Vibrant Sleep by Viktor Nunes Peinemann | Capturing Ecology 2023 - British Ecological Society Photography Competition (IMAGE)

British Ecological Society

Vibrant Sleep by Viktor Nunes Peinemann | Capturing Ecology 2023 - British Ecological Society Photography Competition

Caption

Capturing Ecology 2023 Overall Winner

At night, a juvenile Amblyglyphidodon indicus finds a cozy spot in a vibrant Dendronephthya to rest. The soft coral’s hues camouflage the dull damsel fish’s nighttime colouration, or pyjamas, and only its eye gives away its hiding place.

Credit

British Ecological Society and Viktor Nunes Peinemann

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