Groupers and big fishes. Part 10 of my
DVD, "
Reef Life of the
Andaman", available at
http://www.bubblevision.com/marine-life-DVD
.htm or view the whole 2-hour video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncUVddkK3Q
This episode features groupers and the most common species of big bony fish to be found in the
Andaman Sea.
After an introduction to 2 small and common members of the grouper family, the blacktip grouper,
Epinephelus fasciatus, and longfin grouper,
Epinephelus quoyanus, we meet 2 of the biggest species, the brown-marbled grouper,
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, at
Richelieu Rock in
Thailand, and a friendly potato cod,
Epinephelus tukula, at the
Burma Banks in
Myanmar.
At the
Similan Islands we then encounter the largest wrasse, the humphead wrasse,
Cheilinus undulatus, sometimes known as the
Napoleon wrasse, and the impressive green humphead parrotfish (bumphead parrotfish),
Bolbometopon muricatum.
We then take a look at the great barracuda,
Sphyraena barracuda, in Burma and three different species of trevally, or jacks: The giant trevally,
Caranx ignobilis, the golden trevally,
Gnathanodon speciosus, and the bluefin trevally,
Caranx melampygus. There will be footage of more species of barracuda and trevally in a later episode about schooling fish.
The following closed captions/subtitles are available by clicking the CC button under the video:
NARRATION / COMMENTARY:
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English
-
German (Deutscher Kommentar)
-
Spanish (Narración en Español)
MARINE
LIFE &
DIVE SITE NAMES
-
Dutch (Nederlandse Namen)
- English
- German (Deutsche Bezeichnungen)
-
Thai ( ชื่อภาษาไทย & จุดดำน้ำ )
Please get in touch with me if you would like to help translate the narration or marine life names into other languages.
Thanks to Mark Ellison for the 1st music track, "
Tai Long Wan" and 3rd music track, "Andaman
Resonance". Thanks to
Smashed Toy (http://www.soundclick.com/smashedtoy) for the 2nd music track, "
Space Frigate".
I have more scuba diving videos and underwater footage on my website at:
http://www.bubblevision.com
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The video was shot by
Nick Hope with a Sony VX2000
DV camera in a
Gates housing. It was edited in
Sony Vegas Pro then deinterlaced with QTGMC and upscaled to 720p HD in AviSynth.
Thanks to
Santana Diving of
Phuket (http://www.santanaphuket.com), to Elfi and Uli Erfort and
Daniel Bruehwiler for help with the German translation, and to
Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles.
Full list of fish species and dive sites featured in this video:
00:00
Oriental Sweetlips,
Plectorhinchus vittatus,
Christmas Point
00:06
Blacktip Grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus,
Racha Noi
00:17 Longfin
Grouper, Epinephelus quoyanus,
Moving Wall
00:27 Longfin Grouper, Epinephelus quoyanus,
Shark Cave
00:33 Brown-Marbled Grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, Richelieu Rock
01:25
Potato Cod, Epinephelus tukula, Silvertip
Bank
02:25
Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus,
Rocky Point
02:35 Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Christmas Point
02:43 Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Shark Fin Reef
02:52
Green Humphead Parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum, Shark Fin Reef
03:39
Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda,
Black Rock
03:45 Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, Silvertip Bank
04:38
Giant Trevally, Caranx ignobilis, Koh
Tachai
04:52
Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, Koh Tachai
04:57
Bluefin Trevally, Caranx melampygus, Rocky Point
05:13 Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, Richelieu Rock
05:22 Blackspotted
Puffer,
Arothron nigropunctatus, Marita's
Rock, Racha Noi
- published: 26 Jun 2012
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