Parasite on Longnose Hawkfish

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Submitted by divetime   
Date: 2010-02-03
Photographer: Kim Yusuf
Photo ID: 6688
Size: 1300 x 867

A parasite sitting on a longnose hawkfish. These parasites make the host animal pretty slow. So getting this close was a lot easier than usual. Shot somewhere in Komodo NP.

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