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  • A blenny fish and a coral hermit crab peer out of holes in a coral.
    Blenny Fish and Coral Hermit Crab.jpg
  • A colorful anthias fish swims about a reef with other fish.
    Anthias Fish.jpg
  • A close view of a scalefin anthias fish.
    Scalefin Anthias Fish.jpg
  • A strikingly colorful magenta dottyback fish.
    Dottyback Fish.jpg
  • Reef scene with soft and hard corals, anthias and golden damsel fish.
    Reef with Damsel Fish.jpg
  • A group of sergeant major fish school around a cabbage coral.
    Sergeant Major Fish and Cabbage Cora...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
  • 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 yellow trumpetfish is using a Yellow-masked Angelfish as a "stalking horse" to approach small fish unnoticed.  The Angelfish is a sponge eater that is ignored by small fish.
    MM7148_0031.jpg
  • 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 cleaner shrimp services a cardinal fish at its cleaning station on the reef, where other fish are lined up for cleaning.  Their red color is not visible underwater so their white limbs contrast highly against their black body to advertise where the cleaning stations are.
    MM7148_0053.jpg
  • Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis aka Calloplesiops argus).  When alarmed, this fish sticks its head into a hole and leaves its tail exposed, mimicing the appearance of a moray eel (specifically, it mimics the Whitemouth Moray, Gymnothorax meleagris).  This image shows the fish in a normal pose.
    CR355-21c.jpg
  • A cleaner shrimp services a cardinal fish at its cleaning station on the reef, where other fish are lined up for cleaning.  Their red color is not visible underwater so their white limbs contrast highly against their black body to advertise where the cleaning stations are.
    CR232-16c.jpg
  • A male yellow-fin flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus flavianalis) fish displaying for females. (see image MM7148_0020 for non-displaying pattern.)
    MM7148_0021.jpg
  • Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis aka Calloplesiops argus).  When alarmed, this fish sticks its head into a hole and leaves its tail exposed, mimicing the appearance of a moray eel (specifically, it mimics the Whitemouth Moray, Gymnothorax meleagris).  This image shows the fish in the head in hole positiion, mimicing a moray.
    CR355-36c.jpg
  • A male yellow-fin flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus flavianalis) not displaying, with fins down.  (See image MM7148_0021 for same fish in display colors).
    MM7148_0020.jpg
  • A man tends grouper holding pens in the Raja Ampat Islands.  Groupers are for the live fish trade to Hong Kong.
    R4-070509-416.jpg
  • A healthy coral reef at Apo Reef, Phillippines with various hard corals and schools of damselfish and other fish species in clear water.
    ngs0_7942c.jpg
  • Snappers, silversides, and a sea star share space in the underwater world of the mangrove forest...Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species.
    MM7245-050520-01357.jpg
  • The view from below - under the mangroves...Rich invertebrate life including corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species..Tunicate Cove, Belize.
    MM7245-050520-01320.jpg
  • Triplefin fish resting on a hard coral
    MM7059_0036.jpg
  • Two fish as one:  This Trevally is using the Clown Triggerfish as a stalking horse to sneak up on prey that ignore the harmless triggerfish.
    MM7059_0010c.jpg
  • Rich soft coral and sea fan covered reefs team with fish life..Misool Island vicinity, near the smaller island of Wagmab.
    R4-070422-087.jpg
  • Reef view with Blue-spotted Groupers and other fish, soft and hard corals...Vicinity of Gam Island.
    R4-070511-039.jpg
  • Large jacks and a Napolean wrasse (top center) eye a hunting white tip reef shark on a reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Fusiliers school in the background.  This is an example of a very healthy reef supporting high biomass of fish.
    R4-070510-715.jpg
  • New species of flasher wrasse discovered in Triton Bay..Male flashing (fins extended, colors on).  .Female in front of male.. (Same exact fish as R4-070428-619)
    R4-070428-522.jpg
  • A school of silversides fish swim over a sea star and beneath the canopy of red mangrove trees on a Belize Cay.
