The great clouds of yellow black and white banner angelfish, brilliant blue fusiliers, yellow tangs and smart surgeonfish are gone. |
Damselfish make up almost half, with angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, gobies, and butterfly fish accounting for another 25 to 30 percent. |
Schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish and over 400 other species of tropical fish have made it their home. |
Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them. |
Emperor angelfish, moorish idols, surgeonfish and sergeant-majors greeted us in the 20-25m visibility at almost every corner. |
What struck me most were the brilliantly-coloured blue tangs, surgeonfish which don't want to be photographed, and the soft corals. |