Parting Shot

David Fleetham · Issue 137, Mar/Apr 2024 · pp. 82

Products mentioned: Canon EOS R5, Ikelite dry-lock housing, Canon RF 100mm macro lens, Ikelite 230 strobes

Do you have a shot which has a story within a story? If so e mail it with up to 500 words of text and yours could be the next Parting Shot. peter@uwpmag.com Parting Shot by David Fleetham From my observations, it appears that anemonefish do not venture too far from the protection of their home anemone so I always wondered if they ever were hosts to the many parasites that are found on other reef fish. I was on the island of Yap for Mantafest 2023 and spent quite a while on one dive letting a group of common anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion, get used to my presence for some portraits. After a while a juvenile wrasse joined the scene and the anemonefish would take turns getting a close inspection. The anemonefish would hover and spread their fins to expose any little crevice where a tiny parasite might be hiding. So it turns out that if you can’t make it to the cleaning station down the…