white tip shark

white tip shark

Welcome!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to Snorkelling in the Maldives, a blog designed to enable any snorkeller or scuba diver, whether novice or experienced, to get maximum pleasure from a trip to the Maldives. Many posts will concern the easy identification of the fish you see there as well. The one above is a Whitetip Reef Shark, the most widespread shark species on the Maldivian Reefs.

Our snorkelling career started in Australia's Hayman Island 20 years ago. Since then we have been fascinated by the world beneath the waves. We have snorkelled in Lord Howe, Australia, and seen the southern-most reach of the soft corals. We have bobbed in Brampton and Heron Islands in the Australian Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef, swum round Michaelmas Key in Cairns, dived in Indonesia and the Gilli Islands, sampled the warm waters of the south seas in Vanuatu, Rarotonga, New Caledonia and Fiji and explored the reefs of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. And never once did the underwater world lose its fascination. We are hooked on the Maldives and keep coming back - twice a year to atolls that seem to feature more exotic and rare fish than anywhere else.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012




Humpback Red Snapper (Lutjanus Gibbus): The Humpback Red Snapper prefers waters that are not too deep and are rich in currents so they can be seen often both on the Reef Crest and on the slope of the Drop-off. A very distinctive fish growing to 25 cm its silver grey body is outlined by black dorsal and anal fins and a black forked tail with rounded ends and a broad upper lobe giving it the alternative name of Paddletail. In bright contrast are the orange pectoral fins and the yellow rimmed eyes. The Humpback is often seen in red livery also with yellowish pectoral fins. The head in both versions features a slightly concave profile. Diet comprises invertebrates and small fishes and an occasional feed on zooplankton.

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