Report by Richard Smith (September 2009, Trip 27 & 28)
I am well and truly settled into the swing of diving life here at Wakatobi Dive Resort, although there have been quite a few changes since I was here last. There are many more guides than during my previous stays, as the resort now offers private guiding. This allows divers to have their very own guide should they choose this service. The weather has been great lately and the windy season passed very quickly this year.
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| Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostornus paradoxus) |
Recently we have been inundated with ghost pipefishes of several species. The Halimeda species has been spotted at three sites, a pair of Robust at a site called The Zoo, and the generally uncommon Ornate ghost pipefish has been seen at many sites over the last few weeks. Unlike other pipefish in which the male broods the eggs and young it is the female ghost pipefish that is in charge of the offspring. She broods the eggs between enlarged pectoral fins located under the body, which can also be used to sex these species.
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| Robust ghost pipefish (Solenotornus cynopternus) |
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| Pyjama cardinal fish (Sphaemira nematoptera) I went to a site called the Zoo and was approached by a black-tip reef shark several times before it went about its day. The week ahead holds more of my pygmy seahorse behavioural observations, and I hope to spend a little time at the dive sites Roma and Table Coral City (with spawning tube sponges and schools of fish), which people are raving about at the moment! |
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| Rare yellow variation pygmy sea horse (Hippocampus Bargibanti) |
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