Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone 26 Jun 2024

Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone

Dive deep beneath the waves surrounding the Banggai Islands in Indonesia and meet the Banggai cardinalfish. Cardinalfish can grow up to 8 centimetres and have tiny shimmery bodies with black vertical stripes and white-edged fins, which help them disguise. 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

palette

Today in History

A labyrinth of luxury
An oasis in a sea of sand
26 Jun 2025Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

13 Dec 2023Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
22 Apr 2025Earth Day
13 Jun 2024Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
3 Feb 2024Carnival of Venice
15 Apr 2024World Art Day
12 Jan 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
23 Feb 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
4 May 2024Brighton Festival
A temple to treasure
What’s your favorite colour?
Gateway to Iberia
13 Nov 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Here we go!
Sunset on the Valley of the Moon
24 Jun 2025Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, United States
4 Mar 2025Happy Fat Tuesday!
22 Sep 2025Autumn equinox
The rolling hills of Moravia
18 May 2025International Museum Day
29 Dec 2025St Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye
Go with the flow
A castle full of history
17 Apr 2025Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
The cliffs and canyons of Zion National Park
21 Mar 2026International Day of Forests
21 Jun 2025Summer solstice
A world within a world
7 Dec 2024Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
2 Mar 2026Harbour and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
28 Apr 2025Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana