Juvenile Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Juvenile Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (© Constantinos Petrinos/NPL/Minden Pictures)
Stripe-tacular!
Dive deep beneath the waves surrounding the Banggai Islands in Indonesia and meet the Banggai cardinalfish. Cardinalfish have tiny, shimmery bodies with black vertical stripes and white-edged fins, which help to disguise them. Unlike some finned creatures that migrate long distances, these pint-sized fish inhabit a small world, rarely straying far from their local reefs.
© Constantinos Petrinos/NPL/Minden Pictures