As well as common bearded scorpionfish divers can find the eponymous Ambon Scorpionfish in various shades of pink, green, orange, yellow and red. Also look closely for other members of the scorpionfish family including spiny devilfish, genuine stonefish, zebra lionfish, ragged-finned lionfish and scorpion leaf fish, all in all a pretty dangerous family!
Crocodile fish can be found hiding in the sand at the edge of reefs. Several moray eel species are also resident, including snowflake, fimbriated and white eyed morays, the latter of which often come out of their holes to look at their reflection in photographers dome lenses.
Look in seafans and coral crevices for seahorse including pygmy seahorse. Also look for ornate ghost pipefish and the extremely rare halimeda ghost pipefish which is similar in shape to a robust ghost pipefish but the same green colour as Halimeda algae.
At dusk it is possible to see mandarin fish couples coming together in a mating dance a few inches above their coral shelters. Night dives have just as many wonderful sights to see. Spanish dancers can be found, as can stargazers peering up from the bottom. |
