Convict Surgeonfish – Pesce Chirurgo pentastriato – Acanthurus triostegus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-11-29-17h10m03s609
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Convict Surgeonfish

Acanthurus triostegus, also known as the convict tang, convict surgeonfish, or manini, is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes. It is typically about 17 cm long, but some individuals may reach 27 cm. These tangs are widespread. They are found in the Indo-Pacific area. It is found over hard bottoms in lagoons, reef slopes, bays and estuaries.
Mediterranean Cardinalfish – Re di Triglie o Pesce Cardinale – Apogon imberbis – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-17-16h38m26s969
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Cardinalfish

Cardinalfish, Apogon imberbis, or Mediterranean cardinalfish, king of the mullets, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish belonging to the family Apogonidae. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the warm temperate and tropical eastern Atlantic coasts
Yellowback fusilier – Fuciliere dal Dorso Giallo – Caesio xanthonota – www.intotheblue.it-2023-12-04-15h03m34s154
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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.
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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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.
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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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.
Powder-blue surgeonfish – Pesce chirurgo dalla gola bianca – Acanthurus leucosternon – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-28-18h02m53s198
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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.
Sargo in lair – Sarago maggiore in tana – Diplodus sargus sargus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-10-19-11h21m09s967
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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.
Indian Damsel – Damigella indiana – Pomacentrus indicus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-20-15h48m50s317
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Indian Damsel

The Indian Damsel fish lives in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific from the surface to a depth of 15 meters. These fish live in groups that can even be numerous; they lead a mainly diurnal life and are quite easy to approach by snorkeling (as you can see from the video).
School of Sand steenbras or Striped seabream – Branco di Mormore  o Marmore – Lithognathus mormyrus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-07-07-14h15m57s968
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Big herd of Sand steenbras

The Sand Steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus) is a beautiful elegant silver-colored fish with six very dark and highlighted vertical bands and an equal number of narrower and less evident bands, the body is long and compressed laterally, the profile is high and rounded. The lips are fleshy and the teeth are arranged in different rows; it can reach a length of 30 cm. and a weight that rarely reaches one kilogram. It has gregarious habits and we find it in small groups in a depth mixed with rock and sand at a depth that hardly exceeds 20 meters.
Cuckoo Wrasse male – Tordo fischietto maschio – Labrus mixtus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-04-25-15h50m04s181
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Cuckoo Wrasse male

The Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus) is a protogynous hermaphrodite, and females can change sex into males, a process which takes around seven months. In this short and interesting video you can observe the phase in which a female has just begun the transformation to become a male: in fact the electric blue color and the darker bands are starting to become evident, but have not yet covered the body as in the phase of complete transformation. The cuckoo wrasse is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Senegal, including the Azores and Madeira. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea.
Female Cuckoo Wrasse Tordo Fischietto femmina Labrus mixtus www.intotheblue.it-2023-04-24-15h36m46s814
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Female Cuckoo Wrasse

Female Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Senegal, including the Azores and Madeira. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea. They can be found amongst the algae on rocky shores at depths from 2 to 200 m, though mostly between 40 and 80 m. This species is an important food fish for local populations and is also popular as a game fish. It is also a popular fish for display in public aquaria.
Brown meagre or Corb – Corvina – Corvina nigra – Scianea umbra – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-10-15h08m21s863
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Brown Meagre or Corb

Brown meagre or corb (Sciaena umbra) is a species of croaker found in, the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea occurring in shallow waters and sandy bottoms. It is harvested for human consumption, especially in the Mediterranean. The brown meagre is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the southern English Channel south to Senegal and Cape Verde, including the Canary Islands records from West Africa south of Senegal are questionable. Also in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Sand steenbras or Striped seabream – Mormora o Marmora – Lithognathus mormyrus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-19-15h00m56s938
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Sand steenbras

The Sand Steenbras (Lithognathus Mormoryus) belongs to the class Osteichthyes, subclass Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei, family Sparidae. It is a beautiful elegant silver-colored fish with six very dark and highlighted vertical bands and an equal number of narrower and less evident bands, the body is long and compressed laterally, the profile is high and rounded. The lips are fleshy and the teeth are arranged in different rows; it can reach a length of 30 cm.
Bogues that devour a Barrel jellyfish – Boghe che divorano un Polmone di mare – www.intotheblue.it -2023-11-06-12h37m33s049
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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.
Yellow-edged Lyretail Cernia Variola louti www.intotheblue.it-2023-02-20-10h42m44s302
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Yellow-edged Lyretail

