tags: boxfish, fish, Image of the Day
This young boxfish was one of the specimens collected by a team of Filipino and US scientists during a survey of the Celebes Sea, Philippines, organised by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the National Geographic Society-led Inner Space Speciation Project (ISSP).
Image: WHOI/ISSP [larger view].
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The AP just reported that project leader Dr. Larry Madin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Phillipine scientists returned from two weeks in the Celebes Sea, located off the Phillippines southernmost archipelago, this Tuesday with some potential new deep sea discoveries.
I want that li'l fella for my aquarium. I suppose they're endangered, or something.
Puts me in mind of my ex-wife's best friend, who defined her vegetarianism by saying, "I won't eat anything with a face."
I like the hexagonal patterns! This fish definitely has a "who're you looking at, bub?" vibe.