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  • 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.
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  • Blue Coral (Distichopora robusta) growing on submarine rock outcrops at approx 15-20 M depth off the SW corner of Jicarita Island.<br />
This unique coral species was first discovered here at this location, and is only known from small areas of Coiba National Park and some nearby sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui.  First scientifically described in 2004.  Diver Kevan Mantell, who was the person who first brought the unique corals to scientific attention, swims through the landscape of underwater pinnacles.<br />
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Sponges and sea fans grow among the Distichopora corals.<br />
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Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
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"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
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<br />
original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.<br />
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Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
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"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
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original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.
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  • Cortez Sea-chub (Kyphosus elegans) school swim just below the surface near a coral reef in an over/under, split-level view of the island and underwater.<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
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  • 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
  • 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..Tunicate Cove, Belize.
    MM7245-050518-00794.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
  • 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
  • Brain coral refraction and roots..A brain coral growing around red mangrove roots in Belize is seen refracted from above water and seen directly below  water in this split level view...Unusually clear water for a mangrove habitat has allowed this coral to grow.  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.
    MM7245-050518-00763.jpg
  • A pod of melon-headed whales swimming underwater.
    Melon-headed Whales.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.
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  • A limestone outcrop island sticks above the surface in this above and below view showing part of the underwater wall of the island.  Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070413-339.jpg
  • Healthy reef of hard corals just under the surface of the Great Astrolabe Reef, Kadavu Island, Fiji.  Kadavu Island visible in this split level, over/underwater view.
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  • Rich invertebrate life including purple and green tunicates and orange sponges cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  .
    MM7245-050521-01767.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 coral reef with a variety of soft and hard corals and anthias and golden damselfish.  Vatu-i-Ra Channel, Fiji.
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  • A colorful anthias fish swims about a reef with other fish.
    Anthias Fish.jpg
  • A squarespot anthias male being cleaned by a Labroides cleaner wrasse
    Squarespot Anthias and Labroides Cle...jpg
  • A close view of a scalefin anthias fish.
    Scalefin Anthias Fish.jpg
  • A reef crab, Pseudoliomora sp.,  nestled in an antler coral.
    Reef Crab.jpg
  • A jellyfish undulates its bell as it swims in blue seas.
    Jellyfish.jpg
  • A jellyfish undulates its bell as it swims in blue seas.
    Jellyfish.jpg
  • A blenny fish and a coral hermit crab peer out of holes in a coral.
    Blenny Fish and Coral Hermit Crab.jpg
  • A barcheek wrasse gaping its mouth, which causes instant color change.
    Barcheek Wrasse 1.jpg
  • A close view of the face of a scorpionfish blending in with a leather coral.
    Scorpionfish.jpg
  • A porcelain crab crawling in a sea anemone.
    Porcelain Crab in Sea Anemone.jpg
  • A close view of the head of a mantis shrimp, Squilla species.
    Mantis Shrimp.jpg
  • A longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus, resting in a soft coral.
    Longnose Hawkfish in Soft Coral.jpg
  • A pair of garden eels protrude from their sea floor burrows.
    Garden Eels Pair.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
  • Emperor shrimp crawling on a sea cucumber.
    Emperor shrimp on sea cucumber.jpg
  • A crab crawling on a sea fan.
    Crab on Sea Fan.jpg
  • A blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, occupying a hole in the reef.
    Blue Ribbon Eel in Hole.jpg
  • Juvenile blue damselfish sheltering in an acropora coral.
    Blue Damselfish on Acropora Coral.jpg
  • A barcheek wrasse patrolling his territory.
    Barcheek Wrasse 2.jpg
  • A group of sergeant major fish school around a cabbage coral.
    Sergeant Major Fish and Cabbage Cora...jpg
  • Close view of the knobby skin of a sea star.
    Sea Star Close-Up.jpg
  • A colorful marine flatworm, Pseudoceros species.
    Pseudoceros Marine Flatworm.jpg
  • A longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) among the branches of a sea fan coral.
    Longnose Hawkfish in Sea Fan.jpg
  • A golden damselfish against a background of red coral and crinoids.
    Golden Damselfish With Red Coral.jpg
  • A golden damselfish against a background of red coral and crinoids.