The Yellow-edged Lyretail (Variola louti) is a species of grouper belongs Actinopterygii class, Perciformes order and Serranidae family; also known as the lyretail grouper or the caramel cod. The yellow-edged lyretail is found from the Red Sea to South Africa and the Pitcairn Islands, as far as southern Japan and Australia.
T_Salema – Salpa sarpa – Salpa – www.intotheblue.it-2022-12-16-14h17m43s107
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Salema - Salpa sarpa

Salema - Salpa sarpa - is one of the most common and easiest to meet Sparidae species in Mediterranean Sea. It is a gregarious fish that lives in held of even numerous individuals. In this video we see it in various conditions and habitats that it shares together with other spawners such as Seabreams, but also together with predators such as Sea bass ...
Pesce Pappagallo mediterraneo maschio Mediterranean Parrotfish male Sparisoma cretense intotheblue.it -2021-11-07-14h35m14s182
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Mediterranean Parrotfish male

The Mediterranean Parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) is a species of parrotfish found at depths up to 50 m along rocky shores in the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, from Portugal south to Senegal. It is generally common, but uncommon or rare (locally even absent) in the northwestern Mediterranean and in the Adriatic Sea. It prefers relatively warm temperatures and there is an ongoing northward range expansion, probably because of global warming. The primary adult habitat is rocky reefs, especially in areas with macroalgae, but they may visit adjacent seagrass patches. Juveniles also occur more widely in the latter habitat.
Boga – Boops boops – bogue – www.intotheblue.it-2022-02-18-15h38m01s306
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Boops boops

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. A demeral and semi-pelagic, it can generally be found at a depth of 100 m, and infrequently down to 350 m. The Bogue reaches a maximum length of 30 cm. and a weight that can reach half a kilogram. Its color ranges from silvery green on the back to white on the belly. The fins have the same color as the back except the ventral ones which are white. On the side it has a dark lateral line under which we find four or five lateral lines of a beautiful golden color.
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Striped red Mullet

The striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. They can be found in water as shallow as 5 metres or as deep as 409 metres depending upon the portion of their range that they are in. This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres. Toxic when not cooked. Though most are only around 25 centimetres. The greatest recorded weight for this species is 1 kilogram. This is a commercially important species and is also sought after as a game fish.
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The Three-point Damselfly

The Damigella fish Dascyllus trimaculatus, also known as the Three-point Damselfly, is a tropical species that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives and from southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef of the Australia.
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Moorish idol

Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Peciformes. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol ...
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Red Mullet

Mullus barbatus barbatus or Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758), is a marine bone fish belonging to the Famiglis Mullidae. The red mullet can grow to a standard length of 30 cm., but a more common length is about half that. ...
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Mimicry

One of the things that often happens during a dive is to pass in front of some fish and some organisms without seeing them. In this case, this is exactly what happened, fortunately being a couple and having the opportunity to review ...
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The One-spot snapper

The One-spot snapper, Lutjanus monostigma, is a species of snappers belonging Actinopterygii class, order Perciformes, Lutjanidae family. Lutjanus monostigma can reach a maximum length of 60 centimetres in males ...
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The Clown Coris Fish

The clown coris (Coris aygula) is a species of wrass native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Actinopterygii class, to the order Perciformes, Labridae family ...
Il Gomphosus caeruleus – the green Birdmouth wrasse – intotheblue.it-2020-02-05-18h07m27s483
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Green Birdmouth Wrasse

Gomphosus caeruleus, the green birdmouth wrasse, is a species of wrasse belonging to the family Labridae, Actinopterygii class, Perciformes order. It can be found in the aquarium trade. This tropical species of wrasse is native ...
Il Pesce Farfalla Bandiera del Mar Rosso – The Red Sea Bannerfish – Heniochus intermedius – intotheblue.it-2020-02-01-20h48m21s508
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The Red Sea Bannerfish

Red Sea Bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a Perciform fish which is found in waters around Africa and the Middle East. This fish is pale yellow below and white above, with two broad diagonal black bands, up to 20 cm in length. ...
La Cernia Maculata – Epinephelus tauvina – The Greasy Grouper – Arabian Grouper – intotheblue.it – vlcsnap-2019-10-24-15h32m54s350
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The Arabian Grouper

The Greasy Grouper (Epinephelus tauvina), also known as the Arabian grouper, is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the family Serranidae ...