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De Beaufort's Flathead, Beaufort's Crocodilefish

Cymbacephalus beauforti

Description:

Crocodilefish are mottled brown or green and grey, coloured ideally to be camouflaged with their habitat. Juveniles begin black. They have eye lappets (see photo 2), which help to break up the outline of the iris and improve camouflage. - source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beaufort...

Habitat:

Sandy or rubble substrates near mangroves, seagrass or coral reefs. It is found in the western Pacific; Indonesia, Philippines, Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef.

Notes:

Spotted in Apo Front, Apo Reef Natural Park during a night dive. Depth of about 10m

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7 Comments

Eric Noora
Eric Noora a year ago

Thanks Aldrin. Canon S95 lang :-)

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

wow!. sir Eric, ano po ginagamit nyong cam?

Eric Noora
Eric Noora a year ago

Oh and yeah I also love those eye lappets. Makes them sexy and flirtatious hehe :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora a year ago

Thanks Samantha. Apo Reef was great. Waters were a bit choppy though and felt seasick at times that missed some dives. Mostly drift dives. Lots of sharks, hawksbill turtles, barracudas and some tunas and trevally. Unfortunately my skills are into close-ups and a little macro so wasn't able to get good shots of them. All were blurred! :-( Planning to go back though end of summer :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora a year ago

Just one of the many wonders of the underwater world Nopayahnah :-)

SamanthaCraven
SamanthaCraven a year ago

Fantastic Eric! How was Apo Reef? I only hear amazing things about it. I love the eyes of this fish!

Maria dB
Maria dB a year ago

wow, never heard of this fish before

Occidental Mindoro, Philippines

Lat: 12.66, Long: 120.42

Spotted on Jan 13, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012

Spotted for mission

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