On a recent visit to Borneo I was lucky enough to see a school of Bumphead Parrotfish slowly parading along the edge of the reef. The school was in a column which was about five fish deep and five fish wide and they took several minutes to pass. When the tail end got alongside us, the rear fish started to turn around and go back and before long the whole school had turned around and slowly passed us again.
This blog contains photos, mainly taken during diving around Perth and other parts of Western Australia, with occasional other locations thrown in. This header photograph was taken during a trip to Sipadan Island off the coast of Borneo. It shows a Grey Reef Shark disappearing into the gloom, which drops to around 600 metres deep - I was at around 30 metres!!
Monday, 15 August 2011
Bumphead Parrotfish
On a recent visit to Borneo I was lucky enough to see a school of Bumphead Parrotfish slowly parading along the edge of the reef. The school was in a column which was about five fish deep and five fish wide and they took several minutes to pass. When the tail end got alongside us, the rear fish started to turn around and go back and before long the whole school had turned around and slowly passed us again.
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Love the shoal pics as you know so keep them coming!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing sight to see, made even more so I guess because it's so silent down there and the gliding past would be more surreal! Strange name for a fish!!
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