Groupers and Big Fish - Reef Life of the Andaman - Part 10

This episode features groupers and the most common species of big bony fish to be found in the Andaman Sea.

After an introduction to 2 small and common members of the grouper family, the blacktip grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus, and longfin grouper, Epinephelus quoyanus, we meet 2 of the biggest species, the brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, at Richelieu Rock in Thailand, and a friendly potato cod, Epinephelus tukula, at the Burma Banks in Myanmar.

At the Similan Islands we then encounter the largest wrasse, the humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, sometimes known as the Napoleon wrasse, and the impressive green humphead parrotfish (bumphead parrotfish), Bolbometopon muricatum.

We then take a look at the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, in Burma and three different species of trevally, or jacks: The giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis, the golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, and the bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus. There will be footage of more species of barracuda and trevally in a later episode about schooling fish.

The following closed captions/subtitles are available by clicking the CC button under the video:

NARRATION / COMMENTARY:
- English
- German (Deutscher Kommentar)
- Portuguese (Narração Português)
- Spanish (Narración en Español)
- Thai (คำบรรยายภาษาไทย)

MARINE LIFE & DIVE SITE NAMES
- Dutch (Nederlandse Namen)
- English
- German (Deutsche Bezeichnungen)
- Thai (ชื่อภาษาไทย & จุดดำน้ำ)

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The video was shot by Nick Hope with a Sony VX2000 DV camera in a Gates housing. It was edited in Sony Vegas Pro then deinterlaced with QTGMC and upscaled to 720p HD in AviSynth.

Full list of fish species and dive sites featured in this video:

00:00 Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, Christmas Point
00:06 Blacktip Grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus, Racha Noi
00:17 Longfin Grouper, Epinephelus quoyanus, Moving Wall
00:27 Longfin Grouper, Epinephelus quoyanus, Shark Cave
00:33 Brown-Marbled Grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, Richelieu Rock
01:25 Potato Cod, Epinephelus tukula, Silvertip Bank
02:25 Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Rocky Point
02:35 Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Christmas Point
02:43 Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Shark Fin Reef
02:52 Green Humphead Parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum, Shark Fin Reef
03:39 Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, Black Rock
03:45 Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, Silvertip Bank
04:38 Giant Trevally, Caranx ignobilis, Koh Tachai
04:52 Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, Koh Tachai
04:57 Bluefin Trevally, Caranx melampygus, Rocky Point
05:13 Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, Richelieu Rock
05:22 Blackspotted Puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus, Marita's Rock, Racha Noi

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[mariamak]

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[BICOLBLOGSPOT]

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[nishikantghoshal]

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[-yui]

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[UnapologeticallyEboni]

This was the best part of the documentary

[naturalmusicsound]

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[jiji]

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[violencematters]

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[nutier]

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have a nice day !

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[lizzyg]

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[bubblevision]

Watch the full 2-hour documentary at: Reef Life of the Andaman (full marine biology documentary) ... Coral reefs, tropical fish, sharks, stingrays, marine life, shipwrecks etc. from Thailand and Burma.

[MadieVallette]

Swimming with big fish in Andaman will have you hooked! Watch out for Barracuda!

[orm]

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[norbasar]

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[Djidji]

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[wnfernand]

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