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Results tagged “devil firefish” on Earth Touch Blog

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Cleaning stations of the sea Jan 30 2008

In the Earth-Touch clip, Carpet of devil firefish, fish and eels take shelter in caves and small overhangs at the reef in Ponta Malongane Bay, southern Mozambique, in order to get cleaned.

Tags: cave, cleaner shrimp, devil firefish, eel, parasite, ponta malongane, shrimp, skin, symbiosis, wrass

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Forging new frontiers to film in Mozambique Dec 10 2007

We’ve just relocated to southern Mozambique off the south-east coast of Africa for early summer, to meet the sharks, turtles, dolphins and blue water that all move into this area at this time of the year.

The lack of infrastructure in this area, crooked port captain and bad roads are offset by the opportunity to film on relatively pristine reefs, some of which that have had no SCUBA impact at all. I guess this is the trade-off for working in difficult places!

Tags: boulders, devil firefish, eel, emperor snapper, fish basket, g-spot, geometric moray eel, leopard moray eel, mozambique, reef, rockcod, scorpionfish, scuba, zebra shark

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Jostling on the reef Dec 5 2007

Fish aren’t just slippery: they can also push and shove. This underwater bossing and barging is clearly seen in the Earth-Touch clip, Fish and eel jostle for position.

The Fish Basket dive site off the coast of Southern Mozambique is home to a variety of fish species, which you can see in this footage.

Tags: cleaner shrimp, devil firefish, eel, fish basket, reef, rockcod, snapper

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Devil firefish in the Indian Ocean Nov 20 2007


Devil firefish are sea fishes which prey on crabs. See them swim and sleep in the Indian Ocean in the Earth-Touch clips, Embattled reef dwellers ride out the storm and Sleeping devil firefish.

Tags: crab, crevice, crustacean, devil firefish, dorsal spine, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, lionfish, mediterranean, red sea, reef, shipwreck, venom

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What lies beneath … Jul 30 2007

By Tamar Blieden, editorial team

Ocean-dwelling species as diverse as great white sharks, rays, eels and the Disney-like devil firefish have become ‘regulars’ on Earth-Touch, introducing us if familiar characters in a children’s fantasy to an underwater world of wonder.

Tags: buffalo, cheetah, crocodile, devil firefish, eel, footage, fossil, great white shark, hippo, minnow, ray, reptile, south africa, zebra

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