Ocean Perch Gallery

Gorgonian wrapper anemone (Nemanthus annamensis)

Gorgonian wrapper anemone (Nemanthus annamensis), on black coral whip. Usually seen attached to black coral trees and sea whips, gorgonian fans and other sessile benthic animals that have stalks or branches. Can also detach itself and wander through the water to find a new perch, hence its other name wandering anemone'. It is not known whether it actually kills the polyps of the animal it settles on or whether it settles on dead parts of the coral. Western Pacific Ocean

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Red snappers / Two-spot red snappers (Lutjanus bohar) mass shoal of fish spawning

Red snappers / Two-spot red snappers (Lutjanus bohar) mass shoal of fish spawning, Palau, Philippine Sea. A few black and white snappers (Macolor niger) have crawled into the school to eat the eggs

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Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) breaking up into smaller groups to spawn

Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) breaking up into smaller groups to spawn. The fish swim short arches above the main group as they release clouds of gametes.
Shark City, Ulong, Rock Islands, Palau. Tropical Pacific Ocean

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