NIKAHO, Akita -- Large cod were carried in procession ... and also produce and promote "tara shottsuru," a fish sauce made from cod. (Japanese original by Akira Kudo, Akita Bureau) ...

Horiguchi has spent more than 10 years taking pictures of coral around Japan. He said he has seen seaweed and coral reefs dwindle and other local species disappear at most of the places he visited.

RANGE: Humphead wrasse are found throughout the Indo-Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea and the coast of east Africa to the central Pacific, south from Japan to Melanesia ... These fish are one of the ...