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Nick Hope

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Moray Eels from Lembeh and Burma

27 April 2013 - 08:35 AM

Can anyone help me identify these 7 morays? The first 3 are from the Lembeh Strait. The last 4 are from the Mergui Archipelago in Burma, Indian Ocean.

Clearly it doesn't help that you can't see the full body. Sorry about that.

I guess a number of these (except the last) could be the palechin moray, Gymnothorax herrei, but I'm not sure.

Watching the video at 720p HD might help. All guesses appreciated!

last 3 in next post...

Red Anthozoan in Lembeh

23 April 2013 - 08:06 AM

Filmed at Aer Perang in the Lembeh Strait.

The shrimps are "graceful commensal shrimps", Ancylomenes venustus, but what is/are the coral/anemones that they are on?

The red polyps look like they might be a species of Goniophora, but they have a less regular pattern than other examples I've seen. Also the white tentacles such as the bulb-like tentacle in the lower left of the 3rd clip at 0:26 looks more like something like Entacmaea quadricolor. I'm wondering if there might even be 2 species here mixed???

Tropical Pacific Reef Creature Identification by Humann & DeLoach is no more specifc than "Ancylomenes venustus associates with stony corals and anemones".

White-V Octopus? (Lembeh Strait)

21 April 2013 - 03:00 AM

Recorded in the Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Is this a "white-V octopus", Abdopus sp., or another species? Unfortunately I didn't get any video of the end of the mantle where the white marking would be.

Also, is the white-V octopus generally accepted to be in the Abdopus genus (as opposed to Octopus genus etc.)?

Full screen, 720p HD may help!

Lembeh Cuttlefish

20 April 2013 - 10:36 AM

We've kind of been here before, but anyway...

I identified this cuttlefish from the Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, as Sepia bandensis (dwarf cuttlefish), but now I'm wondering if it's more likely a small Sepia latimanus (broadclub cuttlefish), or even something else. Any idea? Sorry, I'm not sure of the size, but the dead staghorn coral it's in puts it at perhaps 8-10cm. It kind of "blushes" red.

Video clips here.

Rough Ghost Pipefish or Thin Ghost Pipefish? (Lembeh)

19 April 2013 - 10:32 AM

Ghost pipefish from the Nudi Falls in the Lembeh Strait.

In the older "Tropical Pacific Reef Fish ID" book, this is down as a "thin ghost pipefish", Solenostomus sp., possibly a variation of the robust ghost pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterus, but with long tail base.

Does anyone know if there is later info about this? Is this still presented in the same way in Allen and Erdmann's later "Reef Fishes of the East Indies" (which I don't have yet) or has been either rolled into Solenostomus cyanopterus or given a new species name?