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Coral Heads

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Several coral heads on hard bottom.

Habitat:

Near shore tropical waters; coral reef ecosystem.

Notes:

Spotted offshore of Oahu; location shown is notional. Date shown notional; actual date was during 1993-1994. Image possibly includes some form of cauliflower coral; arc-eye hawkfish (Parachirrhites arcatus), freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) and four-spot butterflyfish (Chaetodon (Exornator) quadrimaculatus) also visible in image. Original medium 35mm color slide taken with Nikonos V using flash; film subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file.

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PublishedDecember 11, 2011

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