Juvenile Batfish@Cyrene14Nov2008

juvenile batfish @ Cyrene 14Nov2008 from BeachBum on Vimeo.

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Came across this juvenile batfish hiding amongst the seagrass pretending to be a dead leaf. It just calmly floated along confident with it's camouflage.

more about the trip and other finds here :
http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2008/11/clear-skies-over-cyrene.html
http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2008/11/evening-with-cyrene.html
http://psychedelic-nature.blogspot.com/2008/11/evening-with-baby-nemo-at-cyrene.html
http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2008/11/cyrene-deathstar.html
http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2008/11/the-crabby-side-of-cyrene-reef.html

Read more about Juvenile batfishes here :
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/ephippidae/ephippidae.htm