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Topic Categories: Fish • Image of the Day
Posted on: October 22, 2007 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: boxfish, fish, Image of the Day
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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Comments
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
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
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