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Branched sponge Spugna alberello Spugna ramificata Axinella-2025-03-14-21h06m12s463
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07:41

Tree Sponge or Branched Sponge - Axinella polypoides

In this dive on a seabed of about 40-42 meters deep we encountered the Tree Sponge or Branched Sponge, Axinella polypoides, a sponge typical of the Mediterranean Sea that develops vertically often with various branches almost like a coral. Branched sponge Spugna alberello Spugna ramificata Axinella intotheblue.it ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Graeffe’s sea cucumber – Cetriolo di mare di Graeffei – Pearsonothuria graeffei – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-12-09h53m44s180
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05:34

Graeffe's sea Cucumber tropical

Graeffe's sea cucumber tropical is a scavanger and roams around on the seabed sifting through the sediment with its feeding tentacles. Any organic matter it finds is passed to its mouth by the tentacles. Its daily activities start within a few minutes of dawn and continue until half an hour after sunset after which time it adopts an inactive stance with its rear end raised and its tentacles retracted into its mouth.
Stefano
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Loggerhead sea turtle – Tartaruga marina comune – Caretta caretta – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-26-16h36m49s938
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05:30

Redang Island Malaysia Turtle Sanctuary

This video was made on the island of Redang in Malaysia during a boat trip to go to the famous Turtle Sanctuary: in fact, in certain periods of the year many turtles reach this location to lay their eggs. They have thus also become a tourist attraction and are so used to the presence of man that they allow themselves to be approached very easily.
Stefano
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Striped Eel Catfish – Pesce Gatto dei Coralli – Plotosus lineatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-01-15h48m07s822
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05:55

Striped Eel Catfish

Striped Eel Catfish, is a species of eeltail catfishes belonging to the family Plotosidae. Like most other members of the genus Plotosus. they possesses highly venomous spines that they can use to sting when threatened. The venom can cause mild to severe symptoms in humans.
Stefano
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Yellowback fusilier – Fuciliere dal Dorso Giallo – Caesio xanthonota – www.intotheblue.it-2023-12-04-15h03m34s154
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01:23

Yellowback Fusilier

The Yellowback Fusilier (Caesio xanthonota) is a pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, being found in shallow water from the East African coast to Indonesia.
Stefano
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Permiculated Angelfish – Pesce Angelo Vermicolato – Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-23-14h58m37s690
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01:42

Vermiculated Angelfish

The Vermiculated Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus, is a species of marine ray-finned fish a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region. Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus has blue lips contrasting with its yellow face.
Stefano
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Yellow-lipped sea Krait – Serpente di mare bocca gialla – Laticauda colubrina – www.intotheblue.it-2025-02-19-10h16m30s742
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07:06

Yellow-lipped 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.
Stefano
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Whale Shark – Squalo Balena – Rhincodon typus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-08-15h59m00s108
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12:45

Whale Shark

This video was made in Oslob, Philippines, where the whale sharks are fed shrimp by the locals. The sharks have become accustomed to showing up every morning and tourist operators have made a business out of it by bringing visitors, divers and scholars to admire and photograph these splendid fish.
Stefano
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Young Yellowbelly rock cod – Dusky Grouper – Giovane Cernia bruna – Epinephelus marginatus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-10-10-16h43m38s055
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03:47

Young Dusky Grouper

Young Dusky Grouper, Epinephelus marginatus , the yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the family Serranidae. This species is the best known grouper species of the Mediterranea Sea and North Africa coast.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Blue Sea Star – Stella Marina Blu – Linckia laevigata – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-07-12h39m18s422
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03:12

Blue sea star Linckia laevigata

Linckia laevigata (sometimes called the "blue Linckia" or blue star) is a species of sea star in the shallow waters of tropical Indo-pacific. These sea stars may grow up to 30 cm in diameter, with rounded tips at each of the arms; some individuals may bear lighter or darker spots along each of their arms.
Stefano
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Orange-spotted spinefoot – Pesce coniglio a macchie arancioni – Siganus guttatus – Golden rabbitfish – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-22-17h38m27s740
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03:53

Orange-spotted spinefoot

Orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus), also known as the Deepbody spinefoot, Gold-saddle rabbitfish, Golden rabbitfish, Golden-spotted spinefoot, Goldlined spinefoot or Yellowblotch spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Stefano
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Brown Surgeonfish – Pesce Chirurgo marrone – Acanthurus nigrofuscus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-24-15h02m58s906
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08:23

Brown Surgeonfis

Brown surgeonfis, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution from the coast of eastern Africa as far north as the Red Sea coast and south as far as far south as the Aliwal Shoal in South Africa.
Stefano
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Dusky parrotfish – Pesce Pappagallo scuro – Scarus niger – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-21-17h41m38s331
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02:18

