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Black seabream Tanuta Cantaro Spondyliosoma cantharus-2023-12-01-13h37m53s959TBlack seabream Tanuta Cantaro Spondyliosoma cantharus-2023-12-01-13h37m46s171TBlack seabream Tanuta Cantaro Spondyliosoma cantharus-2023-12-01-13h38m03s090TBlack seabream
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Black seabream

La Tanuta , Spondyliosoma cantharus, chiamata anche in Italia anche Cantaro è un pesce appartenente alla famiglia degli sparidi, come i più comuni saraghi, salpe e orate. Solitamente incontriamo questo pesce sulle secche in mare aperto ed a profondità dai 10 a 100 metri. In questo video la vediamo vicina alla costa e ad un fondale roccioso di circa 4/5 metri. Questo pesce di solito è piuttosto schivo e diffidente e tende a fuggire alla presenza del subacqueo; questa Tanuta invece si è lasciata avvicinare e filmare ad una distanza di poco più di un metro. ...
Picasso triggerfish – pesce Balestra Picasso – Rhinecanthus aculeatus – Lagoon triggerfish – www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-10-18h15m11s335Picasso triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
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Picasso triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus

The Lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar Triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish, or the Picassofish, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. This species has been studied in a range of research contexts, from locomotion to color vision research. Lagoon triggerfish live in the reefs and sandy areas of coral reefs, where they eat just about anything that comes along, mostly including invertebrates and reef algae.
Octopus and Date shell – Lithophaga lithophaga – Polpo e Dattero di mare_s469OCTOPU~1Octopus and Date shell – Lithophaga lithophaga – Polpo e Dattero di mare_s580Octopus and Date shell – Lithophaga lithophaga – Polpo e Dattero di mare_s661Octopus and Date shell – Lithophaga lithophaga – Polpo e Dattero di mare_s896Octopus and date shell, date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga
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07:40

Polpo e Dattero di mare Lithophaga lithophaga

Sea Date, Lithophaga lithophaga, grows and lives inside the rocks, so it is practically impossible to see and film it unless the rock where it is found is shattered, an obviously illegal practice, prohibited by the regulations of all Mediterranean countries. Consequently, fishing is also prohibited and those who practice it are finally punished with severe and heavy sanctions, unless it is our usual friend the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, who does it.
Ostrica Spinosa o Spondilo – Spiny Oysters – Spondylus gaederopus – www.intotheblue.it-2022-12-10-11h54m18s113Spiny Oysters Spondylus gaederopus
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Spiny Oysters Spondylus gaederopus

Spondylus gaederopus is a species of marine bivalve mollusc, a thorny oyster in the family Spondylidae. This species is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Spondylus gaederopus attaches itself to the substrate with its lower valve, which is usually white, while the upper valve is usually purple. Specimens that are all white, or all purple do, however, exist.
Variable spiny starfish Coscinasteris s082Variable spiny starfish Coscinasteris s307Variable spiny starfish Coscinasteris s459Variable spiny starfish
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Variable spiny starfish

The Variable spiny starfish (Coscinasterias tenuispina) is called this because instead of the classic five arms it usually has seven. It is therefore an exception regarding the classic five-ray symmetry of echinoderms. Furthermore, as can be seen in this specimen, three of the seven arms are very small and are therefore slowly growing back. ...
Bogues that devour a Barrel jellyfish – Boghe che divorano un Polmone di mare – www.intotheblue.it -2023-11-06-12h37m33s049Bogues that devour a Barrel jellyfish
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Bogues that devour a Barrel jellyfish

Boops boops commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea. A demeral and semi-pelagic, it can generally be found at a depth of 100 m, and infrequently down to 350 m.
Cigar jellyfish – Medusa Olindia – Olindias phosphorica – www.intotheblue.it-2023-02-18-16h31m46s238Cigar jellyfish Olindias phosphorica
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Cigar jellyfish Olindias phosphorica

Olindias phosphorica, or Cigar jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan from the central and eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean sea is a predominantly warm body of water, thus Olindias phosphorica is a warm-water Jellyfish. Global warming has facilitated the proliferation of the species throughout the Mediterranean sea.
Giant triton – Charonia tritonis – Tritone mediterraneo-2023-11-01-15h01m21s141Giant triton – Charonia tritonis – Tritone mediterraneo-2023-11-01-14h57m24s283Giant triton – Charonia tritonis – Tritone mediterraneo-2023-11-01-14h59m50s646Giant triton
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Giant triton

