A single Surgeonfish beneath a breaking wave over Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Pale Surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata). Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Undulate Moray Eel (Gymnothorax undulatus) feeding on captured Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Long-nosed Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) - pair. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geograpical variation occurs. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum). Also known as Pacific Sail-fin Surgeonfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A geographical colour variation does occurs. Photo was taken in Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A geographical colour variation does occurs. Photo was taken in Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A geographical colour variation does occurs. Photo was taken in Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in the Indian Ocean, from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo was taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Also known as Powder Blue Tang. Found in Indian Ocean from East Africa to Sumatra, Bali and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Velvet Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Velvet Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yelloweye Bristletooth Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus truncatus), juvenile. Found from East Africa to Andaman Sea and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yelloweye Bristletooth Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus truncatus), juvenile. Found from East Africa to Andaman Sea and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yelloweye Bristletooth Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus truncatus), juvenile. Found from East Africa to Andaman Sea and Christmas Island. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) - male. Also known as Vlaming's Unicornfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of a Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A geographical colour variation does occurs. Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of a Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A geographical colour variation does occurs. Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
White Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), feeding on a Surgeonfish captured at night. Also known as Undulated Moray Eel. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of the scalpel near the tail fin of an Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri). Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of the defensive spines with bright warning colors on the tail of Orangespine Unicornfish (Naso lituratus). Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Also known as Convict Tangs. Photo taken off Yap, Micronesia. This is a digital composite, comprising of two or more images merged together. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Paletail Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris). Also known as Kala Lolo. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Paletail Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris). Also known as Kala Lolo. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Sleek Unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus), being cleaned by endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) at a fish cleaning station. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Striated Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus). Also known as a Striped Bristletooth. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles). Photo taken off Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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