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Image ID: 0038184-DPE.jpg

Day Octopus | Octopus cyanea

day octopus, big blue octopus, Cyane's octopus, or he'e mauli, Octopus cyanea, perched high on coral to have a look around while walking across reef, in white mottled color pattern with raised skin papillae; a multiband butterflyfish, Chaetodon multicinctus, swims by; Mahaiula, North Kona, Hawaii Island ( the Big Island ), Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A. ( Central Pacific Ocean )
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

Image dimensions: 7574x5050

URL for this image: https://pictures.blueplanetarchive.com/image/I0000iA3OfdO3Ie4