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Stumpy-spined Cuttlefish, Dwarf Cuttlefish

Sepia bandensis

Description:

"They tend to be a light brown, or greenish yellow-brown with a whitish mottle. Their head is scattered with white spots. Their dorsal (upper) mantle has white blotches concentrated into short, longitudinal bars. They often show a pair of brown patches on the posterior end (rear, away from head) of their mantle, often accompanied by white patches over their eye orbits. Their fins are pale with a row of small luminescent blue spots at their base." Source: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=1361...

Notes:

About 7 cm. Night Dive at a depth of 5 m. Dive and Trek Classroom, Batangas, Philippines

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Eric Noora
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Eric Noora

Spotted on Feb 3, 2013
Submitted on Mar 17, 2013

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