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Humped Batfish (Platax batavianus) - juvenile. Indo-Pacific
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Juvenile Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) amongst giant Dendronephthya Soft Coral. Indo-Pacific
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Spotted Garden Eels (Heteroconger taylori). Indo-Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Giant Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) amongst baitfish. Also known as Queensland Grouper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba Diver observing a Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). Also known as Potato Grouper and Potato Groper. Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Scuba diver observing schooling Big-eye Snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually near reefs. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Shark Mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus). Found throughout tropical Australian waters, usually in the vicinity of coral reefs. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually near reefs. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Young Marlin (Makaira sp) underwater with an unusual number of parasites attached. Also known as Billfish. Indo-Pacific
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Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas and penetrates far into freshwater for extended periods.
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Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus scrobiculatus). Indo-Pacific
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Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), amongst tentacles of a bleached Sea Anemone. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. March, 2014.
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Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Partially bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Partially bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula), amongst tentacles of a bleached Sea Anemone. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. March, 2014.
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Photo taken in Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas) spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Photo taken in the Indo-Pacific
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Indo-Pacific
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Dugong (Dugong dugon) - mother and calf. Also known as Sea Cow. Indo-Pacific. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Now a Protected species.
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Schooling White-spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari). Also known as Bonnet Skate, Duckbill Ray and Spotted Eagle Ray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming underwater. Also known as Saltwater Crocodile. Indo-Pacific
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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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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Jellyfish (Thysanostoma thysanura). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Jellyfish. Note how plastic bags could easily be mistaken for Jellyfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide.
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Scuba diver observing a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Also known as Grey Reef Shark, Black-vee Whaler and Longnose Blacktail Shark. Photo taken at North Horn, Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini). Indo-Pacific. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas.
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Underwater Seascape showing Cabbage Coral (Turbinaria reniformis) reef. Also known as Scroll Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Underwater coral reef seascape, showing a variety of Acropora hard corals. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken January 2015.
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Crown Jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina). Indo-Pacific
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Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) sheltering amongst Mangrove roots (Possibly: Rhizophora sp.) during high tide. Papua New Guinea
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Scuba Diver photographing Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Also known as Devil Ray and Devilfish. Indo-Pacific
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Also known as Devil Ray and Devilfish. Indo-Pacific
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Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Also known as Dwarf Minke Whale and thought to form yet-to-be named sub-species of common Minke whale
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Tawny Shark (Nebrius ferrugineus). Also known as Tawny Nurse Shark, Spitting Shark and Sleepy Shark. Found in Indo-Pacific. Photo taken in Papua New Guinea.
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Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata). Indo-Pacific. Extremely venomous and dangerous tropical octopus.
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Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus). Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Hairy Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus?). Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Schooling Hardyhead Baitfish around jetty pylons. Papua New Guinea
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Schooling Pinjalo Snapper (Pinjalo lewisi). Indo-Pacific
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Schooling Hardyhead Baitfish. Indo-Pacific
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Scuba Diver with Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) schooling under a boat. Also known as Horse-eye Jacks. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia.
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Scuba Diver with Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) schooling under a boat. Also known as Horse-eye Jacks. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia.
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