Meeting Giant triton - Charonia tritonis - always arouses a strong emotion, both because it is the largest mollusk in the Mediterranean Sea and because it is increasingly rare. Fortunately here on intotheblue.it we have published several videos of this splendid shell so despite all the alarms we give about the health of our sea, when we encounter the Triton the hope that the sea can really regenerate itself returns to be present. ...
Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum Pesce Balestra Pagliaccio www.intotheblue.it -2023-05-10-12h31m31s925Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum
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Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum

The Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), also known as the Bigspotted Triggerfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish. The Clown Triggerfish is a fish which grows up to 50 cm. Its body has a stocky appearance, oval shape and compressed laterally. The head is large and represents approximately one third of the body length. The mouth is small, terminal and has strong teeth. The Clown Triggerfish is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean.
Wide-eyed flounder – Bothus podas – Rombo di rena – www.intotheblue.it-13h33m39s151TWide-eyed flounder – Bothus podas – Rombo di rena – www.intotheblue.it-13h34m46s583Wide-eyed flounder – Bothus podas – Rombo di rena – www.intotheblue.it-13h35m37s774TWide-eyed flounder
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06:32

Wide-eyed flounder

In summer the beaches are populated with swimmers and tourists who enjoy the warm, crystal-clear waters but you just need to put on a simple mask and a snorkel to see that fish and marine species are also quite active in this period. If we are also equipped with a simple camera it is easy to film that marine life that practically lives in symbiosis with ours. ...
Paguro nel guscio di Phalium glaucum Hermit crab in Phalium glaucum shell www.intotheblue.it -2022-12-07-14h55m50s318Hermit crab in Phalium glaucum shell
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Hermit crab in Phalium glaucum shell

The Pagurus belongs to the Paguridae family. Hermit crabs are crustaceans with a curved and soft abdomen. It lives in empty shells of gastropods on which it sometimes attacks sponges or poisonous actinias to camouflage and defend itself. In case of danger it can withdraw completely inside the shell. The end of the tail of the hermit crab is suitable for strongly grasping the shell it always carries with it. When it grows and the size of the shell is no longer suitable is search for a new shell to protect yourself. In the video we see a hermit crab that has taken possession of the shell of the sea snail Phalium glaucum, a marine gastropod mollusc of the Cassidae family
Unknow species Specie sconosciuta-10-19-14h13m05s681Unknow species
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02:06

Unknow species

This video was taken last Saturday (14/10/2023) during an inshore dive at about 15 meters deep. I mention the precise date because during the canonical 3 minutes of decompression at a depth of 3 meters hanging from the chain of one of the "safe water" signaling buoys, about 200 meters from the rocky and jagged coast, I decide to check the temperature of the water and the computer measured 25°C. ...
Piero Foscari ship wreck Relitto nave Piero Foscari www.intotheblue.it-2023-10-10-11h57m19s238Piero Foscari ship wreck
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Piero Foscari ship wreck

September 10, 2023 marked the eightieth year since the sinking of the Piero Foscari ship on September 10, 1943 in Castiglioncello near Livorno (Italy). In this video I show you what remains of the wreck completely destroyed during the last war. Furthermore, after 80 years the sea has caused further deterioration of the structure. The wreck is located at a depth of between 15 and 16 metres.
Indian Triggerfish Pesce Balestra indiano Melichthys indicus www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-09-11h12m17s352Pesce Balestra indiano
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05:26

Indian Triggerfish Melichthys indicus

The Indian Triggerfish (Melichthys indicus), also known as the black-finned Triggerfish, has a brown body and black fins with white lines at the base of the dossal and anal fins. It is found across the Indian Ocean. They can grow up to 25 cm. long. The Indian triggerfish usually feeds on hard-shelled mollusks and echinoderms, but some feed on algae and zooplankton.
Ricciola Seriola dumerilii-14h56m55s355Encounters under the boat – Amberjack Seriola dumerilii
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Encounters under the boat - Amberjack Seriola dumerilii

