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Post by Gi on Jan 28, 2009 13:19:40 GMT 8
Masters of camouflage! Can you spot the stone fish? Smart, huh! ;D  Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2007 by one of my dive buddies  Photo taken by me on Sept 14, 2008. The green flower on the 2nd picture are actually nudibranch's eggs. Galing, no! You're in labor and you still have time to be artistic (hehehe)... I guess, its also their way of camouflaging their young against predators. Kunwari bulaklak!  (Modified Feb 2: In case you missed the stone fish on the second picture, the tail-end of the body is right under the green flower. Follow the black and white pattern to your right and you will see its head. See it now?)  Please feel free to add related pics on the topic. Ty.  |
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Post by Gi on Jan 31, 2009 19:36:05 GMT 8
 Photo by Dave Oct 2007 Pipe fish trying to look like a whip coral... hmmm, pwede... pwede.. According to wikipedia: - pipefishes are relatives of seahorse. - most are weak swimmers, avoids open water and inhabits the corals and kelp beds. Some have prehensile tail like their seahorse cousins. - they do elaborate courtship dance during spawning. Some are seasonally monogamous. Most of the parenting duties are left with the male who carry the eggs on their pouch until it hatches (perfect!). ;D |
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Post by Gi on Feb 2, 2009 13:23:03 GMT 8
 I'm not sure what fish this is. His markings are supposed to help it blend in the sandy bottom. It tries to keep still so he won't get noticed. The two black spots that appears like eyes, I think, that's their attempt to look bigger and more menacing.  |
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Post by erwin on Feb 2, 2009 15:02:40 GMT 8
Couldn't see the one in the 2nd photo for a while there. My eyesight must be going.
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Post by Gi on Feb 2, 2009 22:44:51 GMT 8
Hmm... Its either inborn or maybe its due to old age?! OR the stone fish just did a very good job? Afterall, it wouldn't be named a stone fish if it did not look like one.
Hehehe.. lets go for the third option. Mukhang mas ok yun. :-) Bwahahahaha!!!
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Post by matthew on Feb 4, 2009 19:25:28 GMT 8
Hmm... Its either inborn or maybe its due to old age?! OR the stone fish just did a very good job? Afterall, it wouldn't be named a stone fish if it did not look like one. All of the above..  |
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Post by matthew on Feb 4, 2009 19:39:15 GMT 8
Scorpionfish are closely related to stonefish. Without the camera flash or flashlight, it would also look grayish underwater. As Instructor Wow taught all of us, reds start to disappear at a shallow depth (photos by JP):   |
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Post by Gi on Feb 5, 2009 19:21:45 GMT 8
Wow!!! Sobrang galing!  Baka scorpion fish yung nasa picture ko, ah... How do you differentiate one from the other? I will research it!  Ngayun DIN! din! din! din(echo)....  Btw, just for the record Erwin, si Matthew lang ang nagsabing old... este, all of the above ka, ha. Wala akong kinalaman dyan! hehehehe  |
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Post by gerski on Feb 8, 2009 15:09:08 GMT 8
Pano maglagay ng picture sa message?
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Post by matthew on Feb 9, 2009 10:21:00 GMT 8
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Post by Gi on Mar 7, 2009 19:45:27 GMT 8
I tried to look up on stone fish and scorpion fish and how to tell the difference but to no avail. What I learned is that they are relatives (obvious ba?! :  . And what we already know from our teacher that these fishes are not only dangerous but fatal to humans. The glands at the base of their dorsal fin contains a potent neurotoxin. So, taking after the sensei's lessons, before holding on to a rock, fan it first (wow, sosyal!). In short, iwasiwas ang kamay, na kung baga ay parang pumapaypay. Pag may gumalaw, stonefish yun! ok! |
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Baka scorpion fish yung nasa picture ko, ah... How do you differentiate one from the other? I will research it! 
Ngayun DIN! din! din! din(echo).... 
. And what we already know from our teacher that these fishes are not only dangerous but fatal to humans. The glands at the base of their dorsal fin contains a potent neurotoxin.