Animals

Dark brown and up to 1.50 meters long, the Mediterranean moray hides by day in holes in the rock and in wrecks.

The mandarinfish is a small dragonet, 7 centimeters at most, bright blue with orange stripes, that hides by day in the branching corals of western Pacific lagoons.

The mako shark is the fastest of all: a metallic blue spindle of 2.50 to 3.20 meters, capable of bursts of 74 km/h and leaps out of the water.

The loggerhead turtle is known by its massive head and red-brown shell, and weighs 80 to 200 kg as an adult.

The lionfish is a 40-centimeter scorpionfish bristling with venomous spines, found in the shallows on Red Sea and Indian Ocean reefs.

The humpback whale is a rorqual of 14 to 17 meters, up to 40 tons, with pectoral fins a third of its body length, that gives birth in tropical waters.

The hawksbill turtle searches the reef for sponges in every season, often a few meters from divers.

The green turtle is the largest of the hard-shelled sea turtles, with a 115-centimeter shell and 80 to 130 kg on average.

The great hammerhead is the largest of its family, usually 3.5 to 4.6 meters, with an almost straight-edged hammer and a tall, sickle-shaped dorsal fin.

The great barracuda is a streamlined predator, 1.40 meters on average and up to 2 meters, that hunts by ambush.