    Golden Damselfish With Red Coral.jpg
  • A pair of garden eels protrude from their sea floor burrows.
    Garden Eels Pair.jpg
  • A school of anthias swimming near a reef wall of soft coral.
    Anthias school at soft coral.jpg
  • A flame hawkfish peers from a coral hiding place.
    Flame Hawkfish.jpg
  • A strikingly colorful magenta dottyback fish.
    Dottyback Fish.jpg
  • A Christmas tree worm living on a coral.
    Christmas Tree Worm.jpg
  • A school of fish swim over a reef of cabbage coral.
    Cabbage Coral Reef.jpg
  • A bluestriped fangblenny peering from a hole in a reef wall.
    Bluestriped Fangblenny.jpg
  • Bleeker's parrotfish against a black background.
    Bleeker's Parrotfish.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
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  • Tufted Blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae)<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Manta channel dive site
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  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes in an area of high current and surge which bringing rich nutrients to these filter feeders.  Scores of Scissortail Chromis (Chromis atrilobata) and other fish feed on plankton.<br />
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Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
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'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
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  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
    R4-070421-005.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
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  • Nudibranch (Nembrotha lineolata) grazes on colonial tunicates.  Coron Island vicinity, Philippines
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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
  • Goby species<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
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  • Cortez Angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus)<br />
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Rancheria Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Iglesias Dive Site
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  • Parrotfish species<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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"buffet" dive site
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  • Tufted Blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae)<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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"buffet" dive site
    150902_03954.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03720.jpg
  • Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) on a deep seamount<br />
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Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Bajo Veinte dive site
    150902_03639.jpg
  • Spotted Boxfish (Ostraceon meleagris) female<br />
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Rancheria Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Iglesias dive site
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  • Mother and very young baby Humpback Whale.  Baby is very light colored and possibly born within last 24hrs.<br />
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In a small protected bay, Bahia Rosario, adjacent to Coiba National park. <br />
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Panama
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  • small wrasses in a spawning aggregation<br />
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Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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The Fridge dive site
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  • School of Pacific Spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) swim over the reef on a seamount.<br />
Millepora coral is bleaching at the tips.<br />
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Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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The Fridge dive site
    150830_02067.jpg
  • Tufted Blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae)<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Manta channel dive site
    150829_01991.jpg
  • Cortez Garden Eel (Heteroconger digueti)<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
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Manta channel dive site
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  • Hard corals with early stages of coral bleaching<br />
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Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
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Baja Uva dive site
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  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes of a very high current and surge area.  The currents bring rich nutrients to these filter feeders.<br />
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Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
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'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
    R4-070421-021.jpg
  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070419-146.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
  • Reef scene with soft and hard corals, anthias and golden damsel fish.
    Reef with Damsel Fish.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 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
  • A female jawfish, her mouth filled with nearly hatched eggs...
    Female Jawfish With Eggs.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
  • A diver descends a coral covered wall off of Manado Tua.
    Descending Diver.jpg
  • A diver hovers above a reef in Bali, Indonesia.
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  • A giant manta (Manta birostris) with a golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) in its wing.
    MM7059_0028c.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
  • Shrimp on a tubasraea coral.
    MM7059_0020.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
  • 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 camouflaged candy crab, Hoplophyrs oatesii, on a soft coral.
    Candy Crab.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
  • Pocillopora coral at various stages of coral bleaching<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05625.jpg
  • Freckled Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)<br />
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Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05602.jpg
  • Tufted Blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae)<br />
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Rancheria Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Iglesias Dive Site
    150905_05521.jpg
  • Commerson's Frogfish (Antennarius commerson)<br />
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Rancheria Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Iglesias Dive Site
    150905_05411.jpg
  • Pacific Seahorse (Hippocampus ingens)<br />
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Rancheria Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Iglesias Dive Site
    150905_05351.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) and jacks.<br />
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Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05260.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
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Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05180.jpg
  • Red-headed Goby (Elacatinus puncticulatus)<br />
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Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Mona Lisa dive site
    150904_05794.jpg
  • Red-headed Goby (Elacatinus puncticulatus)<br />
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Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Mona Lisa dive site
    150904_05785.jpg
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