Tag: Macro Photography
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Melon butterflyfish
The melon butterflyfish is a reef butterflyfish of the Indian Ocean, usually up to 15 cm. The body is strongly flattened; main colour is light yellow to yellowish with thin oblique bluish-blue lines on the sides. It has dark bands: one through the eye ("mask"), a broad band just behind the head and a dark area at the tail base. Adults are often seen in pairs and feed mainly on hard coral polyps.
Chaetodon trifasciatus
Phyllidia coelestis
Phyllidia coelestis is a nudibranch (sea slug) of the family Phyllidiidae. The body is oval, up to 6 cm. Coloration is grey-blue with three longitudinal black lines: two on the sides and one in the centre that forms a characteristic Y-shaped pattern in front of the rhinophores. The back is covered with bright yellow tubercles; the rhinophores are usually yellow. By day it crawls actively over the reef and feeds on sponges; the colour is warning coloration, and many phyllidiids are toxic to predators.
Phyllidia coelestis
Phyllidia varicosa
Phyllidia varicosa is a large, colourful sea slug (nudibranch) of the family Phyllidiidae. The body is elongated-oval with 3–6 longitudinal ridges on the back bearing yellow-tipped tubercles; the ridges and tubercle bases are usually bluish-grey or blue with dark lines between them. The foot sole often has a clear dark longitudinal stripe. It lives on coral reefs and rocky areas, feeds on sponges and uses their chemicals for defence; it is considered toxic and has warning coloration.
Phyllidia varicosa