Gold-Specs Jawfish Comes Out of Hiding

Occurred on January 17, 2024 / Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines

Info from Licensor: "A member of the jawfish family (Gold-specs jawfish). Usually, only their eyes are out of their holes in the ocean floor, and as soon as you approach them, they immediately go back into their holes. On this occasion, the body was sticking out of the hole the whole time. It was looking around. He looked like he was trying to be a big guy. I thought it was cute. They are in pairs and live separately about 50 cm to 1 meter apart. Shortly before I took this picture, he swam close to her burrow. Maybe he saw me and went back to his nest. My apologies."