OuiSi Nature · Card 68
Moon Wrasse
Thalassoma lunare
- Location
- Bligh Water, Fiji
- Date
- May 27, 2018
Photograph byKate VyletDescription
These moon wrasses took an interest in their reflections on the dome port and the window on the back of the camera housing. Adults are known by their yellow, crescent-shaped tail, and large males turn blue on the head, grading to green toward the tail. They live on shallow reefs from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Line Islands, feeding mainly on small bottom-dwelling invertebrates and fish eggs.
Photo linkkatevylet.com
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_wrasse
The photographer
Kate Vylet
Underwater photographer/videographer and scientific diver
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