Genicanthus bellus, a species normally found extremely deep, but observed in shallow waters in Cenderawasih Bay, during the CI led survey to the Bird's Head Seascape.
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, a species normally found extremely deep, but observed in shallow waters in Cenderawasih Bay, during the CI led survey to the Bird's Head Seascape. Photo by Gerry Allen, courtesy Conservation International
Hemiscyillum freycineti, A new epaulette shark, just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape. Photo by Mark Erdman, courtesy Conservation International
The dive vessel used by the CI led expedition to Fak Fak, in Papua, Indonesia, part of the Bird's Head Seascape.
Pseudochromis sp. just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape.
Pomacentrus sp., just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape.
Paracheilinus walton, a new species of "flasher wrasse" discovered during the recent Bird's Head Seascape surveys
Meiacanthus sp. just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape.
Hemiscyillum freycineti, a new epaulette shark, just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape.
Reef scene with fusiliers, Caesio caerulaurea, taken during the RAP expedition to Teluk Cenderwasih in February 2006. The bird's head seascape is an important area for dense aggregations of reef fish which underscores the importance of protecting this region.
Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new species of "flasher wrasse" discovered during the recent Bird's Head Seascape surveys.
An undescribed species of the reef-building coral Astreopora that shares intriguing morphological links with sister genera. This is just one of some 20 coral species new to science that were discovered during the recent surveys of Indonesian Papua.
Pterocaesio sp., just one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys of the Bird's Head Seascape.
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