TimA
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- Simeulue Island, Aceh, Indonesia
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- I just don't log dives
Originally I posted this on Thailands "HumpheadParrotfish" thread but Indo is more appropriate:
How about a school of 15 to 20 Ragged-Tail Humpheads Parrots (chlorurus rhakoura). Their about half the size of regular Humpies. Indian Ocean Reef Guide says they have never been seen outside of Sri Lanka. But I have only the 2001 edition of IORG. Is there a later edition w/ updated info. Also World Reef Fish by same author as IORG and the FishBase has no info on them (chlorurus rhakoura).
Very interesting fish. Very pretty fish Dark Blue bodies with light blue trim on fins and tails. And that beautiful Ragged-Tail. Would like to know more about them.
I just did 40 days of the west coast of Simeulue Island, Sumatra. Usually its getting pounded by 20 ft waves. 80% of reefs are pristine. here is a partial (40%) list of critters ( I'm on a visa run and left my list at home:I have photos of all the fish I mention.
juv and adult:Yellowhead Snappers (macolor macularis)
juv and adults: Black and White snapper(macolar niger)
Blackpatch emperor (lethrinus harak)
Convict surgeonfish (acanthurus triostegus)
Phylidiella pustulosa nudibranch
Twoline Threadfin Bream (scolopsis bilineautus)
juv Big Eye Emperor (monotaxis grandoculis)
Red Spotted Coral Crab (trapezia rufopunctata)
Koran Angelfish (pomacanthus semicirculatus)
Masked Bannerfish (heniochus monoceros)
Raccoon butterflyfish (chaetodon lunula)
juv Slate Sweetlips (diagramma labiosum)
Mappa pufferfish (arothron mappa)
Humpback unicornfish (naso brachycentron)
Scissortail Dart Goby (ptereleotris evides)
Rag-Tail humphead parrotfish (chlorurus rhakoura)
Bird wrasse (gomphosus caeruleus)
YellowmarginTrigger(pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
Picasso Trigger (rhinecanthus acueatus)
Picasso Trigger (rhinecanthus verrucosus)
Double Striped Soapfish (diploprion bifasciatum)
Ember parrotfishes (scarus rubroviolaceus)
Longnose Filefishes (oxymonacanthus longirostris)
Clown Trigger (balistoides conspicillum)
Horned Helmet (cassis cornuta)
Chromodoris Lochi nudibranch
Forster hawkfish (paracirrhites foresteri)
Clarks anenomefish (amphiprion clarkii)
Spotted Eagle Ray (aetobatus narinari)
ALSOw/ no scientific names
Multibar Cleaner Pipefish
Smith's Fang Blenny
Joshi's Magnificent Slug
White Tip reef Sharks
Decorator Crabs
Leopard Hawkfish
Monocle Hawkfish
.......
The most exciting finds for me on these newly dived sites are the Ragged-Tail humphead parrotfish and the purple colored tubular Club Anemone (2 of them) 1 with its 3 resident Clown Partner Shrimps
Photos, amateur as they are will be posted on my website soon.
But mostly for now I would like to know more about (chlorurus rhakoura)
Also, when I asked some locals about dynamite damage to a reef they said they caught the culprit, cut off his arms and then killed him.
Let this be a warning! Blowing up reefs Simeulue Island will not be tolerated.
This island is the Black Magic, Voodoo center of Asia.
Unfortunately I cannot access Scubaboard w/ my BlackBerry. so in a couple days I'm back to Simeulue and again out of touch.
Thanks Heaps for any info you have. I can be reached at Simeulue Island, Sumatra via my BlackBerry
How about a school of 15 to 20 Ragged-Tail Humpheads Parrots (chlorurus rhakoura). Their about half the size of regular Humpies. Indian Ocean Reef Guide says they have never been seen outside of Sri Lanka. But I have only the 2001 edition of IORG. Is there a later edition w/ updated info. Also World Reef Fish by same author as IORG and the FishBase has no info on them (chlorurus rhakoura).
Very interesting fish. Very pretty fish Dark Blue bodies with light blue trim on fins and tails. And that beautiful Ragged-Tail. Would like to know more about them.
I just did 40 days of the west coast of Simeulue Island, Sumatra. Usually its getting pounded by 20 ft waves. 80% of reefs are pristine. here is a partial (40%) list of critters ( I'm on a visa run and left my list at home:I have photos of all the fish I mention.
juv and adult:Yellowhead Snappers (macolor macularis)
juv and adults: Black and White snapper(macolar niger)
Blackpatch emperor (lethrinus harak)
Convict surgeonfish (acanthurus triostegus)
Phylidiella pustulosa nudibranch
Twoline Threadfin Bream (scolopsis bilineautus)
juv Big Eye Emperor (monotaxis grandoculis)
Red Spotted Coral Crab (trapezia rufopunctata)
Koran Angelfish (pomacanthus semicirculatus)
Masked Bannerfish (heniochus monoceros)
Raccoon butterflyfish (chaetodon lunula)
juv Slate Sweetlips (diagramma labiosum)
Mappa pufferfish (arothron mappa)
Humpback unicornfish (naso brachycentron)
Scissortail Dart Goby (ptereleotris evides)
Rag-Tail humphead parrotfish (chlorurus rhakoura)
Bird wrasse (gomphosus caeruleus)
YellowmarginTrigger(pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
Picasso Trigger (rhinecanthus acueatus)
Picasso Trigger (rhinecanthus verrucosus)
Double Striped Soapfish (diploprion bifasciatum)
Ember parrotfishes (scarus rubroviolaceus)
Longnose Filefishes (oxymonacanthus longirostris)
Clown Trigger (balistoides conspicillum)
Horned Helmet (cassis cornuta)
Chromodoris Lochi nudibranch
Forster hawkfish (paracirrhites foresteri)
Clarks anenomefish (amphiprion clarkii)
Spotted Eagle Ray (aetobatus narinari)
ALSOw/ no scientific names
Multibar Cleaner Pipefish
Smith's Fang Blenny
Joshi's Magnificent Slug
White Tip reef Sharks
Decorator Crabs
Leopard Hawkfish
Monocle Hawkfish
.......
The most exciting finds for me on these newly dived sites are the Ragged-Tail humphead parrotfish and the purple colored tubular Club Anemone (2 of them) 1 with its 3 resident Clown Partner Shrimps
Photos, amateur as they are will be posted on my website soon.
But mostly for now I would like to know more about (chlorurus rhakoura)
Also, when I asked some locals about dynamite damage to a reef they said they caught the culprit, cut off his arms and then killed him.
Let this be a warning! Blowing up reefs Simeulue Island will not be tolerated.
This island is the Black Magic, Voodoo center of Asia.
Unfortunately I cannot access Scubaboard w/ my BlackBerry. so in a couple days I'm back to Simeulue and again out of touch.
Thanks Heaps for any info you have. I can be reached at Simeulue Island, Sumatra via my BlackBerry