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Schooling Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
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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 |
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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 |
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Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus). Also known as Blue Surgeonfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Big-nose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) - male. Also known as Vlaming's Unicornfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Paletail Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris). Also known as Kala Lolo. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Paletail Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris). Also known as Kala Lolo. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 |
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Striated Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus). Also known as a Striped Bristletooth. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles). Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - adult. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef. Also S.E. Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices on coral reefs throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, often seen inhabiting deep coastal slopes in small groups, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, often seen inhabiting deep coastal slopes in small groups, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Hump-headed Maori Wrasse or Giant Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in background. SS Yongala Shipwreck, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), amongst schooling Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia), adolescent. Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including north-west Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 |
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Gold-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices on coral reefs throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), cleaning a Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Anilao, philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 |
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Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - juvenile. Also known as Harlequin Sweetlips and Clown Sweetlips. Found inhabiting caves and crevices of coral reefs throughout tropical Australian waters including Great Barrier Reef and Asia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Many-spotted Sweeetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides) - sub-adult. This species goes through a radical color change as it matures from a juvenile to an adult. Found throughout S.E. Asia and Indo-W. Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Striped Threefin (Helcogramma striatum) - on brain coral. Also known as Triplefin. Found on tropical coral reefs throughout the West Pacific from Japan to northern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Striped Threefin (Helcogramma striatum) - on brain coral. Also known as Triplefin. Found on tropical coral reefs throughout the West Pacific from Japan to northern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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