Dusky Parrotfish

Dusky parrotfish, Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii and family Scaridae. The presence of the swarthy parrotfish in large and small reef communities contributes to diversity and therefore the resilience of the ecosystem. The reef ecosystem may be dramatically shifted in the absence of the swarthy parrotfish.
Stefano
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T_Leopard-spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus Ghiozzo leopardo-2025-01-26-17h32m44s059
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04:52

Leopard-spotted goby

Leopard gobi, Thorogobius ephippiatus, is a shy and timid fish and is considered a rare species for divers to encounter. We find it quite often in coralligenous seabeds that vary from 38 to 42 meters deep as in this case. It is probably considered rare because it lives in ravines and holes that are quite inaccessible to cameras and therefore it is very difficult to see. ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Lobactis scutaria – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-17-14h24m11s883
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02:17

Lobactis scutaria

Lobactis is a genus of plate or mushroom coral in the family Fungiidae. The genus is monotypic with a single species, Lobactis scutaria, that is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Is a solitary, non-colonial coral that is free living and not attached to the seabed. It is discoid or elongated in shape and can grow to a very large size.
Stefano
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Gilt-head bream in shallow seabed – Orata nel basso fondale – Sparus aurata – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-16-16h21m27s261
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03:30

Gilt-head bream in shallow seabed

Gilt-head bream, Sparus aurata, is a bony sea and brackish water fish belonging to the Sparidae family. The name derives from the characteristic gold stripe that the fish shows between its eyes. Gilt-head bream is present throughout the Mediterranean.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Desjardin’s sailfin tang – Pesce Chirurgo pinne a vela – Zebrasoma desjardinii – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-07-16h33m16s047
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05:29

Desjardin's sailfin tang

The Desjardin's sailfin tang, or Sailfin surgeonfish, Red Sea sailfin tang, (Zebrasoma desjardinii) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. The coloration may vary from one individual to another and within the same individual, depending on age. In general, the upper side of the body alternates orange and dark blue vertical bands, with a larger blue band on the eyes, a spotted ventral region and numerous white spots on the head.
Stefano
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Brown Mesh Sea Star – Stella marina Nardoa – Nardoa galatheae – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-06-09h22m08s362
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02:50

Brown Mesh Sea Star

Brown Mesh Sea Star, Nardoa galatheae, is a genus of sea stars in the family Ophidiasteridae. The Ophidiasteridae are a family of sea stars with about 30 genera. Occurring both in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; ophidiasterids are greatest in diversity in the Indo-Pacific.
Stefano
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Mahsena emperor – Imperatore mahsena o pesce Imperatore del cielo – Lethrinus mahsena – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-09-15h00m42s220
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03:16

Mahsena emperor

Mahsena emperor, Lethrinus mahsena, common names the sky emperor, is a species of emperor fish. It grows to 65 cm in length, but is commonly found at 35 to 45 cm. This fish may be yellow to greenish-blue or olive-grey, becoming paler toward the belly. It is a non-migratory, reef-associated fish that has a high commercial value.
Stefano
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Mediterranean Red Starfish Echinaster sepositus Stella marina rossa-2025-01-03-14h27m38s775
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03:30

Mediterranean Red Starfish

The red starfish in this video - Echinaster sepositus - was filmed on a seabed of about 5 meters deep while free-diving, in the waters of the beautiful "Secche di Vada". We often visit these areas near the lighthouse for various reasons: the exceptional transparency of the water, the shallow depth, the presence of Posidonia oceanica that despite the frequent anchoring of boats seems to thrive and the distance from the chaotic and crowded coast in summer ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Philippines-2024-05-11-11h31m24s195
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El Nido, Panglao, Oslob in the Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7641 island, with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geografical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Manila is the country’s capital and its most populated city is Quezon City.
Stefano
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Powder-blue surgeonfish – Pesce chirurgo dalla gola bianca – Acanthurus leucosternon – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-28-18h02m53s198
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10:59

Powder-blue surgeonfish

Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae. This species is found in the Indian Ocean.The powder blue tang is rarely harvested for anything other than the marine aquarium industry. It is a commonly sold fish that is moderately difficult to care for.
Stefano
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Barrel jellyfish invasion Rhizostoma pulmo Invasione di Polmone di mare www.intotheblue.it-27-16h43m59s467
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13:18

Barrel jellyfish invasion

The summer of 2024 was the hottest since temperatures have been measured, and it's not just the thermometer and measurement statistics that tell us this. As you can see in the video, this year too there was the usual, now inevitable, proliferation of jellyfish due to the increasingly warm sea temperatures. Barrel jellyfish invasion Rhizostoma pulmo Invasione di Polmone di mare www.intotheblue.it. ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Specklefin grouper from Maldives – Cernia maculata delle Maldive – Epinephelus ongus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-30-12h30m25s127
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04:32

