Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Ambon Scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Found throughout the West Pacific, from Japan to northern Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Small-scale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala). Also known as Bearded Scorpionfish. Highly variable in colour. Found on offshore reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Small-scale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala). Also known as Bearded Scorpionfish. Highly variable in colour. Found on offshore reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Small-scale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala). Also known as Bearded Scorpionfish. Highly variable in colour. Found on offshore reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) pair on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) pair on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yellow Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) - juvenile amongst Soft Coral. Also known as Pacific Trumpetfish. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Estuarine Stonefish (Synanceia horrida) in hunting mode, buried in sand with head protruding. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) in hunting mode, buried in sand with head protruding. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus). Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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 © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Male Orange-lined Cardinalfish (Apogon cyanosoma) aerating eggs held inside it's mouth. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 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
Square-spot Basslet (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) - male feeding on plankton. Also known as Mirror Basslet. Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pixy Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © 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
Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Variegated Lizardfish (Synodus variegatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). Also known as Potato Grouper and Potato Groper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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 © 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
Blue-lined Sabretooth Blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorynchos) in old tube Worm tube. Also known as Tube-worm Blenny. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Leopard Blenny (Exallias brevis). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Twin-spot Blenny (Salarias segmentatus). Also known as Red-spotted Blenny. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mandarin-fish (Synchiropus splendidus) - courting behaviour of male and female. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning the mouth of a Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod. 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
Starry Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus). Also known as Starry Toadfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Royal Dottyback (Pseudochromis paccagnellae). Also known as Two-tone Dottyback. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Variegated Lizardfish (Synodus variegatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 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
Long-nose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
White-edged Lyretail Cod (Variola albomarginata). Also known as White-edged Coronation Trout. Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Footballer Trout (Plectropomus laevis). Also known as Chinese Footballer and Footballer Cod. Indo-Pacific © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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