    MM7245-050520-01351.jpg
  • A variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) waits camouflaged for small fish.
    MM7059_0037.jpg
  • Late afternoon reef scene with schools of fusiliers and snappers settling closer to the reef.  Barracudas lurk.   The sheer biomass of fish on this reef is remarkable...Vicinity of Gam Island.
    R4-070509-255.jpg
  • A forest of soft corals in the shallows of a rocky islet.  Jacks hunting smaller fish...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-367.jpg
  • A reef teeming with fish, soft corals and other marine life.
    Namena Island Reef.jpg
  • A school of fish swim over a reef of cabbage coral.
    Cabbage Coral Reef.jpg
  • The jetty at Yenbeser Village with people fishing, and a huge school of trevally below..Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's.
    R4-070510-089.jpg
  • Fishing from a dugout at Yenbeser Village..Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's.
    R4-070510-895.jpg
  • A squarespot anthias male being cleaned by a Labroides cleaner wrasse
    Squarespot Anthias and Labroides Cle...jpg
  • A leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) lying in wait below a school of slender anthias.
    Leaf Scorpionfish.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.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
  • Two species of sweetlips hover in front of a sea fan an other corals on a reef outcrop...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-506.jpg
  • A coral reef with a variety of soft and hard corals and anthias and golden damselfish.  Vatu-i-Ra Channel, Fiji.
    MM7059_0030.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
  • A barcheek wrasse gaping its mouth, which causes instant color change.
    Barcheek Wrasse 1.jpg
  • The small male and large female spinecheek anemnefish (Premnas biaculeatus) showing color difference.  In this species, juveniles all grow into males first, and then males later turn into females if they get their own anemone.  There is only one female per anemone.  Wakatobi Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.  June 2004.
    MM7148_0037.jpg
  • A Barcheek Wrasse (Cheilinus diagrammus) performing a threat display (to the photographer), turning brighter.  The change in size and color will warn off intruders or potential rivals.  (See image MM7148_0018 for non-displaying color)
    MM7148_0019.jpg
  • A clownfish nestled in the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone.
    MM7059_0044.jpg
  • Orange-fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus).  Vatu-i-Ra Island, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR76-04.jpg
  • Pink anmonefish (Amphiprion perideraion).  Vatu-i-Ra Island, Fiji.  Oct 2003.
    CR72-30.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
  • A barcheek wrasse patrolling his territory.
    Barcheek Wrasse 2.jpg
  • Reef wall in Raja Ampat Island, Indonesia, with school of silversides and soft corals.
    R4-070413-044.jpg
  • A Barcheek Wrasse (Cheilinus diagrammus) basic coloration when not displaying (see image MM7148_0019 for displaying color)
    MM7148_0018.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
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR65-23.jpg
  • Coral reef with lettuce coral and school of damselfish and anthias.  Somosomo Strait, Rainbow Reef, Fiji.
    PI255-09.jpg
  • A close view of the face of a scorpionfish blending in with a leather coral.
    Scorpionfish.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
  • Fiji reef view with coral diversity and Anthias school.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)     Vatu-i-ra, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR70-19.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
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.jpg
  • Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion).  Gau Island, Fiji.  Oct 2003.
    CR29-33.jpg
  • Juvenile blue damselfish sheltering in an acropora coral.
    Blue Damselfish on Acropora Coral.jpg
  • A school of anthias swimming near a reef wall of soft coral.
    Anthias school at soft coral.jpg
  • Anthias school and soft corals.
    MM7059_0002.jpg
  • A bluestriped fangblenny peering from a hole in a reef wall.
    Bluestriped Fangblenny.jpg
  • Fiji reef view with coral diversity and Anthias school.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)     Vatu-i-ra, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR70-19.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-242.jpg
  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
    R4-070413-126.jpg
  • A female jawfish, her mouth filled with nearly hatched eggs...