During navigation it sometimes happens that we stop for various needs, take stock of the ship, check the GPS, look at conspicuous points on the ground to detect the position, or simply to rest and swim. And sometimes we happen to find fish that strangely take shelter under our hull. In this case we are about 7/8 miles from the coast, therefore practically in the open sea, while with the engine off we were trying to check the seabed with the sounder to look for a new dive point.
Ballerina spagnola del Mediterraneo Lepre marina Aplysia depilans Spanish Mediterranean dancer Depilatory sea hare www.intotheblue.it -2023-03-08-17h12m41s831Spanish Mediterranean Dancer
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06:41

Spanish Mediterranean Dancer

In this video we can see a wonderful example of Spanish Mediterranean Dancer or Depilatory Sea Hare. It is a nudibranch mollusk, Aplysia depilans, that lives in the Mediterranean seabed at a depth ranging from 1 meter up to 10 meters. We met her in apnea in a rocky bottom around 2 meters. Elegant in its movements it seems to fly in the water with grace that would be the envy of a flamenco dancer.
Barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo Polmone di mare Intotheblue.it-2023-09-27-20h49m58s408Barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo Polmone di mare Intotheblue.it-2023-09-27-20h50m09s622Barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo
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03:40

Barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo

Jellyfish are always fascinating! whether they are dangerous or completely harmless like the Barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo). Every time we find this jellyfish and publish the film on intotheblue.it (and on the YouTube channel) we register a lot of visits and receive many emails from curious people, simple enthusiasts, divers and marine biologists. So we are happy to publish this video even if it is not exactly recent, in fact made in 2022. ...
Beadlet anemone – Actinia equina – Pomodoro di mare-2023-09-24-13h49m08s364Beadlet anemone – Actinia equina – Pomodoro di mare-2023-09-24-13h47m29s801Beadlet anemone – Actinia equina – Pomodoro di mare-2023-09-24-13h47m35s869Beadlet anemone
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Beadlet anemone

Beadlet anemone - Actinia equina - is one of the most common species of anemone or actinia in the Mediterranean Sea. It lives in the intertidal zone. The intertidal zone, also known as the shoreline, is the area above the water level at low tide and underwater at high tide. Simply put it is the area within the tidal range. ...
Emperor Angelfish Pesce Angelo Imperatore Pomacanthus imperator www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-07-16h35m38s128Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
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Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperator

The Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Red Sea to Hawai and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations and faces no major threats of extinction. It is a favorite of photographers, artists, and aquarists because of its unique, brilliant pattern of coloration.
Calyx nicaeensis Spugna Calice Goblet sponge www.intotheblue.it -2023-05-01-17h32m39s382Calyx nicaeensis Goblet Sponge
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Calyx nicaeensis Goblet Sponge

I met this Calyx nicaeensis, Goblet Sponge, during a dive in the reefs of the Secche di Vada near Livorno. The name owes it to its characteristic goblet shape. According to some experts, this sponge has become extremely rare in the Mediterranean because it requires very stable water temperature and biological conditions: small variations are enough to decree its disappearance. We all know by now that climate change has a heavy impact on biological life, but few seem to realize that it also affects the deep sea.
Red Squirrelfish Pesce Scoiattolo rosso Adioryx rubra Sargocentron rubrum www.intotheblue.it-2022-12-03-15h59m28s153Red Squirrelfish
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02:56

Red Squirrelfish

We met the Red Squirrelfish (Sargocentron rubrum) in the sea of ​​Cyprus while snorkelling among the rocks of the island. We did not expect to have this meeting in the Mediterranean because it is a tropical fish present in all tropical seas and in particular in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The reason for this sighting, as indeed for other tropical species now present in the Mediterranean, we owe it to the climatic warming of the sea, which creates favorable conditions, and to the Lessepsian migration: that is, to the entry and stabilization of animal and tropical species from the Channel of Suez.
T_Invasione Mnemiopsis leidyi Invasion-2023-09-13-15h37m20s106Invasione Mnemiopsis leidyi Invasion-2023-09-13-15h37m20s106Invasione Mnemiopsis leidyi Invasion-2023-09-13-15h37m50s647Invasione Mnemiopsis leidyi Invasion-2023-09-13-15h43m32s365Mnemiopsis leidyi invasion
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04:34

Mnemiopsis leidyi invasion

And also this summer we found ourselves faced with the now regular invasion of the Sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidyi (warty comb jelly or sea walnut). This phenomenon is becoming more and more frequent throughout the summers, and it is now clear that the main cause of these invasions is the increase in sea temperature. ...
T_European conger – Grongo – Conger conger – www.intotheblue.it-2023-09-05-20h45m23s530European conger – Grongo – Conger conger – www.intotheblue.it-2023-09-05-20h42m33s514European conger – Grongo – Conger conger – www.intotheblue.it-2023-09-05-20h45m53s934T_European conger – Grongo – Conger conger – www.intotheblue.it-2023-09-05-20h42m39s064European conger
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European conger

