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On Friday 21.08.2015, Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von Jaffa, his wife the
diver Ola Mostafa Khalaf and their daughter Nora Norman Ali Khalaf visited the
East Coast of the United Arab Emirates and stayed at the Sandy Beach Hotel and
Resort in Dibba, Fujairah, UAE.
The Dive Center at the Sandy Beach Hotel and Resort offers various diving trips
on the East Coast of the United Arab Emirates. One of these diving trips was to
the Shark Island in the Sea of Khor Fakkan.
My wife the diver Ola Mostafa Khalaf joined this diving trip, and saw many
marine animals in the coral reefs. At a depth of approximately 12 meter she saw
the Oman Clownfish (Amphiprion omanensis Allen & Mee, 1991) and the Sebae
Clownfish (Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853) swimming around the coral reef and
hiding between the sea anemone.
The Oman Clownfish (Amphiprion omanensis) hiding between the sea anemone at a
depth of approximately 12 meter near the Shark Island in the Sea of Khor Fakkan, Gulf of
Oman, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean. Photo by the diver Ola Mostafa Khalaf. 21.08.2015.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 150 – June 2017