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Whitemargin Stargazer - Uranoscopus sulphureus - This strange looking critter is a stargazer. They usually lie hidden and covered by sand and entice other fish or invertebrates with a wormlike tentacle on the lower jaw. Their spine is venomous and they have a electric organ(up to 50 volt).
I find this animal very interesting, similar to the
frogfish , that also lures its prey. They are very difficult to find, even if you know more or less where to look in the reef, since only the two black dots, their eyes can be seen

Himmelgucker vergraben sich in Sand und Geröll, so dass nur das Maul mit einem kleinen Hautfetzen (eine Art Angel) herausschaut. Damit locken sie ihre Beute an. Sie können auch Elektroschläge von bis zu 50 Volt Spannung ausstossen.
Diese Tiere finde ich ausserordentlich interessant, ähnlich wie die
Anglerfische sind sie sehr gut getarnt und schwierig zu finden. Oft entdeckt man sie nur, weil man zwei dunkle Punkte, die Augen, sieht!

Black-saddled Toby - Canthigaster valentini

This pufferfish is very shy and secretive. There are two other tobys (C. coronata and C. ocellicincta) and a filefish (Paraluteres prionurus) that look very similar. Actually the filefish mimics the poisonous puffer-

Sattel Spitzkopfkugelfisch

http://www.starfish.ch/coll ection/puffers.html

 

Star puffer (starry puffer) - Arothron stellatus

 Riesen-Kugelfisch

http://www.starfish.ch/coll ection/puffers.html

 

Orbicular Burrfish - Cyclichthys orbicularis -

Kurzstachel Igelfisch

http://www.starfish.ch/collection/pu ffers.html

 

 

Star puffer (starry puffer) - Arothron stellatus

 Riesen-Kugelfisch

http://www.starfish.ch/colle ction/puffers.html

 

Broadclub cuttlefish - Sepia latimanus - Breitarm Sepia

Broadclub cuttlefish - Sepia latimanus -

Breitarm Sepia

http://www.starfish.ch/collec tion/cephalopods.html#Sepi oida

 

Decorated goby -
Istigobius decoratus -

Decora-Grundel

http://www.starfish.ch/collect ion/goby.html

 

 

Randall's shrimpgoby - Amblyeleotris randalli -

Randall's Wächtergrundel

http://www.starfish.ch/collecti on/goby.html

 

 

Broadclub cuttlefish - Sepia latimanus -

Breitarm Sepia

http://www.starfish.ch/collec tion/cephalopods.html#Sepi oida

 

Malapascua Sepia-, Grundel-, Stargazer-, Pufferfish

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