Bubbly 2007 to all

Trip report:
http://www.isd.net/r...2006/Fakfak.htm
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 10:21 AM
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Posted 02 January 2007 - 03:39 AM
I was also in Raja with Justin in late December . We were fortunate enough to have an Epaulette Shark or two residents on the house reef (about 50 feet from the sand). We are helping a fellow named Andy Minders set up an eco resort and conservation center in southern Raja Ampat on an small island called Batbitim (www.indoeco.com). The diving is flat out phenominal and the amount of potential dives sites within 0 to 30 minutes beyond comprehension.
Anyway, i captured a little HD footage of our friendly walking shark. Take a peak and enjoy...this fellow was doing the walking thing perfectly:)
Click below for movie:
http://www.bluespher...uletteShark.mov
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:02 PM
What makes this a new species, if you take a look at the colouration it is very different from all other known epaulette sharks in any book you�€™ll find. If you take a look at the one I�€™ve posted (not my photo, it�€™s a friend who joined me Erwin Kodiat�€™s image) you�€™ll also notice that this is also a bit different in colouration and has different markings from any other species that you will find in books �€“ why �€“ this is more than likely another unknown species of epaulette shark.
Just like the Darwin finches, these walking sharks are limited in there distribution, they produce eggs which stay on reefs till they hatch into young. The young sharks do not swim off; they stay on the same reef or very close by. What this means is that each un-explored region -- those of which have yet to be fully surveyed by fish experts -- may very well have a new species of epaulette shark living on the reefs. The one shown here is a photo taken from Halmahera on a site where we found about 3 or 4 of them.
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