I love this picture. The way the bigger fish is looking back at the little guy. It's like, "Yo, dude, whatcha doing back there? Now don't be, hey, hey, now I'm not.. well you're not..." Heheh... It's pretty funny.
Of course, they're just fish doing fish things. The little guy is a Hawaiian cleaner wrasse looking for a fish to clean. The bigger guy is a Hawaiian Saddleback Wrasse, also called "Hinalea" in Hawaiian [pronounced He na lay ah..., chuckle]. As it turns out, the Hinalea wasn't so sure he wanted to be cleaned by a hungry cleaner wrasse and left shortly thereafter. I suspect that some of the "less refined" cleaner wrasses bite. Hmmm... Not so different from people, eh?
Oh, if you're wondering, this was taken with one of those cheap underwater cameras you buy at Walmart. I was floating in the Kapoho tide pools in about 3 ft of water. The tide pools are on the East side of the Big Island of Hawaii (about 5 or 10 minutes from Mele Kohola -- see the link!!) and are chock full of incredibly brilliantly colored fish in yellows, reds, blues and greens and huge stands of coral. It is an experience you do not want to miss. I may post more fish pictures if there is any interest.
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