Pontohi pygmy seahorse

Finally, after many attempts, I have a photo of the pontohi pygmy seahorse. It’s not a good photo as there was a strong current and the subject is less than a centimeter! I’ll try again..

Pontohi pygmy seahorse

New page: tropical Gobies/Blennies (and Triplefins, soon)

Waiting for some new dives, I’m keeping working on the photography pages. Today I have added another page to the “Fish” area adding some news images of tropical little fish.

Ecsenius sp.

A shrimp parasite

Sometimes, a good macro photo reveals many things that it’s very difficult to see while you’re diving. An example is this photo of the very common shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis inside an host anemone. Only when I saw the photo on my monitor I noticed this small isopode parasite living on the shrimp.

This isopode parasite belong to the Bopyridae family: the female is bigger of the male, which lives inside the gill chamber. This infection will lead to the paralysis of the host.

Bophyridae Shrimp parasite