Pair of Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning inside the mouth and gills of an Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean
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Long-nose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific
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Round Batfish (Platax teira) - in sunrays. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific.
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Black-tipped Grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) - eye detail and night colour. Also known as Black-tipped Cod, Red-barred Rock Cod and Banded Rock Cod. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning the mouth of a Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Red-speckled Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) - male courting female. Also known as Two-colour Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Juvenile Golden Damsel (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) amongst Gorgonian Fan Coral. Also known as Lemon Damsel, Yellow Damsel and Golden Sergeant. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Tasselled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) - close detail of face showing weed-like appendages. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Tasselled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) with fishing rod extended and Worm-like lure displayed. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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Globefish (Diodon nichthemerus). Also known as Porcupinefish or Pufferfish. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Found in temperate coastal waters of Australia, from Geraldton, WA, to Port Stephens, NSW, and around Tas. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. Endemic to Australia.
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Found in temperate coastal waters of Australia, from Geraldton, WA, to Port Stephens, NSW, and around Tas. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. Endemic to Australia.
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), male with eggs. Found in temperate coastal waters of Australia, from Geraldton, WA, to Port Stephens, NSW, and around Tas. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Found in temperate coastal waters of Australia, from Geraldton, WA, to Port Stephens, NSW, and around Tas. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Australian Mado (Atypichthys strigatus). Also known as Stripey, Stripy or Eastern Footballer. Found from southern Queensland to Eastern Tasmania. Photo taken in NSW, Australia.
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Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix). Found throughout tropical West Pacific, southern Japan to the Coral Sea, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix). Found throughout tropical West Pacific, southern Japan to the Coral Sea, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix). Found throughout tropical West Pacific, southern Japan to the Coral Sea, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Globefish (Diodon nichthemerus). Also known as Porcupinefish or Pufferfish. Often sighted on sheltered coastal reefs. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus), male. Found in coastal sea grass and kelp beds in temperate waters of southern Australia. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Cluster of colourful Sea Tunicates. Blue Tunicate (Rhopalaea sp.) 4cm, Strawberry Tunicate (Didemnum cf. moseleyi) 5mm. Also known as Ascidians and Sea Squirts. Bali, Indonesia
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Ascidian, or Tunicate (Cavelina moluccensis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Polyclad Flatworm (Pseudoceros sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Feather Duster Tubeworm (Chone sp.) detail. Also known as Fan Worm. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Feather Duster Worm (Protula magnifica), in Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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A Moonlighter or Six-banded Coralfish (Tilodon sexfasciatus), swims past exquisitely coloured sponges, tunicates and acsidians that are attached to the timber pylons or pillars of Edithburgh jetty, situated on the York Peninsula, South Australia.
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Sun rays filter through the surface on to the pylons of Blairgowrie Jetty, decorated in colourful sea sponges and sea weed. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Safety Beach Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) beneath a mirror calm surface reflecting storm cloud. Fiordlands, New Zealand
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother and companion with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), pod swimming just under the surface. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs, Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), breaching on the bow wave of a container ship. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs, Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), breaching on the bow wave of a container ship. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs, Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - calf underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - mother with calf underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - calf underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - mother with calf underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - calf underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas) siphon detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Giant Clam (Tridacna derasa) siphon detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) - hunting amongst schooling Goatfish and Fusilier. Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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