This guy was sitting perched atop a structure of sponge and ascidian encrusted twisted jetty wreckage.

Like many of our wrasses the brownspotted wrasse (Notolabrus parilus) behaves around divers with a mix of curiosity and timidity. Not one to anthropomorphise our local critters I still can not help see the resemblance to human traits.

Anther bad visibility day at Rapid Bay Jetty and having a 100mm macro lens fitted made this image look all washed out. The monochrome rendering really brought it back to life.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 644, Brownspotted Wrasse’, 1/160s f/10 ISO320 100mm