420 Dive Log Australasia OCTOBER 2026

The stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, is one of the most dangerous creatures on tropical reefs.

This Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos, has se creted a mucus bubble to protect it from predators at night,

this is the initial female yellow phase of the sling jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator, Yap, Micronesia. The slingjaw wrasse gets its name from its highly protrusible jaws as pictured here.

An adult bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, is carefully searching the mouth of this clown sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, for parasites

Blacktip reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, and gray reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, cruise the surface off the island of Yap

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