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Mandarin fish

Synchiropus splendidus

Habitat:

Coral reef

Notes:

These colourful fish become active around dusk, when the males begin their courtship display. This culminates in the male swimming up about 50cm from the reef, before being joined by a female, when mating takes places.

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3 Comments

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

Amazing Colours !

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wonderful!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Great spotting!

AdamBT
Spotted by
AdamBT

Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Mar 1, 2011
Submitted on Jul 12, 2012

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