11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) uses its massively enlarged nostrils to sense its surrounding environment on a coral reef in Indonesia. This beautiful species is a sequential protandrous her

A Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) uses its massively enlarged nostrils to sense its surrounding environment on a coral reef in Indonesia. This beautiful species is a sequential protandrous hermaphrodite changing from male to female.

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Date Taken: 12.2012
Date Uploaded: 11.2013
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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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