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Coral reef

Start with pages about the coral reef

Travelogs and description of dive sites

Burma and Thailand

Burma east coast Thailand

Malaysia

East coast
Borneo Sabah and Sarawak
Lankayan
Sipadan and Mabul

Philippines

Starting page Bohol Cebu
Coron Bay
Leyte
Negros
Palawan and Tubbataha reefs Siquijor
Visayas

Indonesia

Starting page
Alor
Bali (east, north, south)
Banggai islands (Central Sulawesi)
Bangka
Bunaken Flores (Maumere)
Gorontalo
Kalimantan
Komodo
Lembeh (North Sulawesi)
Lombok
Manado coast
Moluccas
Palu (Central Sulawesi)
Siau and Sangihe Southern Sulawesi (Selayar, Bira)
Southeast Sulawesi (Tukangbesi)
Sulawesi
Togian islands (Central Sulawesi)
Wallacea
Indonesian dive terms

Galapagos islands

Galapagos West Galapagos
North Galapagos
Southeast Galapagos
Center Galapagos
Galapagos marine animals
Galapagos endemic fishes

Fact sheets

Bali - Borneo and Kalimantan - Burma and Thailand - Malaysia (east coast) - Manado, Lembeh and Siau islands - Nusa Tenggara (Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Alor) - Moluccas (Ambon, Banda, Halmahera) - Moluccas (Ambon, Banda, Halmahera) - Palawan (Sangat, Tubbataha) - Sulawesi - Sulawesi central - Visayas (Bohol, Cebu, Negros, Siquijor)

Alor - Ambon - Bali east - Bali north - Bali south - Bangka - Bohol - Borneo overview - Bunaken - Burma - Cebu - Flores - Kalimantan - Komodo - Lankayan - Lembeh - Leyte - Lombok - Malaysia (east coast) - Manado - Moluccas - Moluccas - Negros - Palawan - Sabah and Sarawak - Sangat - Siau - Sipadan-Mabul - Siquijor - Sulawesi central - Sulawesi south - Sulawesi southeast - Togian and Banggai islands - Wallacea

Maps

Alor - Ambon - Apo - Bali - Bohol - Borneo - Burma - Gorontalo - Kalimantan - Komodo - Lankayan - Lembeh - Leyte - Lombok - Malaysia (east coast) - Manado - Palawan (Tubbataha) - Sangat - Siau - Sipadan-Mabul - Siquijor - Sulawesi south - Togians
Map of Wallace Line and Indonesian Throughflow - Indonesia climate (rainy season, dry season)

Asia in general

Important facts for divers

Divesafety and recompression chambers in southeast Asia
About diving in strong currents

The blue planet

The blue planet
Characteristics of water
Ocean currents
Zoogeographic regions
Vertical zones

Coral reefs

Reef formation
Coral reefs on earth
Types of reefs
Reef morphology

Reefs at risk

The major threats to coral reefs Construction, farming and pollution
Fishing and fish farms
Tourism
Bombs
Oil
Steps to take to protect coral reefs

Hotspots

The major endangered reef areas (Biodiversity Hotspots)
11 Hotspot regions that are specially endangered
Why are coral reefs important?

Disease

Disease (coral bleaching etc.)

Marine animals

Reptiles

Marine Turtles
Sea Snakes

Coral Reef Fishes

INDEX all Fish-Photos
Anemonefish
Mola sunfish
Scorpionfish (stonefish, devilfish, lionfish, Rhinopias)
Seahorse
Shark
Stonefish

Echinoderms

Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, Feather Stars

Sea Slugs

Sea Slugs (without nudibranchs) - Dorid Nudibranchs - Other Nudibranchs (Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina) - INDEX Photos of Molluscs

Frogfish - www.frogfish.ch

Frogfish species, behavior, habitat and range

go to the frogfishes - zu den Anglerfischen

Zubi's Frogfish Website
47 (52?) Frogfish species
Tips for the identification of frogfishes
Distribution

Frogfish Behavior (print version):
1. Characteristics: Frogfish Terms - Esca and illicium
2. Colors and Shapes: Camouflage - Changing Colors
3. Feeding behavior: Aggressive Mimikry - Luring prey - Gape and Suck
4. Reproduction: Mating Behavior - Baby Frogfishes
5. Locomotion

Frogfish Photos

Frogfish images Anntenarius
Frogfish images other anglerfish species
Frogfish images Babies
Frogfish images Behavior
FOTO-INDEX

Specials

Deep sea Anglerfishes
Frogfish Taxonomy / Phylogenetic relationships
Links
Deutsche Version - Version español - Hengelaarsvissen - Antennaire - Poisson-grenouille

Underwater Photos

Photo Collection

Thousands of photos of marine animals

INDEX all Fish-Photos
STARTING PAGE Photos Fishes
INDEX Invertebrates
STARTING PAGE Photos Invertebrates

Photos of Fishes

Or go to the overview with thumbnail-images

Reptiles

Ambush Predators Angelfishes Butterflyfishes Barracudas Batfishes, Spadefishes
Benthic fishes
Blennies + Triplefins
Boxfishes
Coral Reef Fishes
Damselfishes / Anemonefishes
Dragonets
Eels
Filefishes
Flatfishes
Frogfish
Gobies Grouper Blennies and Triplefins Ghostpipefishes and sea moths
Hawkfishes
Jacks + Mackerels
Moray Eels Parrotfishes Pelagic fishes
Pipefishes Porcupinefishes Puffers Rays Reeffishes Scorpionfishes / Stonefishes / Lionfishes / Rhinopias / Waspfishes
Seahorses
Sharks
Snappers
Sunfishes
Surgeonfishes
Sweetlips
Triggerfishes
Wrasses

Invertebrates

Marine Plants
Forams Sponges Cnidarians (corals, hydroids, jellyfish) - INDEX Worms Crustaceans (crabs and shrimps) - INDEX
Molluscs (slugs, nudibranchs, squids, bivalves) - INDEX
Bryozoans Echinoderms (starfish, feather stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc.) - INDEX
Chordates (Ascidians)

Photos from dive areas:

Bali and Lombok
Bohol
Borneo
Burma and Thailand
Cebu
Galapagos
Lembeh
Leyte
Malaysia (Ostküste)
Manado and Siau islands
Negros
Nusa Tenggara (Komodo, Flores, Alor)
Sangat (Palawan)
Sulawesi (Zentral- und Süd-Sulawesi)
Tubbataha (Palawan)

Updates

Photos Index Fishes

Photos Index Invertebrates

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