Banggi cardinalfish, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The beautiful Banggi cardinalfish was originally only found on the Banggi Islands. However, due to their popularity in the aquarium business, they have been introduced into several other areas, including the Lembeh Strait. These fish like to form dense schools - their markings serve to help individual fish disappear into a confusing mass of stripes and dots making it very difficult for a predator to pick out an individual. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
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Location: Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Photo credit: © Matthew Oldfield Underwater Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animals, banggi, behaviour, cardinalfish, fish, indonesia, kauderni, lembeh, marine, markings, patterns, pterapogon, schooling, strait, sulawesi, vertebrates, zoology
