Surgeonfish larvae caught with our plankton net.
Surgeonfish Larvae
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Surgeonfish larvae caught with our plankton net. The whole body is almost transparent expect for a silvery vertical band masking the eye as if there were another fish in the vertical plane (great camouflage to avoid predators). This larvae started out as a small floating egg which rapidly developed into this stealthy swimmer ready to settle onto a coral reef somewhere on Pulley Ridge.

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