【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

【中文翻译】

西太平洋海域的热带岛屿国家孕育着地球上最丰富的珊瑚礁生物。温暖的海水浸泡着这些海中群岛，生物的图案被编织成绚丽的织锦。小生物和大生物相互依赖生存，正如这条2.5厘米长的透明虾虎鱼栖息于一个巨蛤的薄膜上并吃掉它的寄生物。

——摘自1999年《国家地理杂志》1月号《珊瑚礁的伊甸园》