Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips – Grugnitore orientale – Plectorhinchus orientalis – www.intotheblue.it-2023-12-05-15h23m00s788
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Plectorhinchus orientalis

The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips inhabits shallow coastal coral reefs, lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 2 to 25 m. It is found singly or in small aggregations and is tends to be nocturnal. The juveniles may be found in tidepools and in beds of sea grass. It forages at night feeding on small invertebrates such crustaceans, gastropods or annelids, as well as smaller fishes.
Basket Star on Savalia savaglia – Stella Gorgone su Savalia savaglia – Astrospartus mediterraneus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-05-22-17h44m18s711
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Astrospartus mediterraneus

In the video I made you can see it with the almost complete opening of the arms because even though it was made during the day, I was at a depth of over 80 meters where the light is very attenuated. Beautiful and elegant, when it is open, it seems to see a refined female embroidery lying on the Red Gorgonia enhancing the beauty of the images presented to the diver.
Sweeper fish – Pesci Spazzino – Pempheris oualensis – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-28-17h36m20s942
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Pempheris oualensis Sweeper fish

Sweepers, Pempheris oualensis, are small, tropical marine (occasionally brackish) perciformes fish of the family Pempheridae. Found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific region, the family contains about 26 species in two genera. One species (Pempheris xanthoptera) is the target of subsistence fisheries in Japan, where the fish is much enjoyed for its taste.
Moorrish idol – Idolo moresco – zanclus cornutus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-07-16h54m28s655
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Moorish idol

The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Acanthuriformes. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific. A number of butterflyfishes (genus Heniochus) closely resemble the Moorish idol.
Blow lugworm egg – Arenicola marina egg – Uovo di Arenicola marina – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-06-09-14h49m45s964
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Blow lugworm egg Arenicola marina

The blow lugworm (Arenicola marina), also known as sandworm, is a large species of marine worm. Its coiled castins are a familiar sight on a beach at low tide but the animal itself is rarely seen except by those who, from curiosity or to use as fishing bait, dig the worm out of the sand. In the video I made you can see a egg blow lugworm, Arenicola marina, anchored to the Mediterranean sea floor at about 40 cm depth.
Eyed Flounder – Bothus ocellatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-05-07-10h55m15s579
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Bothus ocellatus

The species is found on or near the sandy seabed in relatively shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, its range extending from Canada to southern Brazil. Its typical habitat is sandy flats in the vicinity of patch reefs, often near areas of coral rubble and seagrass meadows. It commonly occurs at depths down to about 50 m but is sometimes found at greater depths, down to 110 m.
Coral reef of Oslob in the Philippines – Barriera corallina a Oslob nelle Filippine – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-12-10h30m20s130
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Coral reef in Oslob Philippines

The video you are watching was taken in a coral reef in Oslob, Philippines. The coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Coral belongs to the class Anthozoa the animal phylum Cnidaria, which includes sea anemones and jellyfish.