Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Dendronephthya Soft Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) - male and female - amongst Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Green Puller (Chromis virdis) and Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) above Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling juvenile Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) amongst Gorgonian Fan Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral and Dendronephthya Soft Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Blue-girdled Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) and schooling juvenile Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) amongst branching Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver observing Fairy Basslets (Anthias sp.) and Dendronephthya Soft Coral feeding on plankton. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Underwater reef scene of mixed Hard Corals and fish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral decorated in yellow Crinoid Featherstars. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Underwater reef scene comprising Gorgonian Fan Coral and other Soft Corals, with Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) and Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) feeding in the water column. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver observing schooling Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) - amongst Dendronephthya Soft Corals. Indo-Pacific
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Schooling Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias sp.) - amongst Dendronephthya Soft Corals. Indo-Pacific
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) - amongst Dendronephthya Soft Corals. Photo taken at Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Anemonefish and Anemone and schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Anemonefish and Anemone and a pair of Butterflyfish. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of a single Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), Soft Corals and schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals and a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a pair of Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Colourful tropical reef scene, comprising of Crinoid Feather Stars, Soft Corals, a single Pacific Diana's Wrasse and masses of schooling Basslets. A typical reef scene found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Tropical reef scene, showing schooling Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias huchtii) and Acropora Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Hard coral known as Cabbage Coral, (possibly: Turbinaria reniformis) and schooling Fusilier (Pterocaesio pisang). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Tropical reef scene, showing schooling Green Puller (Chromis virdis) and Acropora Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Tropical reef scene, showing a Lionfish (Pterois volitans) and Ring-tailed Cardinalfish (Apogon aureus) amongst Acropora Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Scuba Diver observing schools of Anthias, or Fairy Basslets, feeding in the water column at Steve's Bommie, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Scuba Diver observing a school of Luner-tailed Bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur). Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Scuba Diver exploring a coral reef. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Schooling Marr's Fusilier (Pterocaesio marri) amongst an Acropora coral garden. Acropolis Reef, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), surrounded by schooling Waite's Splitfin (Luzonichthys waitei). Photo taken at Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Anthias, or Fairy Basslets, feeding in the water column at Steve's Bommie, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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School of Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) and Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Found throughout Indo Pacific. This photo was taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, where over 1,000 types of fish occur.
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Reef scene comprising a rich variety of fish and invertebrate marine life, including Cottonwicks (Haemulon melanurum) and a single Squirrelfish sheltering amongst sea sponges. Juno Beach, Florida, USA.
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Reef scene comprising a rich variety of fish and invertebrate marine life, including Cottonwicks (Haemulon melanurum) and a single Squirrelfish sheltering amongst sea sponges. Juno Beach, Florida, USA.
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French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum), schooling on a coral reef in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
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Coral Reef scene showing schooling Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus) and Cardinalfish sheltering amongst an out-crop covered in a variety of healthy corals and sponges. Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Reef scene showing a Diana's Wrasse (Bodianus diana) sheltering amongst a variety of soft corals and sponges. Found throughout S.E. Asia and Indo-W. Pacific, including Great Barrier reef. Photo taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Reef scene comprising a rich variety of fish and invertebrate marine life, including Cottonwicks (Haemulon melanurum) and a single Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor) sheltering amongst sea sponges. Shark Canyon, Juno Beach, Florida, USA.
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Reef scene showing schooling Cardinalfish sheltering amongst soft and hard corals. Photo taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, where over 1,000 types of fish occur.
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Reef scene showing schooling Cardinalfish sheltering amongst soft and hard corals. Photo taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, where over 1,000 types of fish occur.
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Reef scene showing schooling Cardinalfish sheltering amongst soft and hard corals. Photo taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, where over 1,000 types of fish occur.
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Coral Reef with schooling French Grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) and other fish species. South Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This reef is threatened by sewage dumping and beach renourishment projects.
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Coral Reef in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. These reefs are bathed by the strong Gulf Stream current and threatened by runoff, beach renourishment projects and pollution.
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French Grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum), schooling among sponges and corals. Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Coral Reef and an assortment of fish species in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. These reefs are among the richest in the western Atlantic due to proximity of the Gulf Stream current, which brings warm, clear water from Caribbean and many animal species.
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