Caption

Extreme close-up of pair of wire coral goby (Bryaninops amplus) White-striped sea whip goby guarding has laid clutch of eggs on wire coral whip coral (Cirrhipathes spiralis), Pacific Ocean, Caroline Islands, Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Date

Sep 01, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK24H71_387

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,6Mb (814,9Kb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4260 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

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