拉贾·安帕特(Raja Ampat)是一个真正的水下天堂,在过去的一周中,我们有幸潜入公园必须提供的一些最好的礁石。对于那些不熟悉的人来说,Raja Ampat Marine Park位于珊瑚三角的中心,世界上有一些最高的鱼类和珊瑚。
Raja Ampat群岛位于印度和太平洋之间,在整个地区流动的强烈潮流,吸引了大型鱼类,鲨鱼和蝠ta学校,这是大多数潜水员涌向Raja Ampat的东西。但是,与往常一样,我们真的在寻找时髦的珊瑚和有趣的鱼。
We expected to see more corals and fish than we could count, but were very much blown away by the diversity and abundance we found. One of the factors that makes the underwater world of Raja Ampat is so rich is that coral and fish larvae are carried in with the various currents to create a true melting pot of diversity.
What impresses us the most wasn’t the swift drift dives the Park is famous for, but the coral reefs in front of our resort and the various shore dives we did off the Waisai coast. In this particular area the undulating coastline creates small bays with microhabitats of coral, the center being more protected from current and having the most hard coral diversity, while near the edges of the bay, where currents picked up, more soft corals likeSinularia和肌植物dominated the reef.
SPS珊瑚实际上是覆盖的浅倾斜礁石,新殖民地在旧珊瑚的骨骼上生长,并与邻居竞争更多的空间。
经过三天的岸潜水,我们准备好进行一些船潜水。拉贾·安帕特(Raja Ampat)以大型鱼类闻名,我们必须承认,独特的鱼类的多样性确实吸引了我们在拉贾(Raja)的视线。就像我们在印度尼西亚访问的其他礁石一样Sumbawahad very few fish but a ton of interesting corals, there are just so many fish in Raja Ampat that it is hard to take pictures of coral without being photobombed by a fish.
Before arriving in Raja Ampat we made a hit-list of all the fish, corals and clams we wanted to see. We had our eyes out for some Raja Ampat endemic fish and were delighted when we found thecenderawasih湾长鼻子蝴蝶鱼Forcipiger wanai,thisspecial looking copperband butterflyfishChelmon Rostratus和misbar regal angelfishpygoplites diacanthus.
我们迫不及待地潜水的地方之一是Mioskon Island,因为这是Raja Ampat的几个地方之一,您可以看到巨型蛤lam,Tridacna gigas.如果什么都没有,我们建议您参观Raja Ampat,只是为了看到这种巨大的蛤lam,必须接近五英尺(1.5米)。
We tried to photograph and record as many of the coral species we could but this will most likely require a few more weeks of sorting and cataloging. Some of the more interesting corals we found (clockwise)Acropora pinguis, anAcropora秀丽隐杆线,粉红色版本的Acropora jacquelineae,和美丽的紫色Acropora millipora.
There was no one coral that stood out on this trip as the show stopping prize winner, yet we were amazed by the sheer abundance and diversity of coral on every reef we visited. Although we try to focus mostly on corals Raja Ampat was a great place to learn more about tropical fish and some of the regional variation amongst species. If you are planing to visit Raja Amapt and love corals as much as we do, we recommend staying at a local home stay or resort instead of a live-aboard so you can have more time to explore the coastal reefs.
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