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Sweeper fish – Pesce Spazzino – Pempheris oualensis – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-14-17h57m11s567
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Sweeper fish

Sweeper fish, 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. Sweepers are occasionally kept in marine aquaria.
Checkerboard wrasse – Tordo scacchiera – Halichoeres hortulanus – wwwintotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-05-18h00m59s343
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Checkerboard Wrasse

The Checkerboard Wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) is a fish belonging to the wrasse family. It is native to the area including the Indian Ocean to central Pacific Ocean. The Checkerboard Wrasse is a small sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 27 centimetres. Both its sex and appearance change during its life, and the colouring at each stage is rather variable based on location.
Pesce Farfalla Mezzaluna – Raccoon Butterflyfish – Chaetodon lunula – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2026-02-07-11h15m48s025
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Raccoon Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lunula is a nocturnal species that usually lives in small groups. Adults feed mainly on nudibranchs and small invertebrates, but also on algae and coral polyps. This species can be found widely throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. This species prefers seaward reefs and shallow reef flats of lagoon, at a depth not over 30 m.
Slingjaw wrasse – Labro boccalunga o Labride insidiatore – Epibulus insidiator – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-02-15h15m37s327
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Slingjaw wrasse

The Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) is a species of wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean where it occurs around coral reefs. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade. Relatively mundane at first glance, this fish is notable for its highly protrusible jaws.
Common Remora – Remora comune – Remora remora – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-20-17h22m00s563
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Common Remora

The Common Remora does not seem to have a negative overall effect on its host. The host provides the remora with fast-moving water to bathe its gills, a steady flow of food, transportation, and protection. The remora benefits the host by feeding in part on some of its parasites, but increases its hydrodynamical drag. Common Remora is commonly found in warm marine waters from all over the world.
Blunt Arm Sea Star – Stella Marina a Braccia Smussate – Pentaster obtusatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-08-17h34m09s891
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Blunt Arm Sea Star Pentaster obtusatus

Tle Blunt Arm Sea Star, Pentaster obtusatus, is a starfish belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Asteroidea, family Oreasteridae, which lives in the tropical Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean including the Philippine Islands and French Polynesia. The size can reach 20-25 cm. It is present in sandy areas, in the seagrass beds and in shallow areas where macroalgae are present at depths between 5 and 20 m.
Yellow jack – Carangide giallo – Carangoides bartholomaei – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2026-01-19-16h01m37s812
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Yellow Jack

The Yellow Jack is a pale yellow-green-blue dorsally, becoming silver on the underside. Juveniles show around five vertival bands, which fade to blotches and finally disappear altogether as the fish matures. The fins are all hyaline in appearance, often with a golden-brown tinge to them. Older fish tend to be more yellow, with large specimens having bright yellow fins. The yellow jack is distributed throughout the tropical to subtropical western Atlantic Ocean.
Whitetail dascyllus – Damigella fasciata – Dascyllus aruanus – Humbug damselfish – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-01-12h12m51s578
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Whitetail dascyllus

Dascyllus aruanus, known commonly as the Whitetail dascyllus or Humbug damselfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae. Whitetail dascyllus is up to 10 centimetres in length but its common size is 6 centimetres and is white with three black vertical bars.
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-09-17h08m27s526
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Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

The Sarcophyton trocheliophorum, Marenzeller 1886, is an octocoral of the Alcyoniidae family, (very common in tropical coral reefs; the video you are watching was filmed in the Pacific Ocean, specifically in the Philippines islands of El Nido, Panglao and Oslob) commonly referred to as Leather Soft Mushroom, Slimy Leather Coral, Fleshy soft coral. A colony of leathery coral is stiff, hard and inflexible. It is composed of tiny polyps projecting from a shared leathery tissue
Blackeye thicklip wrasse – Labro occhio nero – Hemigymnus melapterus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-07-11h26m43s866
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Blackeye Thicklip

The Blackeye Thicklip wrasse or half-and-half wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family. It is native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The Half-and-half wrasse is a medium-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 50 cm. Its body is high, relatively flattened, its head is large and its terminal mouth has thick lips. Its body coloration varies according to age.
Scissortail Sergeant – Pesce Sergente coda a forbice – Abudefduf sexfasciatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-19-16h27m32s196
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Scissortail Sergeant

