Flamboyant Cuttlefish in Slow Motion Metasepia pfefferi
Flamboyant Cuttlefish are one of the most wonderful creatures we get in Lembeh. They are small (of course) but have the ability to flash bright colours when excited. They are also amazing to watch...
View ArticlePygmy Seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti
Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorses are one of the critters that helped put Lembeh on the map. Lembeh was one of the first locations where you could be guaranteed to see them and they have rightly become one...
View Article‘Dumbo’ Snail Strange Locomotion
Something strange caught my eye on a dive the other day. I was swimming along, looking for the usual Lembeh suspects when, in the corner of my vision, I saw a small white shape moving erratically...
View ArticleOctopod? Copepod?
Ever since I first saw one of these, in the Caribbean, 15 years ago, i have wanted to see one closely. They look like fish scales and you see them in the water column. They are tiny, about 5mm long....
View ArticleIdiomysis Very small critter
Even though Lembeh is all about small things, some things are smaller than others. And they don’t come much smaller (or harder to film) than Idiomysis. These are a tiny little crustacean that seem...
View ArticleWhite Spearing Mantis Lysiosquillidae
Another week and another Lembeh surprise. I found a White Spearing Mantis! We get quite a lot of mantis shrimp in Lembeh, both the smashing mantis and the spearing mantis. Smashing Mantis have round...
View ArticleShrimp and Shrimp Goby Amblyeleotris sp & Alpheus sp
The relationship between these ‘Shrimp Goby’ and their ‘Shrimp’ reminds me of the expression ‘which came first, the chicken or the egg?’ The Goby has pretty good eyesight and lives on sand. The...
View ArticleCarry Crab with Nudibranch Ethusa sp & Glossodoris hikuerensis
I’ve seen many strange things, weird behaviour and odd critters while in Lembeh, but this is one of the most bizarre sights I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing… Now I’ve seen Carry Crabs carrying...
View ArticleCoconut Octopus giving birth Amphioctopus marginatus
This week we went to a dive site I had never been to before, in the south of Lembeh, on the mainland. It was very mucky but, as seems to be the case when going somewhere for the first time, very...
View ArticleFlashlight Fish Photoblepharon palpebratum
As the end gets closer, Lembeh is still astounding me. This week I did one of the most incredibly dives of my life. The weather has been really calm so I thought it would be nice to go and do a dive...
View ArticleBryozoan Snapping Shrimp
It’s always exciting to find a critter underwater that you haven’t seen before, and even more exciting when it’s “undescribed”. Ambon (Indonesia) has some fantastic critter diving and I had heard...
View ArticleSoft Coral Pipefish Siokunichthys breviceps
Another video, another new critter for me. These are tiny, about 4 to 5cm long and very very slim. I had seen some photos that our guests had taken and so was very excited to go and film one,...
View ArticleLots of Mushroom Coral Pipefish Siokunichthys nigrolineatus
Mushroom Coral Pipefish are one of my favourite critters. As their name suggests they make their home in the polyps of Mushroom Coral. They are pretty rare and usually you find one or occasionally...
View ArticleTiger Egg Cowrie Cuspivolva tigris
My favourite cowrie is the wonderful Tiger Egg Cowrie. It’s taken me 4 years in Indonesian to finally find one. Another great find in Ambon. Like all the Cowries, the amazing patterns and colours...
View ArticleFlamboyant Cuttlefish – Amazing Feeding Metasepia pfefferi
Flamboyant Cuttlefish are one of the stars on the underwater world. Beautiful creatures to watch, as they display wonderful shifting colours. They are also relatively unconcerned by divers, allowing...
View ArticleRhinopias Rhinopias eschmeyeri & frondosa
Rhinopias, a member of the Scorpionfish family, are perhaps the ultimate underwater critter. Famed for their striking colours and body shape, their rarity adds to their legend. A firm favourite of...
View ArticleThe Psychedelic Frogfish Histiophryne psychedelica
The Psychedelic Frogfish – Histiophryne psychedelica – is the Holy Grail of critters. Only discovered and photographed in 2008, it has only been found in Ambon, making it one of the most unique...
View ArticleTransparent Larval-Stage Moray Eel
Last week I was astoundingly lucky to see my second transparent larval-stage Moray Eel. I never ever thought I would see another one. To see one is unbelievable….to see another is unheard of. The...
View ArticleParasitic Copepod Copepoda
Parasitic Copepods are one of those weird, disturbing but fascinating critters that I love. And they are a critter that photography just does not to justice to. To really appreciate just how weird...
View ArticleUnusual Batwing Slug Siphopteron cf. quadrispinosum
It’s always nice to see something for the first time, as I’ve sure I’ve said many times before!. This is a short video of a yet undescribed type of Batwing Slug, Siphopteron cf. quadrispinosum....
View Article
