Thailand Local Diving - Barracuda Point
Location: Southern side of Koh Pling Yai.
Type: Coral gardens and boulders
Depth: 3-12m
Life: Juvenile cuttlefish, juvenile sweetlips, great barracuda, moorish idol, nudibranch (risbecia)
Scientific name: Sepia pharaonis
Size: Up to 42cm
More: They typically dwell in places near the sea bed with mud or marine clay, deep or shallow waters. They have eight short arms and two long tentacles. The tentacles are deployed to catch preyA cuttlefish moves by undulating a delicate fringe that runs along its entire body.
Size: Up to 42cm
More: They typically dwell in places near the sea bed with mud or marine clay, deep or shallow waters. They have eight short arms and two long tentacles. The tentacles are deployed to catch preyA cuttlefish moves by undulating a delicate fringe that runs along its entire body.
Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Size: Up to 72cm
More: Inhabits coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and fishes at night. Adults are solitary, near and under ledges or caves by day. Juveniles are found among corals. Juveniles brown with large white blotches. Becomes more spotted with age.
Size: Up to 72cm
More: Inhabits coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and fishes at night. Adults are solitary, near and under ledges or caves by day. Juveniles are found among corals. Juveniles brown with large white blotches. Becomes more spotted with age.
Scientific name: Sphyraena barracuda
Size: Up to 200cm
More: Found predominantly at or near the surface. Juvenile occurs among mangroves and estuaries; adult occurs in a wide range of habitats from murky inner harbors to open seas. Diurnal and solitary, but can also be found in small aggregations. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and sometimes on shrimps
Size: Up to 200cm
More: Found predominantly at or near the surface. Juvenile occurs among mangroves and estuaries; adult occurs in a wide range of habitats from murky inner harbors to open seas. Diurnal and solitary, but can also be found in small aggregations. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and sometimes on shrimps
Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus
Size: Up to 23cm
More: Tubular snout with a small mouth containing numerous elongate bristle-like teeth. Dorsal spines elongated into a whip-like filament. Inhabit turbid inner lagoons, reef flats, and clear seaward rocky and coral reefs. Adults occur singly, in pairs, occasionally seen in large schools.
Size: Up to 23cm
More: Tubular snout with a small mouth containing numerous elongate bristle-like teeth. Dorsal spines elongated into a whip-like filament. Inhabit turbid inner lagoons, reef flats, and clear seaward rocky and coral reefs. Adults occur singly, in pairs, occasionally seen in large schools.
Scientific name: Risbecia Pulchella
Size: Up to 10cm
More:The creamy white mantle margin is fringed with a thin border of bright bluish violet. The rhinophores have a white stem and blue leaves. Pairs of animals are often found following each other in single file, the second animal in the line usually touching the 'tail' of the one in front.
Size: Up to 10cm
More:The creamy white mantle margin is fringed with a thin border of bright bluish violet. The rhinophores have a white stem and blue leaves. Pairs of animals are often found following each other in single file, the second animal in the line usually touching the 'tail' of the one in front.
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