The Scissortail Sergeant or Striptailed Damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) is a large damselfish. It earns its name from the black-striped tail and sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant, being similar to those of the sergent major damselfish. It grows to a length of about 16 centimetres. Scissortail Sergeants live on coral reefs at depths of up to 15 metres in tropical reaches, often living in a group surrounding a single head of coral.
Five-saddle parrotfish female – Pesce pappagallo a cinque selle – Scarus scaber femmina – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-02-11h47m13s883
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Five-saddle parrotfish female

The Five-saddle parrotfish, Scarus scaber female, or dusky-capped parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish; a parrotfish in the family Scaridae. It is native to Indian Ocean. This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight. This species is widely distributed in the Indian Ocean (and around the islands therein) from western Thailand and northwest Indonesia in the east (southwards to Cocos-Keeling), and west to the coast of Africa (as far south as Natal and north to Red Sea and Gulf of Aden).
Black Grouper – Cernia nera – Mycteroperca bonaci – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-12-11-16h15m51s444
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Black Grouper - Mycteroperca bonaci

The Black Grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci, belongs to the family of the Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae and includes numerous species of saltwater fish; they are large fish, which generally live in depth and are appreciated for their prized meats. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite fish that lives for a long time, some estimate even over 50 years, and that becomes male around the age of 12.
Diving in Santo Domingo’s coral reefs – Immersione nelle Barriere coralline di Santo Domingo – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-12-01-10h58m32s853
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Diving in Santo Domingo’s coral reefs

Despite its small size, the Dominican Republic is home to nine national parks, including an underwater park located east of the capital: Parque Nacional Submarino La Caleta. It is the only entirely underwater reserve in the country. The Parque Nacional Submarino La Caleta (English: La Caleta Underwater National Park) is a national park located approximately 20 kilometres from Santo Domingo.
Blaktip reef Shark – Squalo Pinna nera – Carcharhinus melanopterus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-26-10h52m01s582
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Blacktip reef Shark

The Blacktip reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a species of requiem shark; this species prefers shallow, inshore waters. Its exposed first dorsal fin is a common sight in the region. The blacktip reef shark is usually found over reef ledges and sandy flats. It typically attains a length of 1.6 m. Like other sharks, the females are larger than the males.
Red Cushion sea Star – Stella Marina Cuscino rossa – Oreaster reticulatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-11-26-14h52m24s168
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Oreaster reticulatus

The Red Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Red Cushion Star is the largest sea star found within its range, sometimes growing to about 50 centimetres in diameter.
Yellow-lipped sea Krait – Serpente di mare Bocca Gialla – Laticauda colubrina – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-17-18h36m22s935
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Colubrine sea krait

The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait or colubrine sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming. It spends much of its time under water to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce.
Double Bar Rabbitfish – Pesce Coniglio dalle due sbarre – Siganus virgatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-23-17h25m34s882
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Double Bar Rabbitfish

Double Bar Rabbitfish, Siganus virgatus, the Barhead spinefoot, or Double Bar Spinefoot is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Like all rabbitfishes, the dorsal fin has 13 spines and 10 soft rays while the anal fin has 7 spines and 9 soft rays. The fin spines hold venom glands.
Map puffer – Pesce Palla mappa – Arothron mappa – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-19-11h22m29s887
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Map puffer - Arothron mappa

The Map puffer (Arothron mappa), also known as the Map pufferfish, Scribbled pufferfish, or Kesho-fugu, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. The map puffer is typically found in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific ocean. This fish contains tetrodotoxin, a potent and deadly chemical compound used to ward off predators.
Specklefin grouper – white-streaked grouper – Cernia maculata – Epinephelus ongus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-13-18h43m18s104
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Epinephelus ongus

Specklefin grouper,Epinephelus ongus, has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is found in the east African coast from Somalia to South Africa and Madagascar. It is then found in the Seychelles and the Maldives and southern India and Sri Lanka along the coasts of Thailand and Malaysia east into the Pacific Ocean as far as New Caledonia and Tonga. They are found as far north as the Ryukyu islands and Ogasawara islands in southern Japan and south to Australia
Pulsanting Xenid Coral – Corallo Xenia Pulsante – Heteroxenia fuscescens – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-12-16h50m53s825
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Pulsanting Xenid - Heteroxenia fuscescens

