Fairy basslets - swim over a reef adorned with

Fairy basslets - swim over a reef adorned with hard coral, colourful soft corals, crinoids, compound ascidians, yellow tubastrea coral, hydroids, a single blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) and a large barrel sponge. (Pseudanthias cheirospilos). Anilao, Manila, Philippines. The more numerous orange anthias are females and the purple anthias are the male of the same species.Family: AnthiidaeMark Spencer / Auscape / ardea.com

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