Thailand Local Diving - Pipefish Lane
Location: Northern side of Koh Pling Noi.
Type: Coral gardens and boulders
Depth: 3-12m
Life: Schools of snapper, marbled grouper, nudibranch (chromodoris), pipefish, clown anemone fish
Scientific name: Lutjanus biguttatus
Size: Up to 25cm
More: Common on tropical reefs. Generally aggressive predators that feed on a range of fishes and crustaceans. There is a pair of white spots on its back just below the dorsal fin base.Can be found occurring on coral reefs and forming large schools where up to 100 individuals may come together..
Size: Up to 25cm
More: Common on tropical reefs. Generally aggressive predators that feed on a range of fishes and crustaceans. There is a pair of white spots on its back just below the dorsal fin base.Can be found occurring on coral reefs and forming large schools where up to 100 individuals may come together..
Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Size: Up to 120cm
More: Robust fish, with a pale yellowish-brown, scaled body, covered with large, irregular, dark brown blotches. Occurs in lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes, in coral-rich areas and with clear waters. Juveniles in seagrass beds. Mainly active at dusk. Feeds on fishes, crabs, and cephalopods.
Size: Up to 120cm
More: Robust fish, with a pale yellowish-brown, scaled body, covered with large, irregular, dark brown blotches. Occurs in lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes, in coral-rich areas and with clear waters. Juveniles in seagrass beds. Mainly active at dusk. Feeds on fishes, crabs, and cephalopods.
Scientific name: Chromodoris Fidelis
Size: Up to 4cm
More: The mantle is creamy white with a broad orange band around the mantle edge and a thin wine red line between the white and the orange. Equally characteristic are the black rhinophores and gills and the white foot. They contain defensive chemicals from the sponges they feed on.
Size: Up to 4cm
More: The mantle is creamy white with a broad orange band around the mantle edge and a thin wine red line between the white and the orange. Equally characteristic are the black rhinophores and gills and the white foot. They contain defensive chemicals from the sponges they feed on.
Scientific name: Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus
Size: Up to 40cm
More: Found living in coastal estuaries and bays on sand and mud flats where it hides amongst the rubble and aquatic vegetation.Recorded at depths of up to 40 metres but prefers shallow waters of inshore areas. Feeds on zooplankton. Ovivaporous.
Size: Up to 40cm
More: Found living in coastal estuaries and bays on sand and mud flats where it hides amongst the rubble and aquatic vegetation.Recorded at depths of up to 40 metres but prefers shallow waters of inshore areas. Feeds on zooplankton. Ovivaporous.
Scientific name: Amphiprion percula
Size: Up to 11cm
More: Familiar orange with three black-bordered vertical white bands. Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest. If the female dies, the male changes sex and becomes the breeding female.
Size: Up to 11cm
More: Familiar orange with three black-bordered vertical white bands. Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest. If the female dies, the male changes sex and becomes the breeding female.
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