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Green Clown Goby
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Green Clown Goby

by Jim Zablotny

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted December 2, 2016233 views3 comments
Green clown gobies are beneficial to acroporid corals in the south Pacific.  They are tiny little fish that are known to remove parasites and invasive algae from certain Acropora corals.  I photographed this one in my reef tank a while ago with a 180 mm f3.5 macro lens.  Image was cropped for composition.............................Jim

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3 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 3, 2016 at 4:16 AM
Love these little guys! I kept my reef tank alive for about 7 days..
Great colours here, and his pose of shyly peeking out from behind the coral is cute.
Nice work!
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 3, 2016 at 5:28 AM
Jim,

a very nice image and I also like the story behind it. Technically well done, too.
Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 10, 2016 at 11:59 PM
Congrats on the WP!  Pretty sure this was going to win this week..
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments