Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) - male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected by commercial fishery. King Island, Southern Australia
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Spider Crab (Schizophrys aspera) - covered in encrusting Sponges. Edithburgh, South Australia
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Red-spotted Trapeze Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata). Bali, Indonesia
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Google-eyed Fairy Crab (Galathea sp.). Also known as Squat Lobster. Bali, Indonesia
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Fairy Crab (Lauriea siagiani), on giant Barrel Sponge. Also known as Hairy Squat Lobster. Bali, Indonesia
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a Textile Cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Sequence 2: Burying itself in esturary sand. Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
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Commensal Whip Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) on Whip Coral. Bali, Indonesia
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Temperate Crab (Munida haswelli) resting on Bryozoan (Celleporaria sp.). Also known as Squat Lobster. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata), female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use as defence. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Red Spiny Lobster (Jasus edwardsii). Also known as Southern Rock Lobster or Crayfish. Southern Australia
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Blue Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). Also known as Semi-circle Angelfish and Half-circled Angelfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Caribbean Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru). Also known as French Angelfish. Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies
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Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor). Also known as Oriole Angelfish. Found throughout the Central and western Pacific, from Malaysia to Samoa Islands and Great Barrier Reef (Australia) to Japan.
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Regal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Blue-lined Sabretooth Blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorynchos), resting inside a Tube Worm hole in Brain Coral. Also known as Tube-worm Blenny. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) - showing teeth. Found throughout all tropical seas, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. This species is potentially dangerous. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Thorny-back Cowfish (Lactoria fornasini). Also known as Boxfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius), male incubating a fertilised egg mass in its mouth. Also known as Inbetween Cardinalfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia.
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Flatworm Mimic Sole, or Flounder (Aesopia cornuta ), juvenile. Size: 40mm. Juvenile Soles of this size can look different to the adult and mimic Flatworms as they have difficulty burrowing in sand. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Flatworm Mimic Sole, or Flounder (Aesopia cornuta ), juvenile. Size: 40mm. Juvenile Soles of this size can look different to the adult and mimic Flatworms as they have difficulty burrowing in sand. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Saddled Pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini). Also known as Black-saddled Toby. This fish is also mimicked by the Mimic Filefish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Longfin Bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus). Also known as Reef Bannerfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Pacific Triangular Butterflyfish (Chaetodon triangulum). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis), male brooding mature eggs in its mouth. Found throughout Indonesia, also Philippines. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Spine-cheek Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Tomato Clownfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Black Anemonefish (Amphiprion melanopus) amongst anemone tentacles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) amongst anemone tentacles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Eastern Anemonefish or Clown Anemonefish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Eastern Anemonefish or Clown Anemonefish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Eastern Anemonefish or Clown Anemonefish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Western Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Western Anemonefish or Clown Anemonefish. Bali, Indonesia
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Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) amongst anemone tentacles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus), in a Sea Anemone. Also known as Bridled Anemonefish. Found throughout South-East Asia, western Pacific to Japan. Photo taken in Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Spine-cheek Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus). Found in association with large sea anemones throughout West Pacific, ranging to Andaman Sea, including Great Barrier Reef and Coral Triangle.
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Western Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris). Found in association with large sea anemones throughout Indonesia, ranging to Andaman Sea. Also found in north-western Australia.
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Panda Clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), egg cluster ready to hatch. Also known as Saddleback Anemonefish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, with geographical colour variations. Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Golden Damsel (Amblyglyphidodon aureus). Also known as Lemon Damsel, Yellow Damsel and Golden Sergeant. Found throughout the West Pacific. Photo taken of Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Golden Damsel (Amblyglyphidodon aureus), aerating eggs attached to Whip Coral. Found throughout the West Pacific. Photo taken of Anilao, Philippines.
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), cleaning a Honeycomb Moray (Gymnothorax favageneus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), cleaning a Yellow-edged Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
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White-eyed Moray Eels (Siderea thyrsoidea). Also known as Freckled Moray Eel. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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