Common conger is a bony sea fish belonging to the Congridae family. Here we see it in its lair at a depth of about 52 metres, on a muddy seabed at the base of a beautiful vertical wall, even a few meters high, of rock and coral. As we see, the wall is colonized by many Mediterranean organisms such as sponges, corals and gorgonians, full of caves and ravines where these fish seek shelter during the day and food during the night. ...
T_Red Tufted Protula-2023-08-31-09h47m54s512Red Tufted Protula-2023-08-31-09h48m05s343Red Tufted Protula-2023-08-31-09h48m42s116Red Tufted Protula-2023-08-31-09h49m16s074Protula tubularia
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02:20

Protula tubularia

Protula tubularia is a sedentary Mediterranean polychaete also present on the two sides of the Atlantic and in other seas. The vermiform body is protected by a solid calcareous tube, up to 1 cm broad, which the animal builds around, after having chosen for fixing itself a ridge where the currents rich in plankton pass. From the tube in which it moves, which is the house chosen for life, two elegant gill crowns come out ...
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Pesce serra-2023-08-21-18h54m01s033Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Pesce serra-2023-08-21-18h52m13s642Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Pesce serra-2023-08-21-18h53m16s436Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Pesce serra-2023-08-21-18h54m07s730Bluefish
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03:06

Bluefish

Bluefish is the "predator" in fact it feeds exclusively on other fish and cephalopods. Its favorite preys are mullets even if in this video we see it hunting in a few meters of depth, trying to capture salemas present in numerous specimens in a herd. As always, the encounter is lightning-fast and lasts only a few seconds, in fact the Serras do not let themselves be distracted when they are hunting and it is extremely difficult to get close. By slowing down and enlarging the video we managed to extrapolate some images of this splendid fish. ...
TTT_Blue Chromis-2023-08-26-17h34m51s599TT_Blue Chromis-2023-08-26-17h34m51s599T_Blue Chromis-2023-08-26-17h09m20s492T_Blue Chromis-2023-08-26-17h10m56s898Blue Mediterranean chromis
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02:28

Blue Mediterranean chromis

Also in this summer, as indeed in all the months of July and August in the Mediterranean Sea, we can witness what we have always considered a spectacle of nature and of the "Mare Nostrum". That is the birth of the Chromis chromis or as we often say of the blue Mediterranean chromis. These little fish are truly to be admired thanks to their intense electric blue. ...
T_Luria sea snail – Luria lurida – Ciprea Mediterranea-2023-08-22-16h41m46s397Luria sea snail – Luria lurida – Ciprea Mediterranea-2023-08-22-16h42m55s641Luria sea snail – Luria lurida – Ciprea Mediterranea-2023-08-22-16h45m40s572Luria sea snail
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02:14

Luria sea snail

Meeting Luria lurida is becoming more and more difficult, then finding the shell with the mollusc inside alive is practically a very rare event. In the video we obviously see the Cyprean shell without the animal but given the sheen of the shell this mollusk was probably recently eaten by some predator, probably the usual octopus. ...
Paramuricea clavata gorgonia rossa-2023-08-20-08h10m23s042Paramuricea clavata Astrospartus-2023-08-20-08h08m12s644Paramuricea clavata gorgonia rossa-2023-08-20-08h10m06s963Riproduzione paramuricea clavata 04-2023-08-20-08h08m59s372Paramuricea clavata – Red gorgonian – Reproduction
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Paramuricea clavata - Red gorgonian - Reproduction

In this dive of August 15, 2023 we filmed an event that has not yet been documented much in our Mediterranean Sea. This is the reproduction of the red Gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata). Like every year in summer, this beautiful coral reproduces with the synchronized emission of male and female gametes released by the polyps which open by extruding thin semi-transparent filaments exceptionally long up to 5 cm. ...
T_Pelagia noctiluca Medusa viola-2023-08-13-610Pelagia noctiluca Medusa viola-2023-08-13-264TPelagia noctiluca Medusa viola-2023-08-13-h32Purple jellyfish
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02:30

