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JUVENILE HONEYCOMB MORAY

The honeycomb moray is one of the largest morays living in this area. This juvenile one has been on the house reef, preying on small reef fishes until it reaches maturity and will then move to deeper waters. Something interesting to know about morays, is that, because they don't have gills, they have to open their mouth to filter water, making them...

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 14 October 2012

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MNEMBA'S FIRST SEAHORSE

We were really excited to find our first seahorse here in Mnemba. The little guy was slowly drifting away from the house reef and he has been hiding in his patch of seagrass for the last week, which provides him with food and protection. Photo credit : Ross MacLeod

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 3 October 2012

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WELL CAMOUFLAGED INDIAN OCEAN WALKMAN

The Indian Ocean Walkman ( Inimicus didactylus ) is probably the most curious looking fish we have in the area. If you are lucky enough to see him moving around, you would notice that it looks like he has legs which he is crawling around with. These so-called legs are actually two rays of his pectoral fins that are completely detached from his body. He...

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 5 September 2012

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JUVENILE BATFISHES ON HOUSE REEF

All our snorkelers and divers have been admiring these three juvenile orbicular batfishes ( platax orbicularis) hovering on the house reef and seeking a bit of safety. They are feeding on seagrass and building their strenght before joining a big school of adults in more open waters at greater depth. Photo Credit: Pamela Rowe

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 31 August 2012

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RED KNOB SEA STAR

Found this little guy not to far offshore. Often times they will get caught to high in the sand while the tide is going out and end up with a sun tun. The do however seem hardy enough that it doesn't seem to bother them all that much.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 26 August 2012

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FIRST FOR MNEMBA

We were pleasantly surprised to wake up this morning with a new friend. The Greater Flamingo is no stranger to Tanzania but none are known to live in or around the Zanzibar area. Perhaps he's just here for a "layover" and will catch another connecting flight soon. In any case Karibu Mr. Flamingo and you may stay as long as you like!

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 17 August 2012

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RARE FILEFISH ON THE HOUSE REEF

We have two new special residents on the house reef. Those two scrawled (also called scribbled) filefishes seem to always stay together, which is quite intriguing since they are usually solitary. The big one is almost a metre long and they both have been feeding on the plankton we have at this time of the year.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 16 August 2012

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FIRE GOBY

This little Fire Goby sometimes called a Fire Dartfish, spent most of their day hovering above the home in the sand. Zooplankton and copepods are his favorite meal. If you watch closely he will flick his tiny dorsal fin back and forth to talk to others in his group.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 8 August 2012

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BABY ADER'S DUIKER

We have been very excited for the last couple of weeks on Mnemba , as we have recently started spotting a baby Ader's duiker living in the forest with its parents. The reason this is such exciting news is that the Ader's duiker is the most endangered antelope in Africa, with current estimates putting their total remaining population at a scarce 300....

Posted: Mnemba Island by Mike Kelly, Date: 24 July 2012

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PICASSO TRIGGERFISH

The Picasso Triggerfish lives in the reefs and sandy areas of coral reefs where it eats just about everything that comes along. They are always restlessly swimming around and vigorously protect their territory against intruders, including divers, especially when guarding their eggs during reproduction season. Fortunately, because of their relatively small...

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 21 July 2012

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