The pulsating xenid (Heteroxenia fuscescens) is a species of soft coral in the family Xeniidae. The polyps of Heteroxenia fuscescens grow to form large clumping colonies up to 60 centimetres (24 in) across. Its polyp stalks are approximately 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, each stalk ending in a ring of large feathery pinnate tentacles, eight per polyp, as is typical of octocorals. Polyps pulsate rhythmically around 40 times/ minute, moving their tentacles in a "pumping" or "pulsating" fashion.
Magnificent sea Anemone – Anemone Magnifica – Heteractis magnifica – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-29-11h44m32s410
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Heteractis magnifica

Heteractis magnifica, also known by the common names Magnificent sea Anemone or Ritteri Anemone, is a species of sea anemone belonging to the Stichodactylidae family native to the Indo-Pacific area. The Magnificent sea Anemone is characterized by a flared oral disc, which reaches between 20 and 50 cm in diameter,
Blackwedged butterflyfish – Pesce farfalla dalla doppia sella – Chaetodon falcula – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-03-12h02m03s980
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Chaetodon falcula

Chaetodon falcula, the blackwedged butterflyfish or falcula butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish a butterflay belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean. Has a white body which is marked with a number of thin vertical dark grey lines.
Coral Rabbitfish – Pesce Coniglio del corallo – Siganus corallinus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-22-12h31m08s664
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Coral Rabbitfish

The Coral Rabbitfish, (Siganus corallinus), or blue-spotted spinefoot, ocellated spinefoot or orange spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific where it is often caught as a food fish and occasionally as an aquarium fish.
Colonial Stony Coral – Dipsastraea speciosa – Corallo Pietroso Coloniale – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-17-10h38m40s330
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Dipsastraea speciosa

Dipsastraea speciosa (previously called Favia speciosa) is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It is found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Dipsastraea speciosa has rounded to very elongated corallites, with diameters of 10 to 15 mm.
Titan triggerfish – Pesce Balestra Titano – Giant triggerfish – Balistoides viridescens – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-05-12-15h59m08s992
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Titan triggerfish Balestra titano

The Titan triggerfish, Balestra titano  Giant triggerfish or Moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50 m. in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres. it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the stone triggerfish, Pseudobalistes naufragium, from the east Pacific is larger). ...
Starry Toadfish – Stellate puffer –  Pesce Palla Stellato – Arothron stellatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-19-14h30m33s974
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Arothron stellatus

Starry Toadfish, Arothron stellatus, also known as the stellate puffer, starry puffer or starry pufferfish is a very large pufferfish which grows up to 120 cm. in length. The background coloration goes from white to grey, and the body is harmoniously dotted with black spots. The ventral area is usually clearer. The size of the spots is inversely proportional to the size of the fish.
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.
Eyed Flounder – Bothus ocellatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-05-07-10h55m15s579
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Bothus ocellatus

 Eyed Flounder (Bothus ocellatus) is a species of fish in the family Bothidae. 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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Zebra tang – Pesce Chirurgo zebrato – Acanthurus polyzona – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-13-15h06m37s656
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Zebra tang

Acanthurus polyzona has a rather restricted distribution in the tropical western Indian Ocean, its range including Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Comoro Islands. It lives in shallow reef habitats, in lagoons and on outer reef slopes, over sandy, rocky or coral seabeds at depths down to about 15 m.
Silver Moonyfish – Pesce Luna argento – Monodactylus argenteus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-18-15h22m13s919
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Monodactylus argenteus

Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish, or silver moony, butter bream, and diamondfish. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, including the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and associated estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta. It is bright shiny silver with yellowish edges to the fins.
Black Feather starfish  – Giglio di mare – Stella marina piumata nera – Crinoidi – Crinoids – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-30-16h11m53s102
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Black Feather starfish

Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea, one of the classes of the phylum Echinodermata, which also includes the starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.
Sarcophyton ehrenbergi and Sarcophyton trocheliophorum – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-01-11h03m13s663
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Sarcophyton ehrenbergi and Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

Sarcophyton ehrenbergi and Sarcophyton trocheliophorum are a octocorals of the Alcyoniidae family. It is composed of tiny polyps projecting from a shared leathery tissue. Members of the family may have two kinds of polyps; the autozooids have long trunks and eight tiny branched tentacles and project from the shared leathery tissue while the siphonozooids remain below the surface and pump water for the colony.