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Elegant Coris

Coris venusta

Photo by SargonR
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Description:

This little guy swam around in circles for about 15 minutes avoiding me until he finally calmed down and let me take his picture! He was inside the pools at Pupukea Beach Park ("Shark's Cove"), on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

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Elegant Coris, Coris venusta

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Underwater Hawai'i
Achilles Tang
O'ahu, Hawai'i
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedMarch 20, 2014

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