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yeah it does - unfortunately we saw very little when we went there. I wanted to see the butterfly ray and/or some angel sharks but saw neither (it happens I know) and to be frank found the diving a little uninspiring and yet I keep seeing these amazing photos from everyone else who goes. I'm...

on the subject of big rays I was gutted a couple of years ago when the butterfly ray shown on this link didn't show up during our dive: http://www.atlantic-divers.com/stingrayworld.htm

effectively yes. but they are a whole family of different fish; some are almost always called trevalley, others jacks and some seem to get called both.

this chap was packing some serious chemical weaponry: there were at least 3 anemones. I believe its Dardanus tinctor

that amblygobius (v. difficult to photograph aren't they?) is sometimes called a court jester in case you hear that name used in lieu of the latin.

at risk of being ultra-pedantic I don't think these are a true Chromis but rather one of the closely related Pomacentrus or Chrysiptera species maybe Chrysiptera hemicyanea. Its a cracking shot - these little damsles are very difficult - especially if there's a coral head nearby.

hydration is something thats been close to my heart whilst diving since I had some guy collapse vomitting and convulsing in front of me before we'd even started diving as a result of it. I typically drink water and juice and the odd non-sugar soda (though i know that ain't helping) on dive...

as with others, no eels (haven't dived the amazon (yet)) but a few torpedo rays rays that look like this are best treated to a fairly wide birth

if it is a grey reef shark then its very very lost what with the bahamas not being in the indopacific and all. I think you mean carribean reef shark. It was probably only having a look to see what the weird disturbance was at the surface and whether it was edible. what decision it would've...

I know you'vegot your id but here are a couple of true "snake eels" that look like sea snakes for future reference: Myrichthys colubrinus (Harlequin snake eel) Myrichthys maculosus (Tiger snake)

I don't do cave but have been seriously switching to a longer hose solely for o/w after an aquaintance took a facial injury from a flailing OOA diver on the shorter octo.

which is interesting because for me and others I dive with this is one of the few things a guide can do which will instantly lose their tip.:D

Thank you all for your kind words Great minds think alike Kapula - you picked up on the 2 minor gripes I have with these 3 - the tail being cut off is a real bind (especially as I had room to zoom out a little) but there's always room for improvement. The little wreck was sunk deliberately...

How about the straits of tiran? could get interesting out in the blue too.

........wideangle shots I don't hate - think I'm finally getting the hang of the inon dome. let me know what y'all think please.

closest I'm aware of is this partially leucistic manta taken ironically from the liveaboard "white manta"'s website: http://www.whitemanta.com/gallery/v/Just-Mantas/

According to one of the Benchley books, the teeth of the GWS in the original jaws poster/book cover had to be "mako-ified" cos gws teeth aren't scary enough. nuff said: mako's rule (although latin fans will have guessed i'm biased).

cassiopeia is the genus name for the upside down jelly I know of.

just to put this in context it is a knowledge review of one class from the bsac's equivalent of padi o/w. some of the wording may not stand up to a harsh review on scubaboard especially when translated into "american english" but i can remember making the same complaint in reverse when i took my...

Here's a crocodile eel... and this is another eel we saw in the sand a lot in the Philippines ( a unicolor snake moray)