Hard Coral Shrimp

This Hard Coral Shrimp - Harpiliopsis depressa is small in size, less than 1 cm and hides among the branches of the host hard corals, making it very difficult to find them or take proper picture of, unless you have lots of patience.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

This is just crazy, can't believe you even found it, let alone capture it as brilliantly as you did! Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Ferdy for your kind comments :)
  As I mentioned in my post, it takes a lot of patience. I found this Shrimp while trying to take a picture of Yellow Bearded Goby - Paragobiodon xanthosoma which I found in the same hard coral 'host'. This Bearded Goby is equally very difficult to take picture of as they hides inside among the branches of the hard corals. The challenge is also to be able to get lighting through the coral branches to light up the small fish. It was at this time, I noticed some movement among the coral branches and knew its either a Shrimp or a Crab and naturally, I spent more time to keep looking closely and try me best to get some decent shots of it :D
  
  Here is the spotting of the Bearded Goby :
  
  Posted 8 years ago