
27:56 Giant frogfish
28:05 Leaf scorpionfish
28:18 Godiva sp.
28:28 Flabellina rubrolineata
28:36 Cuthona sp.
28:41 Unidentia sandramillenae
28:47 Pseudobiceros gloriosus
28:58 Warty frogfish
29:09 Maiazoon orsaki
29:17 Philinopsis gardineri
29:25 Cycloporus venetus
29:37 Bubble coral shrimp
29:42 Chromodoris lochi
29:47 Painted frogfish
29:54 Tasseled scorpionfish
29:59 Nembrotha milleri
30:04 Hypselodoris maculosa
30:08 Chromodoris strigata
30:13 Cuthona sp.
30:18 Chromodoris willani
30:23 Pseudobiceros sp.
30:29 Robust ghost pipefish
30:45 Rounded sea star shrimp
30:56 Thread fin anthias
31:03 Panda butterflyfish
31:11 False clown anoemoe fish
31:14 Threespot dascyllus
31:19 Blackspotted puffer
31:29 Yellow boxfish
31:37 Golden sweeper
31:42 Dark knee hermit crab
31:47 Longnose hawkfish
31:52 Coral grouper
32:07 Clark's anemonefish
32:12 Comet
32:16 Bluestriped fangblenny
32:21 Humpback grouper
32:44 Fire dartfish
32:53 Electric flame scallop
32:57 Spinecheek anemonefish
33:04 Bluestreak goby
33:21 Fimbriated moray
33:29 Starry dragonet
33:38 Giant moray
33:45 Bluespotted grouper
33:49 Painted rock lobster
33:57 Starry puffer
34:06 Spotted boxfish
34:11 Trumpetfish
34:16 Smooth Cornetfish
34:20 Pacific blue tang surgeonfish
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
🎵 Music used in this video
Forest by Vlad Gluschenko / vgl9
• Forest - Vlad Gluschen...
Obsessed by Markvard / markvard
• Markvard - Obsessed (V...
Undertow by Scott Buckley / scottbuckley
• Undertow - Scott Buckl...
Childhood by Scott Buckley / scottbuckley
• Childhood - Scott Buck...
Happy by Markvard / markvard
• Markvard - Happy (Vlog...
Moments by Ikson / ikson
• Ikson - Moments (Vlog ...
Ocean by THBD / thbdsultan
• Video
Colourful Dreams by Hooksounds www.hooksounds...
Commercial Track
Ocean by D!avolo / diavolomusic
• D!avolo - Ocean
27 авг 2024