Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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Schooling Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver and schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) schooling around the pylons of a jetty. Also known as Horse-eye Jacks. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia.
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Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) also known as Horse-eye Jack amongst schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia
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Schooling juvenile Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus). Found through the Indo-West Pacific, extending to sub-tropical regions. Seen in large schools, adults seperate at night to feed. Also known as Coral Catfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Vortex of schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) also known as Horse-eye Jack amongst Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia
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Scuba Diver watching Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii) feeding on a school of Glassy Sweepers. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus) diving beneath the surface and feeding on a school of Anchovies. Also known as Muttonbird and Sooty Shearwater. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.
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Vortex of schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) beneath ocean surface. Also known as Horse-eye Jack. Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia
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Vortex of schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) beneath ocean surface. Also known as Horse-eye Jack. Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia
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Schooling Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Red Bass (Lutjanus bohar) amongst schooling Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) and Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) - predating on a school of Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Solitary Islands New South Wales Australia
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Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) and Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) - preying on a school of Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Solitary Islands New South Wales Australia
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Vortex of schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). Also known as Horse-eye Jack. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Small-scale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Demon Stinger Scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus). Also known as Devilfish or Demon Stinger. Possess venomous spines. Indo-Pacific
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Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Ambon Scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Found throughout the West Pacific, from Japan to northern Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Longfin Waspfish (Apistus carinatus). This species is usually only seen at night when feeding, as it burries itself in sand during the day. Found throughout the West Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) pair on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Bali, Indonesia
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Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Bali, Indonesia
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Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific
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Halimeda Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus sp.) - male and female pair. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) - amongst Crinoid Feather Star arms. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Robust Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) - male and female pair. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Yellow Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis). Also known as Pacific Trumpetfish. Matching colour of Pacific Coral Rabbitfish (Siganus tetrazonus) enabling it to sneak up on prey. Bali, Indonesia
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Yellow Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis). Also known as Pacific Trumpetfish. Matching colour of Pacific Coral Rabbitfish (Siganus tetrazonus) enabling it to sneak up on prey. Bali, Indonesia
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Rigid Shrimpfish (Centriscus scutatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout West Pacific to Andaman Sea, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Short Seamoth (Eurypegasus draconis). Also known as Pegasus and Little Dragonfish. Variable in colour and mimicks shell bits, etc, for camouflage. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus). Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Indo-Pacific
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) - male and female sheltering amongst the branches of a Stinging Hydroid. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, expanding into sub-tropical zones. Also Ornate Ghost Pipefish.
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), male carrying eggs in pouch. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, extending into sub-tropical zones. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia
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Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) cleaning the gill-rakers of a Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Square-spot Basslet (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) - male feeding on plankton. Also known as Mirror Basslet. Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Blue-lined Sabretooth Blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorynchos) in old tube Worm tube. Also known as Tube-worm Blenny. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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