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Hello, Fish Face!

Category: Photographyfishes
Posted on: August 10, 2009 8:00 AM, by B. N. Sullivan

I like to photograph the faces of creatures that live in the sea. Here is a sampler of fish faces. All of these individuals belong to the Wrasse (Labridae) family. Most wrasses seem to have attractive markings on their faces, which show up well in close-up images like these.

Thalassoma-klunzingeri37(c)BNSullivan.jpg

Shown above: Thalassoma klunzingeri, from the Red Sea, about 15 cm (six inches) long. This one was photographed near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.


Halichoeres-hortulanus21(c)BNSullivan.jpg

Shown above: Halichoeres hortulanus, about 23 cm (nine inches) long. Also from the Red Sea, this one was photographed at Ras Mohammed, at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula.


Thalassoma-pavo59(c)BNSullivan.jpg

Shown above: Thalassoma pavo, a Mediterranean species, about 12 cm (about five inches) long. This one was photographed near Cape Greco on the southeastern coast of Cyprus.


Coris-julis64(c)BNSullivan.jpg

Shown above: Coris julis, a smaller Mediterranean species, about 7.5 cm (three inches) long. This one also was photographed near Cape Greco, Cyprus.

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Coris Julis looks like you woke him up from a nap to take this picture.

These are so beautiful!

Posted by: Erin | August 10, 2009 11:05 AM

Ha! I love the Thalassoma.

Posted by: Alex | August 10, 2009 2:34 PM

@ Erin - Now that you mention it, ol' Coris j. does have 'bedroom eyes', doesn't he!

@ Alex - Thalassoma spp. are not only nice looking, they usually are quite friendly fishies, known to follow divers around and stay quite close. Or maybe they're just curious about us.

Posted by: B. N. Sullivan | August 11, 2009 12:24 AM

With markings on their faces they look like Nemo from " Finding nemo" but it's so pleasing.

Posted by: accommodation | August 27, 2009 3:16 AM

Hi Accommodation - I find that a lot of the smaller reef fish species, in particular, have 'cute' faces when you look at them closely. Nemo became famous, but there are a lot more potential movie stars among reef fishes. :)

Posted by: B. N. Sullivan | August 27, 2009 1:40 PM

clear clean water! A day in rice and that phone is as good as new.(Now if that's a solution of NaOH or HCL, well then, that's a different story.

You want bad, have that cell phone drop into a privvy on the Appalachian Trail. 10 feet down into

Posted by: sikiş | March 26, 2010 3:54 PM

With markings on their faces they look like Nemo from " Finding nemo" but it's so pleasing.

yes..

thanks...

Posted by: oyun hileleri | May 9, 2010 2:58 AM

Erin - Now that you mention it, ol' Coris j. does have 'bedroom eyes', doesn't he!

@ Alex - Thalassoma spp. are not only nice looking, they usually are quite friendly fishies, known to follow divers around and stay quite close. Or maybe they're just curious about us.


Posted by: formula 21 | February 21, 2011 11:01 AM

wow thank yor for fish

Posted by: ไวอากร้า | August 17, 2011 6:21 AM

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