{"id":8662,"date":"2019-07-10T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=8662"},"modified":"2019-07-10T11:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:37:20","slug":"a-sampling-of-fiji-marine-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/a-sampling-of-fiji-marine-creatures.html","title":{"rendered":"A Sampling of Fiji Marine Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial View of Vatu-i-Ra Coral Seascape, Fiji
\nImage ID: 34691<\/a>
\nLocation: Vatu I Ra Passage<\/a>, Bligh Waters<\/a>, Viti Levu Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

On my last trip to Fiji the goal was to make expansive wide-angle images of the spectacular coral reefs of the Fiji’s Bligh Waters<\/a>, of which the Vatu-i-ra Seascape aerial view above is a part. Of the 40 or so dives I made, all but a few were made with either a fisheye lens or a very wide 16mm rectalinear lens. I do not often set up my camera to shoot small creatures, and for many years didn’t even own a macro lens. But in the last year or so I have made a concerted effort to devote a least a little time to photographing the ocean’s smaller things and have made some images that I am pretty happy with. My last blog post was about the “small stuff” in the cold Pacific Northwest waters of Vancouver Island<\/a>. Here is a selection of critters from the warm waters of Fiji. Cheers, and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

\"Sarcophyton<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarcophyton leather coral polyp detail, close up view, Fiji.
Image ID: 34730<\/a>
Species: Sarcophyton Soft Coral<\/a>, Sarcophyton<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dendronephthya<\/a><\/p>\n

Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji
Image ID: 34731<\/a>
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, leafnose moray eel, Fiji
Image ID: 34732<\/a>
Species: Blue Ribbon Eel<\/a>, Rhinomuraena quaesita<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cardinalfish,<\/a><\/p>\n

Cardinalfish, Fiji
Image ID: 34733<\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bignose<\/a><\/p>\n

Bignose Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii, being cleaned by a small wrasse, Fiji
Image ID: 34735<\/a>
Species: Bignose Unicornfish<\/a>, Naso vlamingii<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi, hiding among anemone tentacles, Fiji
Image ID: 34736<\/a>
Species: Fiji Barberi Clownfish<\/a>, Amphiprion barberi<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Parrotfish<\/a><\/p>\n

Parrotfish detail, Fiji
Image ID: 34737<\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dendronephthya<\/a><\/p>\n

Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji
Image ID: 34738<\/a>
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bubble<\/a><\/p>\n

Bubble coral polyp detail, Plerogyra sinuosa, Fiji
Image ID: 34745<\/a>
Species: Bubble Coral<\/a>, Plerogyra sinuosa<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/a><\/p>\n

Pink Skunk Anemone Fish, Amphiprion perideraion, Fiji
Image ID: 34746<\/a>
Species: Pink anemonefish<\/a>, Pink Anemonefish<\/a>, Amphiprion perideraion<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Crinoid<\/a><\/p>\n

Crinoid feather star closeup view of tentacles, which it extends into ocean currents, Fiji.
Image ID: 34756<\/a>
Species: Crinoid Feather Star<\/a>, Crinoidea<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Coral<\/a><\/p>\n

Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji
Image ID: 34757<\/a>
Species: Coral Grouper<\/a>, Cephalopholis miniata<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Phyllidia<\/a><\/p>\n

Phyllidia coelestis nudibranch, Fiji
Image ID: 34758<\/a>
Species: Phyllidia coelestis<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blackside<\/a><\/p>\n

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji
Image ID: 34759<\/a>
Species: Blackside Hawkfish<\/a>, Paracirrhites forsteri<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Crinoid<\/a><\/p>\n

Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji
Image ID: 34767<\/a>
Species: Crinoid Feather Star<\/a>, Crinoidea<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dendronephthya<\/a><\/p>\n

Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji
Image ID: 34771<\/a>
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Reef<\/a><\/p>\n

Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, Fiji
Image ID: 34772<\/a>
Species: Reef Lizardfish<\/a>, Synodus variegatus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bluestripe<\/a><\/p>\n

Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji
Image ID: 34775<\/a>
Species: Bluestripe Clownfish<\/a>, Amphiprion chrysopterus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spiral-gilled<\/a><\/p>\n

Spiral-gilled tubeworm, Christmas tree worm, Blue Christmas Tree Worm Spirobranchus giganteus, Fiji
Image ID: 34777<\/a>
Species: Christmas Tree Worm<\/a>, Spirobranchus giganteus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Golden<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden Damselfish, Fiji
Image ID: 34779<\/a>
Species: Golden Damselfish<\/a>, Amblyglyphidodon aureus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ring-tailed<\/a><\/p>\n

Ring-tailed cardinal fish, Male tending eggs in his mouth, Ostorhinchus aureus, Fiji
Image ID: 34786<\/a>
Species: Ring Tailed Cardinalfish<\/a>, Ostorhinchus aureus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Anthias<\/a><\/p>\n

Anthias fish school around green fan coral, Fiji
Image ID: 34793<\/a>
Species: Anthias<\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>
Location: Bligh Waters<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dendronephthya<\/a><\/p>\n

Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji
Image ID: 34799<\/a>
Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Coral<\/a><\/p>\n

Coral polyp detail, Fiji
Image ID: 34800<\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Golden<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden Damselfish, Fiji
Image ID: 34927<\/a>
Species: Golden Damselfish<\/a>, Amblyglyphidodon aureus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aerial View of Vatu-i-Ra Coral Seascape, Fiji Image ID: 34691 Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji On my last trip to Fiji the goal was to make expansive wide-angle images of the spectacular coral reefs of the Fiji’s Bligh Waters, of which the Vatu-i-ra Seascape…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,123,127],"tags":[240,356,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-8662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fiji","8":"category-underwater-photography","9":"category-vatu-i-ra-passage","10":"tag-fiji","11":"tag-pacific","12":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}