12

01:25

Epinephelus ongus

Specklefin grouper,Epinephelus ongus, has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is found in the east African coast from Somalia to South Africa and Madagascar. It is then found in the Seychelles and the Maldives and southern India and Sri Lanka along the coasts of Thailand and Malaysia east into the Pacific Ocean as far as New Caledonia and Tonga. They are found as far north as the Ryukyu islands and Ogasawara islands in southern Japan and south to Australia

Stefano

October 30, 2025

29

0

12

05:17

Honeycomb grouper

The Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra) is a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution where it is found in coastal and offshore reefs in shallow waters. The Honeycomb grouper is one of the most common small groupers of the Indo-Pacific. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific.

Stefano

September 21, 2025

37

0

18

07:00

Castagnole blu

Even in this summer of 2025, like every summer, we witness the birth and growth of the Black Damselfish, Chromis chromis, the only one of its kind Pomacentridi - Pomacentridae - in the Mediterranean Sea. In these sequences we see it in its shining electric blue livery, when the little fish are still small, a few weeks after the hatching of the eggs laid in winter, spring by the females and guarded by the male until ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 1, 2025

161

0

4

04:33

Moorish idol

The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Acanthuriformes. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific. A number of butterflyfishes (genus Heniochus) closely resemble the Moorish idol. ...

Stefano

June 14, 2025

92

0

4

02:38

Monodactylus argenteus

Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish, or silver moony, butter bream, and diamondfish. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, including the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and associated estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta. This species reaches a maximum length of about. ...

Stefano

May 22, 2025

77

0

4

04:14

Convict Surgeonfish

The Convict Surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus, also known as the convict tang, or manini, is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes. It is typically about 17 cm long, but some individuals may reach 27 cm. These tangs are widespread. They are found in the Indo-Pacific except for seas around the Arabian Peninsula, in the Pacific at ...

Stefano

March 25, 2025

95

0

3

03:51

Cardinalfish

Cardinalfish, Apogon imberbis, or Mediterranean cardinalfish, king of the mullets, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish belonging to the family Apogonidae. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the warm temperate and tropical eastern Atlantic coasts from Portugal south to the Gulf of Guinea and includes the Canary Islands, Madeira, ...

Fanino Cirivasi

March 20, 2025

97

0

5

01:23

Yellowback Fusilier

Yellowback Fusilier (Caesio xanthonota) is a pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, being found in shallow water from the East African coast to Indonesia. The yellowback fusilier was first formally described 1853 by the Dutch icthyologist Pieter Bleeker with the type locality given as Batavia on Java. ...

Stefano

March 4, 2025

79

0

4

04:52

Leopard gobi

Leopard gobi, Thorogobius ephippiatus, is a shy and timid fish and is considered a rare species for divers to encounter. We find it quite often in coralligenous seabeds that vary from 38 to 42 meters deep as in this case. It is probably considered rare ...

Andrea Cirivasi

January 26, 2025

23

0

5

05:29

Desjardin's sailfin tang

Desjardin's sailfin tang, or Sailfin surgeonfish, Red Sea sailfin tang, (Zebrasoma desjardinii) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae.  Zebrasoma desjardinii grows to a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), with sexual dimorphism producing males that are larger than females. ...

Stefano

January 16, 2025

89

0

6

10:59

Powder-blue surgeonfish

Powder-blue surgeonfish, Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish or powder blue tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian Ocean. The fish can reach an average size of 23 cm in length. ...

Stefano

December 30, 2024

115

5

02:21

Sargo in lair

Sargo, Diplodus sargus, or white Seabream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a target species for commercial fisheries and is grown in aquaculture. Diplodus sargus has a deep ...

Fanino Cirivasi

November 17, 2024

122

0

10

05:45

European barracuda and Yellow barracuda

European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758), also known as the European barracuda, is the endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. Sphyraena viridensis, commonly known as Yellowmouth Barracuda or Mediterranean Barracuda, is a species of saltwater fish belonging to the Sphyraenidae family ...

netartstudio

July 25, 2023

34

21

03:50

Lipophrys nigriceps - Red blenny

This little minnow is one of the most common Blennid species in the Mediterranean Sea. Lipophrys nigriceps - Rabosa negra - Red blenny is in fact practically omnipresent along the cliffs and rocky and jagged coasts of our sea, the only trick to find it is to look in the shaded areas and in the holes near the of the marine environment between the levels of low and high tide ...

netartstudio

December 31, 2022

86

0

18

12:53

Leopard goby - Thorogobius ephippiatus

In these two dives we met the Leopard Goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus) a sea fish belonging to the Gobidae family. In the first we are on a 45 meter seabed made up of coral reefs that rise from a sandy bottom, in the second we are on a patch full of gorgonians but isolated in a bottom of mud and debris at a depth of about 52/53 meters ...

Andrea Cirivasi

September 18, 2022

57

0

11

02:21

Giant goby - Gobius cobitis

Giant goby, Gobius cobitis, is quite easily encountered while snorkeling among the rocks of the rocky coasts of the whole Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the most common species of gobies and is easy to photograph because it usually stands motionless on the seabed, resting on the rocks or hidden among ...

netartstudio

July 24, 2021

24

8

00:59

Moorish idol

Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Peciformes. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Carlo Terreni

May 26, 2021

105

7

01:03

Fusilier fish

The Caesio it is widely distributed in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It lives near the coral reefs and is common above all in the lagoons of the atolls. It meets at depths between 5 and 50 meters deep. He lives in herds often mixed with other Caesionidae in coral reefs.

