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Title: Dancing Harlequin Sweetlips. Philippines
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A long (1 sec) exposure of a juvenile harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides), which dance as a defence from predators. The dance may mimic the movements of poisonous flatworms or may simply confuse predators. Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- critter
- Dauin
- Dumaguete
- harlequin sweetlips: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- macro
- muck dive
- muck diving
- Negros Island
- Philippines
- South East Asia
- tropical
- Visayas
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