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A Pair of Young Harlequin Shrimps - © Bernard Loke
We found these two harlequin shrimps while diving at the Laras Casse House Reef in Manado. They were so active moving around that the dive guide spent several minutes arranging them side by side for the camera.
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Halimeda Ghost Pipefish - © Bernard Loke
Look properly and see whether you can spot it’s eyes.
I came across this unique species of ghost pipefish on 3 dives throughout my entire trip to Manado.
At first, I was pretty clueless the when the dive guide pointed this leaf to me. It was right beside the green Halimeda algae and I thought to myself,
Why are you pointing a leaf to me?
Then, he moved one particular leaf away from the rest and only then did I know it was a fish. It was about 5cm in length and the head pointing downwards. I didn’t know it was called a Halimeda Ghose Pipefish until we did our creature identification after the dive.
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Hippocampus Severnsi - © Bernard Loke
Say hello to my new tiny little friend, Hippocampus Severnsi, or commonly called Severn’s Pygmy Seahorse.
I first met him while diving at 16m depth in Tanjung Mandolang in Manado.
It was hiding at one of the sea fans and my dive guide was pointing it to me with his fingers but I can’t see it. So I went nearer and nearer and I thought, where the heck is this little pygmy?
And there it was, less than 1cm in size.
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