A spine-cheeked (maroon) clownfish
Pink skunk clownfish in their partially closed anemone
This feather star is actually an animal related to the starfish
We swam with jellyfish in a marine lake. We managed to avoid the small orange stinging ones
Juvenile longfin batfish
Indo-Pacific sergeants
A beautiful coral forest
A patch of lettuce coral
One of three lionfish that were regulars at the end of the Nyande jetty
Fabulous green coral
Blue-eyed cardinal fish
Green chromis (the blue fish!) and two-spot banded snapper
There were plenty of turtles at Indos and Nyande and all around Raja Ampat
A tomato clownfish
Ocellaris Clownfish (Nemo)
Checkered snapper (front) and Moorish Idol (back)
It got pretty crowded under the jetties at times
A blue-spotted pufferfish
Beautiful but dangerous: lionfish spines are venomous and stings are extremely painful
Lionfish move slowly and aren't shy. The danger is accidently bumping into them
Goldlined rabbitfish have beautiful gold markings
Most of the turtles were hawksbill rather than green turtles
This hawksbill looked to be feeding on sea sponges, their main food source
