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Two large Spotted black grouper (Epinephelus daemelii) approximately 1.2m in length engage in what appears to be a mating ritual, continually changing colour to an almost vivid white and rubbing and wrapping themselves around each other for a period of Three Minutes and 20 Seconds (Taken from camera metadata) at a depth of 28 meters off the western point of the largest Milne Islet off the Coast of Raoul Island during the Kermadec Islands Biodiscovery Expedition, a project led by the Auckland Museum in conjunction with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Australian Museum, and the Department of Conservation.
Sunday 15 May 2011
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2011
Dive Number: 340
Dive Buddy:
Site: Southern point of the large Island of the Milne Islets off Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands.
Temperature: 22 Degrees Celsius.
Maximum Depth: 28.2 meters.
Bottom Time: 42 minutes.
Bottom Time to Date: 21,319 minutes.
Cumulative Time: 21,361 minutes
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Epinephelus daemelii (Spotted black grouper)
Two large Spotted black grouper (Epinephelus daemelii) approximately 1.2m in length engage in what appears to be a mating ritual, continually changing colour to an almost vivid white and rubbing and wrapping themselves around each other for a period of Three Minutes and 20 Seconds (Taken from camera metadata) at a depth of 28 meters off the western point of the largest Milne Islet off the Coast of Raoul Island during the Kermadec Islands Biodiscovery Expedition, a project led by the Auckland Museum in conjunction with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Australian Museum, and the Department of Conservation.<br /> Sunday 15 May 2011<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2011<br /> Dive Number: 340<br /> Dive Buddy: <br /> Site: Southern point of the large Island of the Milne Islets off Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands.<br /> Temperature: 22 Degrees Celsius.<br /> Maximum Depth: 28.2 meters.<br /> Bottom Time: 42 minutes.<br /> Bottom Time to Date: 21,319 minutes.<br /> Cumulative Time: 21,361 minutes