【英文原文】

Translucent Goby, Indonesia, 1999

"The island nations of the tropical western Pacific cradle the richest coral life on our planet. These submarine archipelagoes are bathed in the warmest of waters, and the designs of life are fashioned like tapestries. Small creatures consort with great ones, as does this inch-long [2.5-centimeter-long] translucent goby that lives and feeds on the mantle of a giant clam."

—From "Coral Eden," January 1999, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻譯】

西太平洋海域的熱帶島嶼國家孕育著地球上最豐富的珊瑚礁生物。溫暖的海水浸泡著這些海中群島，生物的圖案被編織成絢麗的織錦。小生物和大生物相互依賴生存，正如這條2.5厘米長的透明蝦虎魚棲息于一個巨蛤的薄膜上并吃掉它的寄生物。

——摘自1999年《國家地理雜志》1月號《珊瑚礁的伊甸園》