Carlo Terreni

May 8, 2021

15

5

01:09

Yellowtail Clownfish

The Clownfish inspired the Pixar Animation Studios, of Walt Disney, in the creation of Nemo little fish  made famous in many cartoons films. Nemo is in the movies a little fish, curious, cheerful and intelligent, always looking for adventures; adored throughout the world by children and not only.

Stefano

March 3, 2021

35

9

03:09

Mahi-mahi or Dorado

The Mahi-mahi, or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called Dorado is one of two members of the family Coryphaenidae, the other being the pompano dolphinfish.

Fanino Cirivasi

February 20, 2021

39

2

01:10

Red Mullet

The Mullus barbatus barbatus or Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758), is a marine bone fish belonging to the Famiglis Mullidae. The red mullet can grow to a standard length of 30 cm., but a more common length is about half that. The body is somewhat laterally compressed. The snout is short and steep and there are no spines on the operculum.

Fanino Cirivasi

November 27, 2020

21

2

01:27

One-spot snapper

Lutjanus monostigma can reach a maximum length of 60 centimetres in males, with a common length of 50 centimetres. The dorsal profile of head is gently to moderately sloped and adults are silvery white with yellow fins.

Stefano

June 11, 2020

58

29

01:56

Red Blenny - Lipophrys nigriceps

Red Blenny (Lipophrys nigriceps) is a small fish belonging to the Blenniidae family. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and it is a species much sought after by underwater photographers for its very bright colors ...

Andrea Cirivasi

June 3, 2020

103

2

01:14

Red Lionfish

The Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a fish venomous who live coral reef; Pterois volitansis natively is found in the Indo-Pacific region, but has become an invasive problem in the Carribbean Sea, as well as along the East Coast of the United States.

Stefano

May 25, 2020

175

26

01:34

Red Mullet - Mullus Barbatus

Mullus barbatus (red mullet) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, where its range extends from Scandinavia to Senegal. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

April 3, 2020

84

2

02:36

Red Scorpionfish of Mediterranean Sea on Violescent sea-whip

Red Scorpionfish of Mediterranean Sea, (Scorpaena scrofa), common name the red scorpionfish is a venomous marine species of fidh in the family Scorpaenidae, the "scorpionfish". This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 21, 2020

45

3

00:45

Yellow-edged Lyretail

The Yellow-edged Lyretail (Variola louti) also known as the lyretail grouper or the caramel cod. The yellow-edged lyretail is found from the Red Sea to South Africa and the Pitcairn Islands, as far as southern Japan and Australia.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 11, 2020

35

3

00:47

Bluespotted Grouper

Cephalopholis argus, also known as roi, bluespotted grouper, and celestial grouper is species is extremely widely distributed, occurring in warm waters from the Red Sea to South Africa and east to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn group.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 5, 2020

25

2

Brown Wrasse of Mediterranean Sea

The brown wrasse (Labrus merula) is a species of wrasse native to the Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Morocco, including the Azores, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea.This species can reach 45 cm in standar length, though most do not exceed more than 40 cm. brown wrasse grows to a maximum length of 45 cm.

Fanino Cirivasi

November 5, 2019

16

2

01:26

Arabian Grouper

The Greasy Grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) is a species inhabits clear-water areas on coral reefs at depths to 50 m., although juveniles may venture into reef flats, tidepools, and mangrove estuaries.

Stefano

October 30, 2019

19

2

00:59

Dusky Grouper of Mediterranean Sea

The Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) of  Mediterranean Sea is inside his den but, scared by the presence of the diver and his video equipment, he immediately gives himself up to escape leaving us with a palm of the nose ...

Fanino Cirivasi

September 15, 2019

38

32

05:00

Spotted weever - Trachinus araneus

Casual and fortuitous encounter made in the depths of the splendid Scivu beach in Sardinia. Spotted weever, Trachinus araneus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family, which includes 9 species of saltwater fish commonly known as spotted or spiderfish, belonging to the Perciformes order. Tracina Ragno Trachinus araneus Spotted weever intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 10, 2019

437

0

3

01:43

The Sand Steenbras

The Sand Steenbras (Lithognathus Mormoryus) it has gregarious habits and we find it in small groups in a depth mixed with rock and sand at a depth that hardly exceeds 20 meters. It is a common fish all over the Mediterranean Sea and in the warm waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Fanino Cirivasi

June 15, 2019

25

3

01:26

The Giant Goby

The Giant Goby of our movie is easily recognized by the massive head and large in size compared to the body; is among the largest fish of the species it can reach 27-30 cm in length.

Andrea Cirivasi

May 15, 2019

45

3

01:17

The Greasy Grouper

Greasy Grouper, (Epinephelus tauvina), grows up to 75 cm in length. These fish have a wide, upward-facing mouth with rather thick lips. A group of black spots is visible on the body at the base of the rear of the dorsal fin.  Five vertical darker shaded bars may also be present on their bodies.

Stefano

May 9, 2019

42

3

01:07

Red Lionfish - Pterois volitans

Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a fish venomous who live coral reef  in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. Pterois volitansis natively found in the Indo-Pacific region, but has become an invasive problem in the Carribbean Sea, as well as along the East Coast of the United States.

Stefano

April 28, 2019

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