A juvenile midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) hides near a similarly-colored black-and-white crinoid.

The juvenile undergoes a major transformation as it ages, and it looks nothing like the adult fish.

(Siaes Corner, Palau, Micronesia)

fish; snapper; midnight snapper; black and white snapper; Chordata; sC Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii; sC Neopterygii; iC Teleostei; sO Acanthopterygii; Perciformes; sO Percoidei; Lutjanidae; sF Lutjaninae; Macolor macularis; juvenile phase