Specklefin grouper from Maldives

Epinephelus ongus, (the white-streaked grouper, specklefin grouper, lace-finned rock-cod, specklefin rockcod, wavy-lined tock-cod, white-speckled grouper or white-spotted rock-cod) is a grouper from the subfamily Epenephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It has a wide Indo-Pcific distribution and it is found in brackish waters as well as marine reefs.
Stefano
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Acropora robusta coral – Corallo Madrepora robusta – Acropora robusta – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-11-30-14h50m15s046
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02:30

Acropora robusta coral

Is a branching stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. It occurs in back reef and fore reef environments from 0 to 30 m depth. It occurs in irregular colonies consisting of thick branches towards the centre, but its outer branches are thinner. Its rasp-like radial corallites can be of a variety of diameters and shapes.
Stefano
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White-tuft Protula – Protula dal ciuffo bianco – Protula tubolaria – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-22-17h01m51s858
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01:51

White-tuft Protula

The White-tuft Protula, Protula tubularia, is a marine worm belonging to the class of sedentary Polychaetes and the order of Serpulidae which lives in a white calcareous tube and is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea at depths that can vary from 10 meters to over 100 metres. It is a very common annelid.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Scribbled Filefish – Pesce Lima – Aluterus scriptus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-18-17h15m00s175
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03:32

Scribbled Filefish

Scribbled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as Scrawled filefish, Broomtail filefish or Scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. This species has a circumtropical repartition, it can be found in the tropical waters from the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Stefano
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Long-spine Porcupinefish – Pesce Istrice – Diodon holocanthus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-29-17h48m14s932
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01:07

Long-spine Porcupinefish

The Long-spine Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, also known as the freckled porcupinefish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae. Is an omnivore that feeds on mollusks, sea urchins, hermit crabs, snails and crabs during its active phase at.
Stefano
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White Gorgonian – Gorgonia bianca – Gorgonia verrucosa – Eunicella verrucosa – www.intotheblue.it-2024-10-11-16h24m18s596
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03:51

White Gorgonian

White Gorgonian, Eunicella verrucosa, or broad sea fan, pink sea fan, warty gorgonian, is a species of colonia Gorgonian "soft coral" in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Cushion sea star – Stella cuscino – Culcita schmideliana – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-05-17h12m40s129
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02:19

Cushion sea star Culcita schmideliana

Cushion sea star, Culcita schmideliana, commonly known as the spiny cushion star, is a species of pin-cushion star which looks more like a hedgehog without its spines than the starfish we generally know. It has a variety of base colors and often patches of a different color. It is pentagonal in shape and lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific.
Stefano
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Great Barracuda – Grande Barracuda – Sphyraena barracuda – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-13-17h42m40s792
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02:18

Great Barracuda

The great barracuda is present in tropical to warm temperate waters, in subtropical parts of the Indian, Red Sea, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, from mangrove areas to deep reef, with a lower depth limit of 110 meters. Mature specimens are usually around 60–100 cm.
Stefano
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Black Seabream – Tanuta o Cantaro – Spondyliosoma cantharus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-23-14h56m27s056
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01:31

Tanuta Spondyliosoma cantharus

The Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a protogynous species of Sparidae fishes, recognisable by their oval, compressed body and jaws, which contain 4–6 rows of slender teeth that are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with blue and pink tinges and broken longitudinal gold lines. They can reach a maximum size of 60 cm in length.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Yellow scroll Coral – Corallo giallo – Turbinaria reniformis – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-28-16h02m14s768
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02:41

Yellow scroll Coral

The Yellow scroll Coral, Turbinaria reniformis, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being “vulnerable” due to warming of the sea due to the increase in temperature across the planet.
Stefano
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Small Giant Clam dead – Tridacna maxima morta – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-28-14h58m31s391
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01:01

Small Giant Clam dead

Tridacna maxima is a giant bivalve species of the Tridacnidae family. Popular among the aquarists, it is often found in a marine aquarium. In Polynesia This species is called “Pahua ” and enters the local cuisine. It is a sessile bivalve that can reach an impressive size from 40-60 cm to 1,6 metres.
Stefano
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Sargo in lair – Sarago maggiore in tana – Diplodus sargus sargus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-10-19-11h21m09s967
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02:21

Sargo in lair

Sargo, Diplodus sargus, or white Seabream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a target species for commercial fisheries and is grown in aquaculture.
Fanino Cirivasi
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Pesce Chirurgo coda nera – Blackstreak surgeonfish – Acanthurus nigricauda – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-23-16h43m05s249
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04:28

Blackstreak surgeonfish

Blackstreak surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricauda, or epaulette surgeonfish, eye-line surgeonfish, shoulderbar surgeonfish, white-tail surgeonfish, is a tropical fish in the family Acanthuridae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It occurs over sandy and rocky bottoms, in bays, lagoons and on reef slopes, at depths down to about 30 m.
Stefano
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