The Dauin Rhinopias

[klausi]

The diving community in Dauin on Negros Island found a juvenile Rhinopias! What an exciting fish. One could tell by the increasing number of boats moored at the dive site where the Rhinopias lives that it harbors something special. I visited several times, and while the dive spot had a bit of a crowd, everyone I saw behaved very nicely towards other divers and did not kick up much sand. And, I think it's really cool that there are so many fish-nerds (my kind of people!) in town that such a small animal draws crowds!

By now, I have seen multiple images of that very fish on social media, but I'd still like to share my shots and my footage:

Here is the famous fish:

And here it is, back-lit (with the strobe coming from behind).

And here is a short video of the Rhinopias in aktschn:

 

[Luko]

Ho woaw, a pity I hadn' heard about it two weeks before as I was in Dauin.
That would have been the cherry on top of the cake of already quite fruitful dives.

 

[klausi]

Ho woaw, a pity I hadn' heard about it two weeks before as I was in Dauin.
That would have been the cherry on top of the cake of already quite fruitful dives.

I's a juvenile - I hope it will be with us for a long time, hopefully still during your next visit.