an initial phase bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, searching for prey, is shadowed by a juvenile blue goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, forming a hunting coalition, a type of symbiosis, Makako Bay, North Kona, Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaiian Islands, USA (Central Pacific Ocean)


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Image ID: 0038084-DPE.jpg

hunting coalition, wrasse and goatfish

an initial phase bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, searching for prey, is shadowed by a juvenile blue goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, forming a hunting coalition, a type of symbiosis, Makako Bay, North Kona, Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaiian Islands, USA (Central Pacific Ocean)
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

Image dimensions: 8256x5504

URL for this image: https://pictures.blueplanetarchive.com/image/I0000QV5Zx9icDTA