一年一會赤刀魚。四月。群刀亂舞。
眾裏尋刀千百度 驀然回首 魚群卻在 船底七米處
水有點寒，但看到有二十條的赤刀群是值得的。現在五月初再到水裏，已經不見牠們的蹤影了。只好以影片回味一下，期待下一年的再次相遇。
Searching for whole dive, turn out they were found just under our ship. Water was cold, but we could meet the 20 bandfish cluster, worth it! Young Bandfishes are fearless, they dont know what is danger. Even divers observe them closely, they still happily swim around their holes.When May comes, we cannot find them anymore, but only in videos. Hope we can meet them again next year.
第一潛的搜尋，當到七八米處，感覺到冷流，看電腦指北針手也在震。泡冷水六十分鐘，幸好都有拯救到困在棄置呼吸管的小蝦和抱卵小蟹。回到船上得到另外兩組師兄姐的位置提點，發現一小群在淺水處，水較清；另一大群竟在船底附近，水較混濁。
第二潛先到淺水處觀察一下，不久就看到其他潛友在專心拍攝，於是決定向船底搜索。開始時也只看到荒蕪沙泥，正當想回到水面再作部處，不放棄的四處張望，那來的感應，朦朧中看到了一尾優美擺動的魚，是赤刀！我們找到了！！
Buddy 數了一下，有二十條呢！拍攝一會又會欣賞一下，有的在覓食，有的在清理洞穴，有的在來回舞動，可以觀賞一整天。最後是身體有點寒冷，氣量有點緊張，是時候跟牠們說聲再見，升水吧。
上年五月我們也是跟著 John 哥哥，經他指點才第一次看到赤刀，那時候的赤刀長大了，害怕人，常躲在洞裏。今次的還是幼魚，初生之犢，未懂害怕，我們在旁邊也活潑游動，看到的時候特別興奮。今次也要感謝John 船長的引領。
水質不算很好，拍攝技術也有待改善，相片需要調整，消除微粒才可以見人呢。要感謝幾位師兄攝影上的指點，希望下一年再看的時候，可以自己尋找得到，拍得更好。
Searching for whole dive, turn out they were found just under our ship. Water was cold, but we could meet the 20 bandfish cluster, worth it!
Young Bandfishes are fearless, they dont know what is danger. Even divers observe them closely, they still happily swim around their holes.
When May comes, we cannot find them anymore, but only in videos. Hope we can meet them again next year.
印度棘赤刀魚
Acanthocepola indica 牠們會在沙泥質的海床挖掘洞穴，藏身其中等待捕食，深至 100 米也有機會看到牠們。
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