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A good vis day at my local watering hole. I pulled my inflatable to the edge of the kelp and could see down about 45 feet. A school of Barracuda hovered nearby the entire dive. 02:17

White Point
United States of America

Aer Perang lies on the Sulawesi bank of the Lembeh Strait. The name means "war water" originated because just after WWI a passing warship blasted a hole in the rocks to get at the fresh water. The video stars the weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa), for many the 'holy grail' of underwater critters.

 The video opens with Banggai cardinalfish which originate from Indonesia's Banggai island. Legend has it that a bag of these fish intended for an aquarium was accidentally dropped into the Lembeh Strait, whereupon the fish flourished. They now compete with anemonefish for shelter amongst the strait's anemones. The video also features nudibranchs, a demon stinger, a cockatoo waspfish, a snake eel and saddleback anemonefish.

Shot in June 2006 at http://www.TwoFishDivers.com

The music is Afterglow by Toao of http://www.soilsound.com

More Lembeh Strait muck diving videos on http://www.bubblevision.com/underwater-videos/Lembeh/ 02:14

Air Prang
Indonesia

Wreck of "vaporetto Milano" in Capolago (Switzerland)
The vaporetto was an old touristic boat 04:51

Relitto Milano
Switzerland

This is a prologue to my forthcoming documentary "Mucky Secrets", about the weird and wonderful marine life of the Lembeh Strait between North Sulawesi and Lembeh Island in Indonesia, one of my favorite scuba diving destinations.

At the heart of the Coral Triangle, the Lembeh Strait is known for it's fascinating muck diving and the huge diversity of marine life. An astonishing array of weird and wonderful creatures can be encountered on every dive. Many of the animals have strong personalities, which I have tried to convey in this video. Mating mandarinfish take a starring role, as do mantis shrimps, sea slugs, snake eels, boxfish, scorpionfish, frogfish and other tropical fish and invertebrates.

In the forthcoming full 90-minute documentary I will reveal the secrets behind the Lembeh Strait's critters, exploring the marine biology of dozens of species. Please subscribe to be notified when it is released.

Thanks to Two Fish Divers (http://www.twofishdivers.com) who I stayed and dived with on Lembeh Island.

The Music, "Journey", by Doxent Zsigmond, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
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Please "like", favorite, share, or leave a comment here or on my channel at http://www.youtube.com/bubblevision. My Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/bubblevision and I have more scuba diving videos and underwater footage on my website at http://www.bubblevision.com.

View the names of all the dive sites and names of all the tropical fish and other marine life by turning on closed captions with the CC button. Here is the full shot list of species and dive sites.

0:00 Birdbeak Burrfish, Cyclichthys orbicularis, Jahir
0:05 Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, Aer Perang
0:09 Compressed Toby, Canthigaster compressa, Two Fish Divers' House Reef
0:12 Black-banded Flathead, Rogadius patriciae, Makawide
0:15 Highfin Snake Eel, Ophichthus altipennis, TK1
0:18 Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis, TK3
0:21 Starry Night Octopus, Callistoctopus luteus, Aer Perang
0:25 Blue-Spotted Stingray, Taeniura lymma, Tanjung Kuskusu
0:28 Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Mandarin Point
0:46 Rigid Shrimpfish, Centriscus scutatus, Mandarin Point
0:54 Ambon Scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys amboinensis, Hairball
0:57 Flasher Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis macrochir (tentative), Hairball
1:00 Oriental Flying Gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, Retak Larry
1:04 Starry Blenny, Salarias ramosus, Aer Perang
1:07 Juvenile Thornback Cowfish, Lactoria fornasini, Aer Perang
1:10 Juvenile Spotted Parrotfish, Cetoscarus ocellatus, Tanjung Kusukusu
1:13 Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Nudi Retreat
1:16 Juvenile Panther Grouper, Cromileptes altivelis, TK3
1:20 Graceful Anemone Shrimp, Ancylomenes venustus, Aer Perang
1:24 Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, Aw Shucks
1:29 Pink Tail Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus latirostris, TK1
1:32 Golden Spearing Mantis Shrimp, Lysiosquillina lisa, Jahir
1:36 Orange Mantis Shrimp, Lysiosquilloides mapia, Retak Larry
1:39 Saddleback Clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus, Nudi Retreat
1:44 Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, Police Pier
1:48 Long-tailed Sea Hare, Stylocheilus longicauda, Retak Larry
1:54 Box Crab, Calappa sp., TK1
1:59 Leopard Flounder, Bothus pantherinus, Retak Larry
2:03 Whitemargin Stargazer, Uranoscopus sulphureus, Hairball
2:08 Vomer Conch, Euprotomus vomer, Jahir
2:13 Purple-lined Nembrotha, Nembrotha purpureolineata, TK1
2:19 Crinoid Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., Tanjung Kusukusu
2:25 Spiny Flathead, Onigocia spinosa, Retak Larry
2:28 Shortfin Puffer, Torquigener brevipinnis, TK2
2:31 Oriental Flying Gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, TK1
2:34 Painted Frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Jahir
2:37 Striated Frogfish, Antennarius striatus, TK2
2:41 Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus, Jahir
2:44 Juvenile Painted Frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Hairball
2:47 Weedy Scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondosa, Aer Perang
2:51 Fingered Dragonet, Dactylopus dactylopus, Retak Larry
2:54 Squat Lobster, Galathea sp., TK2
2:57 Emperor Shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, Hairball
3:00 Stargazer Snake Eel, Brachysomophis cirrocheilos, Hairball
3:03 Purple-edged Ceratosoma, Ceratosoma tenue, Makawide
3:06 Flame Scallop, Ctenoides ales, Nudi Retreat
3:10 Highfin Snake Eel, Ophichthus altipennis, TK1
3:13 Juvenile longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta (tentative), TK1
3:17 Short-tailed Pipefish, Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus, Critter Hunt
3:20 Guineafowl Puffer, Arothron meleagris, Tanjung Kusukusu
3:23 Morrison's Dragonet (female), Synchiropus morrisoni, Nudi Falls
3:26 Dwarf Lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus, TK1
3:29 Yellow Pygmy Goby, Lubricogobius exiguus, TK1 04:05

Teluk Kembahu 1
Indonesia


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