| Reef Fishes
of the Indian Ocean |
Escape to an
underwater adventure in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean. All photographs (unless
specified on the picture) were taken at Sodwana with a Nikonas 5 with an SB103 Speedlight.
I hope that viewing these pictures will give you as much pleasure as I had when taking
them. All technical references are from "A Guide to The Common Sea Fishes of Southern
Africa" by Rudy van der Elst and "Reef Fishes of the Indian Ocean" by Dr.
Gerald R. Allen and Roger C. Steene - with a few personal (unprofessional!) comments from
myself.
Just click anywhere on the little pics to link to the "bigger
picture" and some interesting information about the fish. To retain good image
quality, some of the images are quite large. Where possible I tried to keep them below
30KB.
To reduce the loading time for this page I have reduced the image
quality of the little pics - so please pardon their sometimes blurry appearance - the real
ones are better.
I am in the process of re-scanning all the images and updating the photo
album - so please pardon the different appearances between the pages:)
I also have a little slide show where you can sit back and view a small collection
of some of the pictures. The display can however be effected by your line/modem speed so
results are not always guaranteed! You also need to have Java and Java script enabled to
view the slide show.
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Honeycomb Moray and Diver |
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One of the elegant butterflyfish
common on a coral reef |
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Regal Angelfish |
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Beauty Parlour or Dentist shop on
a coral reef? |
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Some tropical nasties: Look but
don't touch |
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Fish "designed"
especially for amateur photographers |
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A beautiful parrotfish |
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Some really beautiful Moorish
Idols |
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Monty - A very well known and
loved honeycomb moray at Sodwana |
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Strange survival techniques on a
coral reef: Emperor Angel fish - adult and juvenile forms |
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U.F.O.: Unique floating
Object........ |
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Worms are not always ugly........ |
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Longnose Butterfly fish |
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Viz is what it's all about..... |
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And some more good viz - makes
taking pics such a pleasure |
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Vagabond butterflyfish |
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Some horrible people use these to
make lampshades...... |
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Not a musical instrument..... |
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Unusual looking starfish |
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Future diver???? Decide for
yourself! |
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My nearest & dearest - the
REAL Shammy & Loopi! |
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The place where I do a whole lot
of relaxing during the summer months....... |
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