Schooling Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) and a Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) amongst Acropora and Porites Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling juvenile Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) and a Golden Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus ) amongst branching Acropora Coral. Damsel also known as Lemon, Yellow Damsel and Golden Sergeant. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Green Puller (Chromis virdis) and Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) above Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) - male and female - amongst Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blue-girdled Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) and schooling juvenile Purple Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka) amongst branching Acropora Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Underwater reef scene of mixed Hard Corals and fish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Acropora Coral decorated in yellow Crinoid Featherstars. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Tropical reef scene, showing schooling Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias huchtii) and Acropora Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Tropical reef scene, showing schooling Green Puller (Chromis virdis) and Acropora Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Underwater tropical seascape showing a large mooring chain that has carved a trench into a coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver observing schools of Anthias, or Fairy Basslets, feeding in the water column at Steve's Bommie, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver exploring a coral reef. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Unidentified Brain Coral competing for space with Branching Acropora Coral in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Competition for living space among coral species is intense in a coral reef. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Endangered and protected Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, surviving in the northernmost point of the species' range. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver viewing endangered and diseased Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) photographed offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is the northernmost colony of this species found to date in the east coast of the U.S. Protected species. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. Photo taken in Juno Beach, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Coral aquaculture. Corals (Acropora sp.), being propagated on a reef in Palau, Micronesia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Brain Coral (Colpophyllia sp.), showing close detail. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, Caribbean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Lettuce Coral (Turbinaria sp.). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Split scene showing a tropical coral reef and a live-aboard dive vessel. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Shallow coral reef scene. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Snorkel Diver exploring a tropical coral reef at Kadavu Island, Fijian Islands. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, usually living in the shade of caves and on vertical walls. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Wave breaking over a tropical coral reef. Fiji. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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