Sea Birds Feeding
The New Caledonia has a diverse sea bird community..
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Reef Fish
Yellow Snappers shoal over a reef in the Ilot Maitre marine reserve..
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Ilot Mato Corals
Branching Acropora corals of many species populate the lagoon.
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Green Sea Turtle
See endangered green sea turtles in the Amedee Marine Reserve.
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Chromis viridus
Blue Chromis fish are sybiotic with corals.
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Massive Corals
New Caledonia's reefs are lush and thriving.
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Sea Snake
The Trico Raye sea snake is poisonous but not aggressive.
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Ilot Ua Bird Sanctuary
The lagoon islands are sea bird sanctuaries.
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Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are common, but well camouflaged, on the reefs.
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Sea Turtle Surprise
Sea turtles and starfish in the Ilot Maitre marine reserve..
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Ancient Coral
This giant coral head at Ilot Mato is thousands of years old.
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Tropical Fish Cyclone
Swirling school of reef fish at Amedee Marine Reserve.
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Sea Eagles
Sea Eagles feed their young at Ilot Ua in the South Lagoon
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Clown Fish
The sphere image shows a colony of clown fish at Ilot Mato
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Triton & Acanthaster
Tritons are a vital predator of the crown of thorns starfish.
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Coral Nursery
A shallow protected lagoon nursery on Mato.
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Mermaids
New Caledonia Mermaids are popular playmates.
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Sea Turtle
A green sea turtle soaring over the Ilot Amedee reef.
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Boobies at Dawn
Booby sea birds heading back to their nest at dawn..
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Mermaids
New Caledonia Mermaids in the pelagic stage.
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Squid Squad
Schools of blue eyed squid on the reef at Ilot Mato.
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Giant Trevally
A Giant Trevally hunts anchovies - check out the sphere image.
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Blacktip Reef Sharks
Reef sharks are generally not agressive in the lagoon.
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Feather Stars
Crinoids filter feed on the tops of corals.
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Leopard Shark
A leopard shark Stegostoma fasciatum on the reef at Ilot Mato.
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White Tipped Reef Shark
A snorkeller approaches a white tip shark on a lagoon reef.
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Humpback Whales
Whales come to the lagoon to have their young in August.
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Mermaids
New Caledonia Mermaids are tiny but very cute.
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