This little and seldom seen critter was the main focus of my last visit to Yap. It took 4 dives and over 5 hours in the water to find them. Bill Acker, the owner of Yap Divers, even jpined in on the search with THREE more guides! Now that is service!
I wish these fish lived somewhere with a better background!
They are pretty cool and strange little critters -- We saw several of them while we were in Lembeh. My husband's pic is at http://www.tsandm.com/indonesia/id50.htm
Chris Bangs
September 20th, 2006, 05:17 PM
They are pretty cool and strange little critters -- We saw several of them while we were in Lembeh. My husband's pic is at http://www.tsandm.com/indonesia/id50.htm
Nice shot. yes they are walkers and not too bright! I watched one encounter a small rock surrounded by san and the thing decided to climb over it instead of going around. that was the only time I saw it use it's tail too.
Mike Veitch
September 20th, 2006, 05:25 PM
good pics chris. i have seen those fish before.... :D
Hammerhead
September 20th, 2006, 09:41 PM
Oy Pakman (he'll read this, trust me),
Aren't these what we saw in PG on the last night dive? I didn't know what they were, but I'm pretty sure no-one said sea-moth. Does it have another common name?
Oh, and sorry - good pics BTW, not easy to photograph.
louisianadiver
September 20th, 2006, 10:07 PM
Man, I've got to get out of the house more. I've never seen anything like that. -Clay
clgsamson
September 20th, 2006, 10:13 PM
Haven't seen this kind of fish...I hope there's some in Basura.
pakman
September 20th, 2006, 10:16 PM
Oy Pakman (he'll read this, trust me),
Aren't these what we saw in PG on the last night dive? I didn't know what they were, but I'm pretty sure no-one said sea-moth. Does it have another common name?
Oh, and sorry - good pics BTW, not easy to photograph.
Nice Pics Chris!!!... Come out to Puerto Galera... They're a dime a dozen around Sabang wreck. We came across 3 at one time. Real PITAS to photo as they blend in so well with the sand and have this annoying habit of turning away right before you snap your picture...
ack: haven't uploaded the pic of all three of them together...
:bananalama:
Chris Bangs
September 20th, 2006, 10:19 PM
Oy Pakman (he'll read this, trust me),
Aren't these what we saw in PG on the last night dive? I didn't know what they were, but I'm pretty sure no-one said sea-moth. Does it have another common name?
Oh, and sorry - good pics BTW, not easy to photograph.
as with any fish, common names vary my local. I read that there are 4 different species, related to the stickleback
Chris Bangs
September 20th, 2006, 10:22 PM
as with any fish, common names vary my local. I read that there are 4 different species, related to the stickleback
your shots blow mine away, seems that yours have a bit more color. better background too;)
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Mike Veitch
September 20th, 2006, 10:40 PM
Larry... Pegasus Sea Moth...
maybe you had too many beers on the last day and can't remember what Pak and i said...or... you pommies can't understand us North Americans.... :)
pakman
September 20th, 2006, 10:47 PM
your shots blow mine away, seems that yours have a bit more color. better background too;)
Thanks Chris... but I still need to learn how to take good WA manta shots like you...
To be honest, straight out of the camera, it's hard to distinguish them in the sand. Both pics (more so on the 2nd one) have been "adjusted" in PS...
Hammerhead
September 21st, 2006, 12:58 AM
Larry... Pegasus Sea Moth...
maybe you had too many beers on the last day and can't remember what Pak and i said...or... you pommies can't understand us North Americans.... :)
I'm sure you mean Eurypegasus draconis, don't you?;)
Nah, thinking back, it might have been a local name from one of the guys I saw in Atlantis Resort later.
Edit - just remembered - someone was calling them Flying Gurnards (Dactyloptena orientalis as I'm sure you know:)) in the bar & I told him I was sure he was wrong, but didn't know myself the true name of what we'd seen, but that the Flying Gurnard )which also "walks" BTW) has much larger pectoral fins.
Too many beers pfffft.
Hammerhead
September 21st, 2006, 01:05 AM
Haven't seen this kind of fish...I hope there's some in Basura.
Hey Caloy, check out where the pics for this article were taken (hint in link BTW). :D
http://www.vibrantsea.net/pegasus28_anilao6.html
You could just get lucky :)
_Bella_
September 21st, 2006, 01:05 AM
What a gorgeous fish!
They remind me of chickens.
Hammerhead
September 21st, 2006, 01:11 AM
Oh God, please don't bring up chickens when the PPd are around, it ain't healthy!
TSandM
September 21st, 2006, 01:16 AM
They are hard to photograph (or at least they were in Lembeh) because they are SO well camouflaged. How else could something so clumsy survive long?
Hammerhead
September 21st, 2006, 01:24 AM
How else could something so clumsy survive long?
Ever seen pakman dive?;)
(Get that in before he says it about me)
pakman
September 21st, 2006, 01:29 AM
I'm sure you mean Eurypegasus draconis, don't you?;)
Nah, thinking back, it might have been a local name from one of the guys I saw in Atlantis Resort later.
Edit - just remembered - someone was calling them Flying Gurnards (Dactyloptena orientalis as I'm sure you know:)) in the bar & I told him I was sure he was wrong, but didn't know myself the true name of what we'd seen, but that the Flying Gurnard )which also "walks" BTW) has much larger pectoral fins.
Too many beers pfffft.
pics of flying gurnards or Dactyloptena volitans... (Edit: not my pic/ just a link...)
http://www.vibrantsea.net/images/gurnards6_stvincent3.jpg
Mike Veitch
September 21st, 2006, 01:30 AM
double post.........................
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Mike Veitch
September 21st, 2006, 01:31 AM
Ever seen pakman dive?;)
(Get that in before he says it about me)
Or pakman, wolverine, and hammerboy together?!?
Hammerhead
September 21st, 2006, 01:39 AM
Yeah, looked a bit like the pic you posted (with a couple of 'em upside down & more silt)
Wolverine
September 21st, 2006, 10:18 PM
Load of these around Sabang Wreck and Grasslands in PG. And usually travel in packs! I have a couple of shots of these but always overexpose the sand.. its a nightmare to get detail on these.
pakman
September 21st, 2006, 11:19 PM
Load of these around Sabang Wreck and Grasslands in PG. And usually travel in packs! I have a couple of shots of these but always overexpose the sand.. its a nightmare to get detail on these.
next time I'll bring some large knitting needles and pin them down by their wings so we can get our exposure and composition down...:popcorn:
Reef Man
September 21st, 2006, 11:40 PM
Got to love those fish!!! Wonderful shots.... :)
clgsamson
September 22nd, 2006, 12:49 AM
Now I remember, I saw some of this specie in Basura last May! I think I have a fuzzy pic of em.
Chris Bangs
September 22nd, 2006, 04:06 PM
Or pakman, wolverine, and hammerboy together?!?
They remind me of the original Atari "Tank" game. Oops! giving away my age!
CB
_Bella_
September 23rd, 2006, 01:31 AM
Oh God, please don't bring up chickens when the PPd are around, it ain't healthy!
