Yellowhead Jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Also known as Yellowheaded Jawfish. Photo taken at Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Yellowhead Jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Also known as Yellowheaded Jawfish. Photo taken at Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male courting a female prior to mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male digging a burrow prior to courting and mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male digging a burrow prior to courting and mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male courting a female prior to mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male courting a female prior to mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male digging a burrow prior to courting and mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male digging a burrow prior to courting and mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male brooding a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus). Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), removing a Bristle Worm from its burrow. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male incubating and aerating a clutch of eggs in its mouth. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon in Singer Island, Florida, USA. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) guarding eggs. Found throughout the tropical Atlantic, including USA, Central America, South America and western Africa. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) being cleaned by a Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Found throughout S.E. Asia and W. Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Longlure Frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. West Atlantic. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Longlure Frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus) - pair. Palm Beach, Florida, USA. West Atlantic. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Longlure Frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus), fishing for unsuspecting prey with its lure or esca erect. Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Starry Moray Eel (Echidna nebulosa). Also known as Clouded Moray Eel. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean, Central America. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Blue Runners (Caranx crysos), attacking a baitball of Cigar Minnows (Decapterus punctatus), on a deep shipwreck offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - possibly courtship behaviour. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - possibly courtship behaviour. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - possibly courtship behaviour. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - possibly courtship behaviour. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - possibly courtship behaviour. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - attending nest. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) - attending nest. French Polynesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - surrounded by Baitfish. Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara). Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - courtship mating behaviour, surrounded by Baitfish. Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - surrounded by Baitfish. Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara). Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver observing Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - surrounded by Baitfish. Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Unusual gathering of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara). Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Groupers (Epinephelus itajara), hover in mid-water during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Groupers (Epinephelus itajara), hover in mid-water during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), congregating around the shipwreck of the Zion in Jupiter, Florida, USA, to spawn in the months of August and September. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Groupers (Epinephelus itajara), hover in mid-water during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Atlantic Goliath Groupers (Epinephelus itajara), hover in mid-water during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum) eating a Crab near the Blue Heron Bridge in Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting small fish amongst the roots of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Southwest Caye, Belize, Central America. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting small fish amongst the roots of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Southwest Caye, Belize, Central America. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting small fish amongst the roots of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Southwest Caye, Belize, Central America. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting small fish amongst the roots of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Southwest Caye, Belize, Central America. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with a catch of Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive and poisonous species that has spread throughout the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic and threatens a variety of native marine life. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
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