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September 30, 2004

Bethlehem

Filed under: Indonesia — stephane @ 4:29 pm


Our plan for the day was to find a Weedy scorpionfish – Rhinopias frondosa, in a new dive site called Bethlehem (named to mean BEtter THan LEMbeh). Our dive guide Kennedy did not take long to find it. I think we could have stayed here for while as obviouslly the critters found here are quite promising on the quality of the dive site…and it is not as frequented as Lembeh which starts to look like the Bahamas (ok, not quite, but it’s on the way)

#34: Location: Bethlehem, SI: 13h31min, Max. Depth: 30.7m, Time: 73min
#35: Location: Bethlehem, SI: 1h44min, Max. Depth: 17.6m, Time: 89min
#36: Location: Bethlehem, SI: 2h34min, Max. Depth: 11m, Time: 94min
#37: Location: Bethlehem, SI: 1h17min, Max. Depth: 8m, Time: 72min
#38: Location: Tanjung Popoh, SI: 0h19min, Max. Depth: 11.7m, Time: 37min

Weedy scorpionfish - Rhinopias frondosaJuvenile painted frogfish - Antennarius pictus
Emperor shrimp - Periclimenes imperator - on a sea cucumberThuridilla lineolata
ScorpionfishScorpionfish
Weedy scorpionfish - Rhinopias frondosa
Weedy scorpionfish - Rhinopias frondosa
Ornate ghost pipe fish - Solenostomus paradoxus
Leaf scorpion fish - Taenianotus triacanthusLeaf scorpion fish - Taenianotus triacanthus
Spiny seahorses - Hyppocampus spinosisimus
Spiny seahorses - Hyppocampus spinosisimusShort dragonfish/seamoth - Eurypegasus draconis
Emperor shrimp - Periclimenes imperator - on a sea cucumberEmperor shrimp - Periclimenes imperator - on a sea cucumber
Holoturian harlequin crab - Lissocarcinus orbicularis

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