A wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) on a wire coral (Cirripathes anguina).
Nikonos RS SLR camera; Nikonos 50mm objective and two Rene Aumann UW Services X2 teleconverters; two Nikonos S-105 strobes; Ektachrome VS 100 film; F22; 1/125s; TTL. Taken at: 21m depth; diving from MS. FeBrina. Trip organised by Chris Newbert of RS Tours. Shot on: 08:00 12th March 2005; sunny, slight current. Also known as Reef Gobies, Yonge's Wire Coral Goby, Sea-whip Goby, Whip Goby and Whip Coral Goby. Found singly or as a male/female pair on the seawhip Cirripathes anguina. They feed on small invertebrates and zooplankton. Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.
Size: 8343px × 5313px
Location: Esa Ala Wharf, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Photo credit: © Malcolm Ross / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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