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Fiji Coral Reefs 50 images Created 6 Jul 2010

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  • Reef view with hard corals (Acropora sp.) and schools of Slender Anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) hovering over the reef.  All these fish can find hiding places on the reef if a predator comes by..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.
    FR92-07.jpg
  • A Christmas tree worm living on a coral.
    Christmas Tree Worm.jpg
  • A colorful anthias fish swims about a reef with other fish.
    Anthias Fish.jpg
  • Emperor shrimp crawling on a sea cucumber.
    Emperor shrimp on sea cucumber.jpg
  • A school of anthias swimming near a reef wall of soft coral.
    Anthias school at soft coral.jpg
  • A barcheek wrasse gaping its mouth, which causes instant color change.
    Barcheek Wrasse 1.jpg
  • A barcheek wrasse patrolling his territory.
    Barcheek Wrasse 2.jpg
  • A reef crab, Pseudoliomora sp.,  nestled in an antler coral.
    Reef Crab.jpg
  • A blenny fish and a coral hermit crab peer out of holes in a coral.
    Blenny Fish and Coral Hermit Crab.jpg
  • Juvenile blue damselfish sheltering in an acropora coral.
    Blue Damselfish on Acropora Coral.jpg
  • A camouflaged candy crab, Hoplophyrs oatesii, on a soft coral.
    Candy Crab.jpg
  • A blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, occupying a hole in the reef.
    Blue Ribbon Eel in Hole.jpg
  • A bluestriped fangblenny peering from a hole in a reef wall.
    Bluestriped Fangblenny.jpg
  • Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion).  Gau Island, Fiji.  Oct 2003.
    CR29-33.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming around an outcrop covered in multi colored soft corals. Primarily Slender Anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) .Namena Island, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR49-30.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR65-23.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Note many orange colored females, and scattered pink colored males.
    CR65-25.jpg
  • Bleeker's parrotfish against a black background.
    Bleeker's Parrotfish.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in soft corals and a yellow crinoid feather star. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR67-18.jpg
  • Fiji reef view with coral diversity and Anthias school.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)     Vatu-i-ra, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR70-19.jpg
  • Pink anmonefish (Amphiprion perideraion).  Vatu-i-Ra Island, Fiji.  Oct 2003.
    CR72-30.jpg
  • Orange-fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus).  Vatu-i-Ra Island, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR76-04.jpg
  • A school of fish swim over a reef of cabbage coral.
    Cabbage Coral Reef.jpg
  • A crab crawling on a sea fan.
    Crab on Sea Fan.jpg
  • A strikingly colorful magenta dottyback fish.
    Dottyback Fish.jpg
  • Healthy reef of hard corals just under the surface of the Great Astrolabe Reef, Kadavu Island, Fiji.
    FR126-05.jpg
  • A coral reef in Fiji that was teaming with Anthias and other small fish a few seconds ago looks barren as marauding Jacks dart past.  Compare with shot FR57-09c taken a few seconds apart - all these fish instantly disappear into hiding places in  the reef when predatory Jacks swim by in hunting mode.
    FR57-06c.jpg
  • A coral reef in Fiji teaming with Anthias and other small fish.  Compare with shot FR57-06c taken a few seconds apart - all these fish instantly disappear into hiding places in  the reef when predatory jacks swim by in hunting mode.
    FR57-09c.jpg
  • Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion).
    FR62-35.jpg
  • A flame hawkfish peers from a coral hiding place.
    Flame Hawkfish.jpg
  • A pair of garden eels protrude from their sea floor burrows.
    Garden Eels Pair.jpg
  • A well camouflaged goby (Bryaninops sp.) rests on a red gorgonian coral.
    Goby on Red Gorgonian Coral.jpg
  • A goby rests on a wire coral which has most of its polyps extended.  This species of goby often lives on wire corals.
    Goby on Wire Coral.jpg
  • A golden damselfish against a background of red coral and crinoids.
    Golden Damselfish With Red Coral.jpg
  • A jellyfish undulates its bell as it swims in blue seas.
    Jellyfish.jpg
  • A leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) lying in wait below a school of slender anthias.
    Leaf Scorpionfish.jpg
  • A longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) among the branches of a sea fan coral.
    Longnose Hawkfish in Sea Fan.jpg
  • A longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus, resting in a soft coral.
    Longnose Hawkfish in Soft Coral.jpg
  • Bleached staghorn and other corals on a shallow reef in the Fiji Island.  Note that the white areas are bleached (have lost their algae), but brown areas have retained their algae.  Reefs can recover from this type of partial bleaching and this one did.
    MM7059_0022.jpg
  • A blue and yellow damselfish in a gorgonian coral.
    MM7059_52.jpg
  • A close view of the head of a mantis shrimp, Squilla species.
    Mantis Shrimp.jpg
  • A reef teeming with fish, soft corals and other marine life.
    Namena Island Reef.jpg
  • A porcelain crab crawling in a sea anemone.
    Porcelain Crab in Sea Anemone.jpg
  • A colorful marine flatworm, Pseudoceros species.
    Pseudoceros Marine Flatworm.jpg
  • A close view of a scalefin anthias fish.
    Scalefin Anthias Fish.jpg
  • A close view of the face of a scorpionfish blending in with a leather coral.
    Scorpionfish.jpg
  • Close view of the knobby skin of a sea star.
    Sea Star Close-Up.jpg
  • A group of sergeant major fish school around a cabbage coral.
    Sergeant Major Fish and Cabbage Cora...jpg
  • A squarespot anthias male being cleaned by a Labroides cleaner wrasse
    Squarespot Anthias and Labroides Cle...jpg