Purple jellyfish

Given today's many views on an article from a while ago: Purple Luminous Jellyfish - Pelagia noctiluca, we're publishing today's meeting with the infamous Purple Jellyfish. On other occasions we were able to get closer to the jellyfish and film it much closer. As you can see today it wasn't really the case since our jellyfish had completely outward stinging tentacles, and as you can see in the video dangerously almost a meter long. ...
Red starfish Echinaster sepositus-16h58m11s527Red starfish Echinaster sepositus-16h58m05s336Red starfish Echinaster sepositus-16h58m23s165Red starfish Echinaster sepositus-16h58m31s090Red starfish
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02:25

Red starfish

Finding a starfish is one of the first experiences a diver can have, especially the Red starfish - Echinaster sepositus - one of the many species among the most common in the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the first encounters, but even the most experienced divers always find this species of echinoderm fascinating. However, when they meet, some precautions must be taken to avoid causing damage to these splendid starfish. Surely picking them up with some care, handling them and forcibly removing them from the substrate on which they are located can lead to damage ...
Squid eggs – Uova di Calamaro – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-06-11h03m34s338Squid eggs – Uova di Calamaro – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-06-11h00m52s968Squid eggs
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05:10

Squid eggs

In these two different dives at a depth ranging from about 40 to 50 meters, we filmed the eggs of the European squid (Loligo vulgaris) laid in completely different ways. In the first dive we found them in what would appear to be the optimal situation, i.e. in a hole near the red Gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata), therefore certainly in an area where a constant flow of current and therefore oxygenation is guaranteed ...
T_Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus – Granchio blu – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-04-16h38m28s440T_Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus – Granchio blu – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-04-16h39m19s878T_Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus – Granchio blu – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-04-16h40m39s526T_Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus – Granchio blu – www.intotheblue.it-2023-08-04-16h41m55s697Blue crab – Callinectes sapidus
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03:46

Blue crab - Callinectes sapidus

Even we at intotheblue.it could not miss the infamous and by now famous this summer, Blue Crab - Callinectes sapidus - also known as Blue King Crab. We filmed it after several reports, on the stretch of coast between Vada and Rosignano Solvay, luring it with a bait to film it with the camera. This alien species has colonized the Mediterranean for at least fifty years but has spread by invading the coasts in recent years perhaps precisely because of the now inevitable warming of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Cushion coral Cladocora caespitosa Madrepora a cuscino-2023-08-01-07h21m33s605Cushion coral Cladocora caespitosa Madrepora a cuscino-2023-08-01-07h21m46s727Cushion coral Cladocora caespitosa Madrepora a cuscino-2023-08-01-07h22m57s104Cushion coral Cladocora caespitosa Madrepora a cuscino-2023-08-01-07h23m12s499Cladocora caespitosa – Cushion coral
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Cladocora caespitosa - Cushion coral

Cladocora caespitosa, Cushion coral Madrepora, is the typical madrepora of the Mediterranean and is also considered the most important endemic bioconstructor coral of the Mediterranean Sea. It forms colonies often isolated, but sometimes capable of forming aggregations. Low densities are recorded in the Adriatic (populations are slightly declining), while in other areas the species is in great expansion ...
T_European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena Barracuda europeo Luccio di mare-2023-07-23-07h59m07s635Mediterranean barracuda and European barracuda
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Mediterranean barracuda and European barracuda

European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758), also known as the European barracuda, is the endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean barracuda, Sphyraena viridensis, commonly known as yellow-mouthed barracuda, is instead the alien species, that is, the one that was limited to a restricted basin of the eastern Atlantic (Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and the Azores) ...
T_Leerfish Lichia amia Leccia amia-2023-07-23-12h56m04s530T_Leerfish Lichia amia Leccia amia-2023-07-23-12h56m13s108T_Leerfish Lichia amia Leccia amia-2023-07-23-13h01m53s760Leerfish or Garrick – Lichia amia
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03:40

Leerfish or Garrick - Lichia amia

We had been trying for a long time to film Leerfish or Garrick - Lichia amia - one of the most beautiful and most elusive Carangidae endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is a pelagic species but, like all carangids, Leerfish usually approaches the coast at the beginning of June, disappears, returns at the end of August until October. In the video we met her during the final phase of a storm, when the large carangids of the Mediterranean (Learfish and Amberjack) approach the coasts in search of food, this is why their elusive nature allows them to be spotted by divers only for a few moments and then disappears into the blue. ...
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