Friday, February 26, 2010

Sergeant Majors




One of the fish we regularly see on our dives is the sergeant major. It is a damselfish. We see them as early juveniles (bottom photo, less than 1 inch). Sometimes we see hundreds of them foraging for plankton in the water column (middle photo, about 5 inches). And we see them defending their purple egg masses, in a blue phase, at 6 inches and larger (top photo).

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