    Female Jawfish With Eggs.jpg
  • A diver hovers above a reef in Bali, Indonesia.
    060531-030c.jpg
  • A giant manta (Manta birostris) with a golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) in its wing.
    MM7059_0028c.jpg
  • A close-up of a Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi).
    R4-070428-818 - Version 3.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-242 - Version 3.jpg
  • A school of fusiliers crosses above a massive school of snappers over a coral reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070510-424.jpg
  • The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-258.jpg
  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  .Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-566.jpg
  • Inimicus spiny devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) in its normal camouflaged position.  It spends most of its time camouflagued waiting for pray .
    MM7148_0045.jpg
  • The small male and large female spinecheek anemnefish (Premnas biaculeatus) showing color difference.  In this species, juveniles all grow into males first, and then males later turn into females if they get their own anemone.  Only one female per anemone.  Wakatobi Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.  June 2004.
    CR260-20.jpg
  • Red-banded wrasse in Apo Reef.
    Red-banded Wrasse.jpg
  • A recently bleached table coral on a reef in Fiji.  Other corals in the area have not been bleached (ie. retained their algae), so this was a selective bleaching event.
    PI253-13c.jpg
  • Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) with boats, power plant and industrial complex in background.
    CA202-03.jpg
  • A steephead parrotfish (Scarus microrhinos) nibbling on algae encrusted coral.
    MM7059_0017.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
  • Freckled Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05602.jpg
  • A huge school of trevally shelter beneath the jetty at Arborek Village.  Many village docks in this area shelter such schools, which provide a handy source of protein for villagers in this remote part of Indonesia.
    R4-070509-057.jpg
  • A close-up of a Banded Toadfish (Halophryne diemensis) observed on a night dive.  A rare species..Kri Island vicinity.
    R4-070505-193.jpg
  • Conservation International marine biologist Mark Erdmann capturing a specimen of a new species of damselfish.  Sebakor Bay, Fak Fak Peninsula, Indonesia.
    R4-070426-103.jpg
  • Diving guide Graham Abbott explores an underwater rock wall for unique marine life at the Pisang Islands..Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula.
    R4-070425-495.jpg
  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  A jack cruises the reef hunting...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-558.jpg
  • A lionfish hovers in a seafan..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-357.jpg
  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
    R4-070413-115.jpg
  • An Emperor Angelfish with juvenile color pattern swims in front of a sleeping adult of the same species, with the adult color pattern.  During a night dive in Bali, Indonesia (Pomacanthus imperator)
    MM7148_0060c.jpg
  • A golden damselfish swims among colorful soft corals.  The colors in the coral are illuminated by strobes.  Without it the long red wavelengths can not reach the depths of the ocean.
    MM7148_0056.jpg
  • A golden damselfish swims among blue and yellow looking soft corals.  Red wavelengths are absorbed and are not able to penetrate 80 ft below the surface.
    MM7148_0055.jpg
  • Sharp blades at the base of the tail of a surgeonfish are powerful defensive weapons, and they are advertised by their bright yellow color.
    MM7148_0049.jpg
  • Crab-eyed Gobies displaying.  False eyespots mimic a large predator like a grouper.
    MM7148_0048.jpg
  • A twinspot lionfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus) with fin markings called eyespots.  The spots are used to confuse and herd prey.
    MM7148_0047.jpg
  • Inimicus spiny devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) flashing bright colors on the bottom of its pectoral fins when disturbed.  The flash of bright color is a warning of hisvenomous spines.
    MM7148_0046.jpg
  • Bicolor parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) juvenile color form.  Note that adult color form is vastly different with male becoming green with orange spots (see images R4-070505-124 and 972751)
    CR129-16c.jpg
  • A jack passes through a school of trevally on a reef in the Philippines
    PH282-21c.jpg
  • A diver explores the pristine Apo Reef, Philippines
    PH257-18c.jpg
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