Titan triggerfish “Balistoides viridescens”. |
We stayed in Suhaila Palace and our first snorkeling was at the nearest beach which is opposite Tuna Bay. |
Spotted saltwater fish looks like an angelfish, but it is a rabbitfish “Siganus guttatus”. |
Gold saddle Rabbitfish “Siganus guttatus” has a big yellow spot on the tail. |
I would say that the Tuna Bay beach is pretty good for snorkeling. |
Yellow rabbitfish “Siganus sp.”. |
Sergeant major fish swim here in large schools. |
Sergeant major “Abudefduf saxatilis”. |
Staghorn coral “Acropora cervicornis”. |
Cabbage Coral “Turbinaria reniformis”. |
Dominated by staghorn corals, the Tuna Bay beach offers an excellent snorkeling. |
Elkhorn corals and staghorn corals grow together. |
Staghorn corals grow in abundance here. |
Sea urchins hiding between the corals. |
Two huge spotted rabbitfish. |
Sea anemone. |
Magnificent sea anemone “Heteractis magnifica”. |
Red-breasted wrasse “Cheilinus fasciatus” has black and white stripes on the body. |
Colony of Acropora sea corals. |
Yellow rabbitfish. |
Sometimes corals are located very close to the surface of water so that you can easily damage them. |
This sea coral was damaged by kicking, it is very easy to break coral by the foot while swimming. |
I wonder why there are the dead corals among the living ones? |
Yellow rabbitfish likes to swim alongside me. |
Huge round corals serve as a shelter for sea urchins and sergeant major fish. |
Metallic constructions have been placed on the bottom of the sea to cultivate the new corals. |
Sometimes the scenery may looks like a desert. |
Different species of sea corals begin to grow in this place. |
Giant clam “Tridacna gigas”. |
Huge round sea coral has the lilac color. |
Giant round sea coral has the yellow-green color. |
Acropora coral grows on the top of giant round coral. |
Long-spined sea urchins “Diadema setosum” use the coral as a shelter. |
Brain coral. |
Brain coral has spheroid shape and grooved surface which resembles a brain. |
Emerald fish with yellow spot. |
Long-spined sea urchins “Diadema setosum”. |
Round coral has the strange structure on the body which looks like a small colony. |
Lacuna moon coral “Favia lacuna”. |
Giant clam “Tridacna gigas” is a clam that is the largest living bivalve mollusk. |
Bluespot mullet “Moolgarda seheli”. |
Bluespot mullet “Moolgarda seheli” with a fins high above the gills. |
School of bluespot mullet “Moolgarda seheli” decided to swim away from me. |
Coral reef with a big diversity of corals. |
Metallic net for the cultivation of new corals. |
New corals begin to develop. |
Sea coral has an opportunity to catch its prey due to the holes on the body. |
Table coral “Acropora hyacinthus”. |
Corals grow in large colonies. |
Long-spined sea urchins are hiding under the corals. |
Brain coral “Favites sp.”. |
Some of the round corals are very huge. |
Juvenile fish swim around the metallic structure which used for the cultivation of corals. |
Sergeant major fish and parrotfish. |
Juvenile moon wrasse “Thalassoma lunare”. |
Parrotfish. |
Parrotfish swims along the round coral colony. |
Ocellaris clownfish in anemone. |
Parrotfish swims near the anemone. |
Giant clam and lilac coral. |
Grouper likes to swim near the staghorn corals. |
Giant clam. |
Parrotfish swims near the staghorn corals. |
Yellow and black species of rabbitfish. |
Black rabbitfish. |
Yellow rabbitfish swim in pairs. |
Huge round lilac sea coral. |
Clark's anemonefish “Amphiprion clarkii”. |
Amphiprion clarkii, known commonly as yellowtail clownfish. |
Colony of the green staghorn corals which grow vertical. |
Green staghorn corals are wonderful. |
Staghorn corals with healthy growing white tips. |
Parrotfish with yellow spot. |
Either you are a good swimmer or you don't even know how to put a snorkeling mask on, just do it! |
Antler coral is located on the bottom left corner of the photograph. |
Soldierfish mimics the color of sea bottom. |
Redcoat squirrelfish “Sargocentron rubrum”. |
Eightband butterflyfish “Chaetodon octofasciatus”. |
Sling-jaw wrasse “Epibulus insidiator”. |
Bicolour parrotfish “Cetoscarus bicolor”. |
Sea cucumber “Stichopus chloronotus”. |
Sea cucumber “Stichopus chloronotus” in my hand. |
Huge table coral “Acropora hyacinthus” is awesome. |
Half-and-half thicklip wrasse “Hemigymnus melapterus” with the white head and black body. |
Old colony of the corals. |
Eightband butterflyfish swim above the “Acropora hyacinthus” table coral. |
Coral reefs are essential spawning, breeding, and feeding grounds for numerous organisms. |
Sea urchin hides under the faded sea corals. |
Yellowtail barracuda “Sphyraena flavicauda”. |
Lettuce corals. |
I have found this Map pufferfish “Arothron mappa” on the Tuna Bay beach. |
Map pufferfish “Arothron mappa”. |
I had to hide myself because the map puffer fish was afraid of me. |
As soon as I revealed myself Arothron mappa is hiding again. |
Map pufferfish “Arothron mappa” likes to hide under the corals. |
I touched this pufferfish while it was hiding under the corals, Arothron mappa is very soft like a toy. |