Malapascua-09d

Malapascua Angel-, Coral-, Pipe-, Hawk-, Mandarinfish, Hippocampus, Seastar

Emperor Angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator(Bloch,1787)

Adult Emperor Angelfish have diagonal yellow and purplish-blue stripes on the body, and a curved black bar covering the eye. Angelfishes of the genus Pomacanthus are known for their dramatic colour changes with growth. The juvenile Emperor Angelfish (bottom image) is dark blue-black with a white ring on the rear of the body. This is surrounded by incomplete circles of blue and white.

Juveniles are often seen under ledges near cleaner shrimps Lysmata amboinensis. This species grows to 38cm in length. The Emperor Angelfish occurs on coral reefs throughout much of the Indo-Central Pacific.

Many-banded pipefish - Dunckerocampus pessuliferus -

Gelbband Seenadel

http://www.starfish.ch /collection/pipefish.ht ml

Longnose hawkfish - Oxycirrhites typus -
Hawkfish usually live on outer slopes of coral reefs, perching on gorgonians or black corals. The longnose hawkfish is uncommon and can be distinguished from other hawkfish by its long snout and red crosshatched pattern.

Langnasen Büschelbarsch
Korallenwächter
Büschelbarsche leben am Riffhang, meist in Gorgonien oder in Schwarzen Korallen. Der Langnasen-Büschelbarsch ist recht selten und kann von andern Büschelbarschen durch seinen länglichen Kopf und das Karro-Muster unterschieden werden.

Mandarinfish

There are other dragonets, some very colorful but all of them very small and shy. Typical are the front fins, that are roundish and support them on the sand.

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

Mandarinfish

There are other dragonets, some very colorful but all of them very small and shy. Typical are the front fins, that are roundish and support them on the sand.

http://www.starfish.ch/collection/drag onet.html