Bizarre, incredible, freaky video

[mjh]

Ok so it got you to look. Finished our Lembeh DVD, now breaking it down into sections that can be posted.

These guys are a little strange.... Lembeh Catfish on Vimeo

 

[Rick Inman]

How are they with tarter and chips?

Where was this shot?

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

nice footage

 

[mjh]

This was shot in Lembeh, Indonesia. These guys are all over the place. One time I found this incredible Ambon Scorpion fish, was getting my shot set up and then this giant cloud of silt hits and it was these guys.

 

[dittohead]

Great footage. Anyway you can set your gear down in front of them and have them run over it?

 

[Noboundaries]

Cool video.

 

[mjh]

dittohead,

Good idea, we go back to Raja Ampat in January and if we run into them there I will have to give it a try.

 

[alyafi]

dittohead,

Good idea, we go back to Raja Ampat in January and if we run into them there I will have to give it a try.

Nice video.

We have these same catfish in the Red Sea. As far as I understand these are the juveniles. I have never seen the adults during the day. I see them at night up under the nooks and crannies of the reef. Unlike the juveniles I observe them to be shy, solo and avoid being in open water. Also they are a dark mud color without the lines seen on the juveniles.

Also, advice for those who will listen. I remember reading that both the juveniles and the adults are poisonous (the whiskers that give them their name).