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~underwater photographs by Gail J. Worth~

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS


near Kennedy Island, Gizo area

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This lovely Maroon or Spine-Cheeked Clownfish (Premnas biaculatus) was photograped in the area of Gizo Island in the Solomon Islands. 

 The Long-Nosed Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) prefers deeper water where it perches in sea fans and gorgonians guarding its spot on the reef wall.
  

 
Clingfish and Squat Lobster

 
Crocodilefish

 

 These crinoids,
Himerometra robustipinna, near Kennedy Island resemble
a fireworks display.

   
Shown here are two moments in the life of the same large cuttlefish,
(Sepia pharaonis?), photographed near Uepi Island. Morovo Lagoon.

 

 
  

 A large anemone, swaying in the current, reveals its brightly colored underside. This anemone is home to a large number of Pink Skunk Clownfish, Amphiprion perideraion.
  

 

 
Miramira Nudibranch
  

 

This little Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) was photographed in a
mushroom coral in the Solomon Islands. 

   

 
P38 WWII airplane
at 15-25 feet depth, Morovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
  

This rare sea star, a Blistered Brittle Star, (Gomophia mammillifera), was found in deep water in the Morovo Lagoon. 
  

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