Mandarin Fish, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

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Photographing Mandarin Fish requires a lot of patience, as they are quite small (this one was about 30mm long), shy and flit in and out of the coral rubble. It took 49 minutes lying quietly in one spot to get this shot.

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Size: 3661px × 2616px
Location: Restorf Island reef, Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Photo credit: © Erik Schlogl / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aquatic, bay, britain, colorful, colourful, coral, fish, guinea, island, kimbe, mandarin, marine, ocean, papua, reef, restorf, sea, splendidus, synchiropus