the inkspot Vox 2008-04-24T22:28:36Z Tintenfisch http://tintenfisch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4141ce4d16a47/tags/fish/ more poor knights tag:vox.com,2008-04-24:asset-6a00d4141ce4d16a4700e398f347000005 2008-04-24T22:23:32Z 2008-04-24T22:28:36Z Tintenfisch http://tintenfisch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

grey moray, Gymnothorax nubilus mosaic moray, Enchelycore ramosa overhang, northern arch pink maomao, Caprodon longimanus sea urchin aliens yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus

i had some trouble uploading about half of the dive pics the first time, so here are the rest.

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]]> diving the poor knights tag:vox.com,2008-04-22:asset-6a00d4141ce4d16a4700f48cf0dbef0003 2008-04-22T05:08:24Z 2008-04-24T22:39:21Z Tintenfisch http://tintenfisch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

entrance to rikoriko cave inside rikoriko cave kelp wall scorpionfish, Scorpaena sp. red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus northern arch jewel anemones sandager's wrasses, Coris sandeyeri inside northern arch

this is going to be one of those entries where the photos speak for themselves. yesterday we went diving at the poor knights islands, a marine reserve about 3 hours north of auckland. we dived in and around rikoriko cave, the largest natural se...

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]]> more seanery tag:vox.com,2007-05-14:asset-6a00d4141ce4d16a4700d41437ee743c7f 2007-05-14T20:55:24Z 2007-05-14T20:55:24Z Tintenfisch http://tintenfisch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

snake star, Ophiopsammus maculata jack mackerel, Trachurus novaezelandiae hermit crab funky blue alga, Champia sp. cute triplefin triangle crab, Eurynolambrus australis 11-arm star school of parore, Girella tricuspidata hordes of kina (sea urchins), Evechinus chloroticus

here are a few more interesting beasts we encountered while diving at leigh. (yep, i'm getting good mileage out of this one!)

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snake star feather stars sweep more sweep

here are a few videos from the dive as well. this is a snake star (ophiuroid), Ophiopsammus maculata. these are feather stars, Ophiopteris antipodum. and these two are schools of sweep, Scorpis lineolatis.

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]]> of fins and feelers tag:vox.com,2007-04-10:asset-6a00d4141ce4d16a4700cd9720b4b54cd5 2007-04-10T01:00:16Z 2007-04-10T01:16:16Z Tintenfisch http://tintenfisch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

friendly spotted wrasse swimming scallop goatfish and squid eggs pearl gouramis pearl gouramis

life has been full of fishy goodness recently. last weekend, the pebbles and i went diving up at tawharanui, near goat island marine reserve. we were not expecting anything miraculous in the way of sealife encounters or visibility, since the no...

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