Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis). Found on eastern coast of Australia from Wilson's Promontory (Vic) to Hervey Bay (Qld). Protected species. Similar to Western Blue groper. This fish is a wrasse. Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Pale Surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata). Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Blue-face Angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pair of Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known as Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides). Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning the gills of a Blue-face Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) - also known as Semicircle Angelfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), cleaning a Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Giant Moray Eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), male, amongst sea alga or kelp. Found in south-eastern Australia, from NSW to SA, including Tas. Photo taken at Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pair of Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning inside the mouth and gills of an Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). Also known as Yellow Moon Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Surge Wrasse (Thalassoma purpureum). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Spangled Emperor (Lethrinus microdon) and various Wrasse species feeding on a Sea Urchin. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Napolean Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus). Also known as Humphead Maori Wrasse, Giant Wrasse, Double-headed Maori Wrasse and Giant Maori Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Classified Endangered IUCN Red List. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). Also known as Yellow Moon Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Double-header Wrasse (Coris bulbifrons) - endemic to the Lord Howe Island region, amongst other Wrasses. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Glasseye (Priacanthus blochii). Also known as Bigeye. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), male, on temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), female, on temperate deep water reef comprised of Whip Corals, Sponges, Zoanthids and Anemones. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), female, on temperate deep water reef comprising of Sea Sponges and Crinoid Feather Stars. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Temperate deep water reef comprising of a male Blue-throated Wrasse, Sea Sponges and Crinoid Feather Stars. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a large Napolean Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) at Wally Saxon Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Half under and half over water picture of a Napolean Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in front of beach resort. Also known as Humphead Maori Wrasse, Double-headed Maori Wrasse and Giant Maori Wrasse. Fakarava Atoll, French Polynesia. Endangered species. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Male Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) in Cocos Island , Pacific Ocean, Central America. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located 330 miles offshore Costa Rica in the Eastern Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) photographed on the Breakers Reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This species of wrasse, which can reach 3ft. in length, is endangered due to overfishing. It starts life off as a female then turns into a male. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) photographed on the Breakers Reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This species of wrasse, which can reach 3ft. in length, is endangered due to overfishing. It starts life off as a female then turns into a male. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Checkerboard Wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus). Found throughout S.E. Asia and Indo-C. Pacific, including Geat Barrier Reef. Photo taken Komodo National Park, Indonesia © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia). Revillagigedo Archipelago, off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. © 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
Sandager's Wrasse (Coris sandeyeri). Also known as King Wrasse. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean. © Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com
Sandager's Wrasse (Coris sandeyeri). Also known as King Wrasse. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean. © Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com
Sandager's Wrasse (Coris sandeyeri). Also known as King Wrasse. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean. © Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com
Sandager's Wrasse (Coris sandeyeri). Also known as King Wrasse. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean. © Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com
Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), being cleaned by an endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), being cleaned by an endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), being cleaned by an endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus), adult. Found on tropical reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey). This fish in endemic to the waters of Hawaii, where this picture was taken. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Belted Wrasse (Stethojulis balteata). This fish in endemic to the waters of Hawaii, where this picture was taken. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Bird-nose Wrasse (Gomphosus varius), female. Found on tropical reefs throughout the West Pacific. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia), adult male, and schooling Cardinalfish (Apogon pacifici). Photo taken at Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia), adult female, and schooling Cardinalfish (Apogon pacifici). Photo taken at Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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