A deep-water Scythe Marked Butterfly Fish with Bugula (?), orange and white sponges and other invertebrates.
Isla Champion, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador - Depth 100 feet or 30 meters

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Islas Galápagos, Ecuador, South America

 

* The deeper waters off Champion Island host a number of interesting marine life forms.  In the above image, the deep-water Scythe Marked Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon falsifer) swims past a wall covered with a wealth of invertebrates, mostly unidentified.  What appear to be orange and grey sponges are scattered about, and a light grey moss-like organism lies to the back of the fish.  Perhaps it is a (Bugula sp.).

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Isla Champion, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador - Depth 100 feet or 30 meters

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