Thousands of cardinalfish school under a massive coral head on a shallow reef.

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Thousands of cardinalfis school under a massive stony coral head. They are actually sleeping in the photo by day, taking refuge under the coral, but then at night, they split off to hunt solitarily The sun is setting and low on the horizon, and the shallow water is greenish in the lagoon.

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Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Papua New Guinea, West New Britain Province, Witu Crater lagoon
Photo credit: © Chris Gug / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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