RAJAH AMPAT 2004 - SWEETLIPS
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Photos: Sweetlips

Schools of sweetlips are often friendly and will often allow careful photographers to approach within arm's length. We often found sweetlips of different species schooling together, and they just sort of float there, staring at you.

Most species IDs and some image captions are courtesy of Judy Foester.

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SELECTED IMAGES

Fifteen gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus), each with its eye on the photographer. (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

A school of gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

A school of ten gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

A school of gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

At the top, a school of eight gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus) and at the bottom, a ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

At the top, a ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). At the bottom, a dagonal-banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

At the left, a ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) and at the right, a diagonal-banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

A school of gold-spsotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

Ten hut! Top gun appears to be barking out orders in this school of gold-spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). (Jamur Tengah, Wajag)

A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) trying to benefit from the schooling behavior of ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) mixed with five diagonal-banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). ,(Barracuda Sleeping)

Three many-lined sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides), eighteen ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) and one goldstriped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia). (Mios Kon)
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