AMNH Subway Art #62 [Detail]

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Coral reef mosaic [detail]
as portrayed in tiles on the downtown stairway landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).

Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].

Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.

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The creator of this mosaic took some artistic license with this section. The clownfish at the top has a pattern similar to several species, but there are no clownfish that are blue like that.

The fish at the bottom is pretty clearly a green moray eel.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7546

The fish on the bottom left is a squirrelfish, but I'm not sure of the species. If had to to guess, I'd call it a long spined squirrelfish
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?Family=Holocentridae
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1062