The walking cat shark of Raja Ampat was recently discovered in 2006 and is just one of many incredible species found in this hotspot for diversity. From the video above it is clear where the shark gets its name from, as it crawls through the seagrass beds with its fins. The walking epaulette cat shark Read More

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This video of Raja Ampat is pure NPS Heaven. . . if you can ignore the soundtrack. Cirque du Soleil music isn’t the ideal tribute to this great video of Eastern Indonesian aposymbiotic corals. But taste aside, thanks to the diver who captured their vivid colors in their home turf. The variety and abundance of Read More

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A new paper by David Winterbottom describes six new species of nano reef gobies including Trimma erdmanni, Trimma cheni and four other species. The new Trimma species were all described from collection near Raja Ampat Indonesia, the same region which recently produced the new dottyback species, Pseudochromis erdmanni. Trimma erdmanni is pictured above and it Read More

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An amazing new book “The Raja Ampat Through the Lens Of” not only showcases the majestic reefs of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat region but is donating all proceeds to the conservation of this spectacular area. With coral reefs under stress from human activities, the authors took the approach of sharing this location with as many people Read More

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Paracheilinus nursalim is one of the new species of flasher wrasses from New Guinea which is still completely unknown in the aquarium world. Only described in 2008, both Paracheilinus nursalimwas discovered on the biological expedition to the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Western New Guinea, not to be confused with the eastern Papua New Guinea where Read More

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