Mandarin Fish

    We must start when we see his flamboyant dress orange and blue patterns, because the second after, it has disappeared into the depths of the coral substrate. (Pulau Bangka, Sulawesi, Indonesia, July 2010)

    A mandarin at dusk

    The flamboyant little mandarin-fish does not dare to come out of his coral den until dusk. I found it in Bangka (Sulawesi, Indonesia).
    Indonesia: Sulawesi - July 2010
    Here he is, the cute little mandarin! He likes nothing so much as to hide under the coral and just show the tip of his nose, just to taunt the photographers ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

    The cute little mandarin

    It was in Siquijor, Philippines, that I had the pleasure of photographing my first Mandarin fish. What good memories, on this island!
    Philippines: Visayas - February 2008