Underwater rocky reef with colourful sponges sea fans and fish Depth 35 metres 120 feet Poor Knights Islands New Zealand
Deep reef at Poor Knights Islands New Zealand Algae are rare at these depths despite the water clarity and every square centimetre of the rock is covered with sponges such as the golfball sponge Tethya fastigata yellow finger sponge Iophon proximum plus encrusting sponges and ascidians Fan gorgonians sea fans Primnoides spp The fish are Demoiselle Chromis dispilus Family Pomacentridae damselfishes
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