Check out some of these great images captures by RHK UW productions taken on a recent trip on boat the Archipelago Adventurer II.

These destinations are becoming more and more celebrated throughout the world as being among the world’s top destinations with a vastness and variety of marine life that nowhere else can boast.

Below is a photo of an unidentified frogfish which scientists believe is not simply a new species but a new genus!

According to professor Theodore Pietsch, of the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences in Washington University, ‘I can say that in my 40 or so years studying frogfishes and anglerfishes in general, I have never seen one like this…unlike any antennarioid I’ve ever seen and most likely represents a genus new to science.’

Another interesting image is of ‘Eel Man’ in the village of Waii in Ambon who has adopted a resident fresh water eel that lives in a stream running through the village.

Sargassum frogfish are quite rare but the team came across several pairs during the dives they did around Raja Ampat. Sargassum frogfish live in free floating sargassum seaweed and below is a fine example

Read more about the amazing diving of the region Raja Ampat diving and The dive sites of Banda and Ambon

More on the Indonesia liveaboard: Archipelago Adventurer II

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