by Miguel's Diving | Feb 6, 2006 | Marine Life
Guests from Taiwan, Japan, and Jakarta have seen multiple pods of both Bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins each day. Rarely seen elsewhere, Risso’s dolphins are resident in Gorontalo. They have distinctive white bodies with scaring, black dorsal fin, no nose,...
by Miguel's Diving | Dec 5, 2005 | Marine Life
Several days ago another sunfish showed up in the river mouth where Miguel’s Diving ties the dive boat. About this time last year a similar one appeared. Both fish were caught by hook at night during the dark moon. We sent a cutting of the first one to an...
by Miguel's Diving | May 22, 2005 | Marine Life
Sperm whale carcass is a rare site worldwide. Imagine the surprise when one drifted onto a remote reef in Gorontalo! New but Temporary Attraction In early May, Miguel’s Diving staff received word that a mysterious whale had died in west Gorontalo. As a result, we made...
by Miguel's Diving | Nov 14, 2004 | Marine Life
Indonesia�s position as the nation with the most biologically diverse waters on earth increased with the announcement of 70 recently discovered fish unknown to science. A month long expedition jointly conducted byIndonesian and Japanese researchers of deep water...
by Miguel's Diving | Oct 14, 2004 | Marine Life
Seven described flasher wrasse species (Paracheilinus) live in Indonesia waters. Sometimes flasher wrasses are called fairy wrasses, given their magical appearance. Two of the seven are considered endemic to Indonesia. One is the Togean flasher wrasse (P....
by Miguel's Diving | Sep 3, 2004 | Marine Life
The newest edition of Indonesian Reef Fishes (Kuiter & Tonozuka 2004) includes an undescribed specie of dottyback. The Togean dottyback (Pseudochromis sp.) is thought to be confined to Tomini Bay, Sulawesi, making it endemic to these waters. Rudie Kuiter first...
