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Boxfish

Topic Categories: FishImage of the Day
Posted on: October 22, 2007 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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This young boxfish was one of the specimens collected by a team of Filipino and US scientists during a survey of the Celebes Sea, Philippines, organised by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the National Geographic Society-led Inner Space Speciation Project (ISSP).

Image: WHOI/ISSP [larger view].


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1

I want that li'l fella for my aquarium. I suppose they're endangered, or something.

Posted by: Dirkh | October 22, 2007 4:04 PM

2

Puts me in mind of my ex-wife's best friend, who defined her vegetarianism by saying, "I won't eat anything with a face."

Posted by: biosparite | October 22, 2007 5:51 PM

3

I like the hexagonal patterns! This fish definitely has a "who're you looking at, bub?" vibe.

Posted by: David Harmon | October 23, 2007 9:00 AM

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