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It still amazes me that fish won't eat them once services have been received.
Rarities underwater
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Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
It's evolution... if they did there would be no cleaners!
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Nice catch on the isopod for sure, I've seen a bunch of fish with isopods but never photographed one inside the mouth like that. What I do like photographing a lot is cleaning behavior, here is the best series I have, photographed at the Great Barrier Reef:
First very shy...
Gaining confidence.
Where? What?
Pikaboo...
LOL The cleaner wrasse is cute when it peaks its head out of the mouth.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Would you kill a doctor once he finishes services on you? lol Same goes for fish.
Please don't eat the doctors. After this weekend we may need cleaner wrasses for humans... oops no politics.
The cleaner is a nice seg-way for some eels. The first shot was playing with some lighting techniques that a friend was teaching me, but I will try to stay in documentary mode.
Goldentail Moray, Gymnothorax miliaris
The cleaner is a nice seg-way for some eels. The first shot was playing with some lighting techniques that a friend was teaching me, but I will try to stay in documentary mode.
Goldentail Moray, Gymnothorax miliaris
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Depends on how hungry I am.
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Starting a new theme to keep it interesting, mimicry!
The poisonous Canthigaster valentini:
And the fish that are not eaten because they look like him, first a grouper, Plectropomus laevis:
And a filefish, Paraluteres prionurus:
Mimicry is a fascinating subject, my lab is working on several projects involving mimicry at the moment...
The poisonous Canthigaster valentini:
And the fish that are not eaten because they look like him, first a grouper, Plectropomus laevis:
And a filefish, Paraluteres prionurus:
Mimicry is a fascinating subject, my lab is working on several projects involving mimicry at the moment...
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
That is awesome!Starting a new theme to keep it interesting, mimicry!
The poisonous Canthigaster valentini:
And the fish that are not eaten because they look like him, first a grouper, Plectropomus laevis:
And a filefish, Paraluteres prionurus:
Mimicry is a fascinating subject, my lab is working on several projects involving mimicry at the moment...
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The filefish is spot on to the puffer, thats amazing.
Luiz you may be on your own with the mimics.
I can only think of the Cleaner Goby mimics in the Caribbean.
Give me some ideas and I will try and find them.
Since I sized the eels, I will put them in.
Gymnothorax funebris, Green Moray. Certainly not a tank specimen but seeing one free swimming on the reef is a kick. They are big. Occasionally you will see a pair keeping house but the male can be quite protective.
I miss typed the first moray as it is a spotted moray.
This is the Goldentail.
This is an eel that stays relatively small but I don't know its scientific name.
The Chain Moray is another medium sized moray and quite striking, IMHO!
Echidna catenata.
Sharptail Myrichthys breviceps will play in the sand with you. It has no teeth, prefers sand worms and fireworms. Never have seen it eat a fish.
I can only think of the Cleaner Goby mimics in the Caribbean.
Give me some ideas and I will try and find them.
Since I sized the eels, I will put them in.
Gymnothorax funebris, Green Moray. Certainly not a tank specimen but seeing one free swimming on the reef is a kick. They are big. Occasionally you will see a pair keeping house but the male can be quite protective.
I miss typed the first moray as it is a spotted moray.
This is the Goldentail.
This is an eel that stays relatively small but I don't know its scientific name.
The Chain Moray is another medium sized moray and quite striking, IMHO!
Echidna catenata.
Sharptail Myrichthys breviceps will play in the sand with you. It has no teeth, prefers sand worms and fireworms. Never have seen it eat a fish.
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Nice morays, I got a bunch, will post tomorrow when I resize them 
For now I have a couple more mimic/models:
Acanthurus pyroferus
And its model, Centropyge vrolikii:
For now I have a couple more mimic/models:
Acanthurus pyroferus
And its model, Centropyge vrolikii:
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Oh, just found a couple more rare ones from West Africa:
Acanthurus monroviae
Thalassoma newtoni
Acanthurus monroviae
Thalassoma newtoni
this gotta be thread of the month, just some stunning shots. anyone have a picture of a goldflake x flagfin hybrid? is there such a mix? my juvi goldlfake starting to look more like a flagfin as it's getting bigger. not 100% sure it's a goldflake seems to be getting more yellow than gold, sorry if i'm asking a stupid question
