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06/12/2006: "MAORI WRASSE ........ with suckerfish below"

There’s an amazing natural history film opportunity to be made with these huge fish.

Two examples: the remora (suckerfish) that accompany them (and other large marine creatures) do so to feed upon….. not the feeding scraps as is commonly assumed. No they eat the waste, the partially digested food expelled in their companions feces. Yuk.

I’d like to devote an entire dive or more to filming just the eyes of a maori wrasse.

The eyes appear to have the unique ability to see forwards (with one eye) whilst simultaneously watching in reverse, with the other eye.

Once an elusive fish that was difficult the approach, that is no longer the case since becoming a protected species on the GBR.