Beneath Papua New Guinea


Sample images from PNG by trip:

Madang — June-August, 1997

Kimbe Bay — May-June, 1999

Kimbe Bay — December, 1999

Bismarck Archipelago — March, 2003 COMING SOON


All photographs are, of course, protected by Copyright (© Shane Paterson, 1997-1999).

Please select the thumbnail images to get a better look at the photos from each category...

To begin...a sampling of reef predators

Topside

Reef scenics

Wrecks

Sponges

Corallimorpharians and corals

Soft corals, sea fans, sea whips

Marine worms

Shrimps, crabs, and other crustaceans

Nudibranchs

Gastropods and bivalves

Cephalopods

Starfishes, brittle stars, and basket stars

Crinoids

Sea cucumbers

Silvertip shark

Other sharks

Rays

Morays and other eels

Lizardfishes

Soldierfishes, squirrelfishes, and bigeyes

Shrimpfish, trumpetfish, cornetfish, flounders

Sea horses, sea moth

Firefishes

Benthic (bottom-dwelling) scorpionfishes

Crocodilefish

Anthias, groupers

Cardinalfishes

Trevallies

Tunas, mackerels

Blackfin barracuda

Other barracudas

Sweetlips, snappers, fusiliers, emperors, and bream

Batfishes

Butterflyfishes, bannerfishes

Angelfishes

Damselfishes

Clark's anemonefish

Pink anemonefish

Spinecheek anemonefish

Clown anemonefish

Orangefin anemonefish

Other anemonefishes

Hawkfishes

Wrasses and parrotfishes

Blennies, dragonets, gobies, and dartfishes

Unicornfishes, surgeonfishes, rabbitfishes

Triggerfishes, filefishes

Pufferfishes

Turtles, sea snakes

Mahonia na Dari Research and Conservation Center


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