Silver Moonies school in estuaries and near freshwater streams, in harbours and near jetties. Some species are inhabit brackish waters and may even swim far up into freshwater systems. They are also known as Diamond fish and Silver batfish, but they are not batfish. They are also sometimes confused with Pomfrets. We encountered this school [...]

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There were two commensal shrimp in this burrow but only one was captured during the length of this video. As the fish was skittish and I didn’t have all day, I hovered quite a distance away from this burrow so they the fish and shrimp could keep doing what they do without too much disturbance. [...]

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You don’t usually see sand-divers because they are quick to dart into the sand for safety as soon as they spot something unfamiliar near by, but on a day with a nice current, they are coaxed out of their hiding places to feed in the water that’s pushing through. Watch this video and check out [...]

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Mei Lin observed and photographed this tiny cuttlefish hunting and grabbing its prey at Pulau Hantu yesterday. She also posted a fabulous blog about the rest of the finds! Check it out!

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Octopus, two handfuls of Snakey bornella nudibranches, schools of Yellow stripe scad, rabbitfish, fusillers, batfish, and Silver moonies. A weekend of diving at Pulau Hantu had everyone surfacing with smiles and many pictures!

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The fancy and expensive real estate on Sentosa Island hasn’t deterred these critters from setting up home along its shores! Last Saturday night I left my dive gear dry again as I set out on foot and a shirt (as opposed to a wetsuit) so explore the life that exists along the edge of Singapore.

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Divers at Pulau Hantu last weekend got up close to this cool and calm reef cuttlefish. It probably thought it looked pretty much like the brown algae that was growing around the shallow reef, and it did! Because I only realised it was there when Volunteer dive guide Jimmy Goh pointed to something just inches [...]

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Yesterday, divers on a dive trip organised by the Hantu Bloggers encountered a large batfish along the reef of Singapore’s Pulau Hantu. This is the largest batfish encountered on the reef by the group in 8 years!

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After eight years of diving at Hantu, I had another first and extraordinary experience – 1000s of sand divers! A sight to behold! (Above: A pair of Long-nosed butterflyfish)

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By Hantu Blog volunteer, Cindy Tan It was a relatively quiet day out on the reef. The usual suspects that we encountered were flabellina nudibranchs, swimmer crabs, and gobies. On the first dive, we spotted a sawtooth shrimp and one of our regular divers, Petrus Sahetapy, spotted the noble volute slowly trawling the sands. (Above: [...]

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