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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus), with Fairy Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bridled Parrotfish (Scarus frentaus) - mouth detail showing fused teeth. Night colour. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bridled Parrotfish (Scarus frenatus) showing detail of mouth and eye. Night colour. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bridled Parrotfish (Scarus frentaus) showing detail of mouth and eye. Night colour. Indo-Pacific
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum). Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum). Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum). Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blunt-headed Parrotfish (Scarus microrhinos) - feeding on hard coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Porites coral with bite marks inflicted by feeding Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blunt-headed Parrotfish (Scarus microrhinos). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum). Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Often seen in large groups, but also single, throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) feeding on coral. Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Often seen in large groups, but also single, throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Saddled Parrotfish (Scarus dimidiatus), male. Also known as Blue-bridle Parrotfish. Found throughout the Indo-Central Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Saddled Parrotfish (Scarus dimidiatus), male. Also known as Blue-bridle Parrotfish. Found throughout the Indo-Central Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) defacating coral. Also known as Double-headed Parrotfish. Often seen in large groups, but also single, throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi), showing close detail of eye. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green-blotched Parrotfish (Scarus quoyi). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blunt-headed Parrotfish (Scarus microrhinos). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Red-speckled Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) - male courting female. Also known as Two-colour Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red-speckled Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) - male courting female. Also known as Two-colour Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red-speckled Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) - male courting female. Also known as Two-colour Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red-speckled Parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) - male courting a female. Also known as Two-colour Parrotfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbornetopon muricatum), and schooling Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). Photo taken at the Liberty Shipwreck, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) - male, scraping a meal of algae off the coral. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of the dental plates of a Three-color Parrotfish (Scarus tricolor). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black-veined Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) - male. Photo was taken at the Philippines.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of the dental plates of a Three-color Parrotfish (Scarus tricolor). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of the pectoral fin of a Three-color Parrotfish (Scarus tricolor). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Detail of the dental plates of a Three-color Parrotfish (Scarus tricolor). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Starry Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus). Also known as Starry Toadfish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo was taken at the Solitary Islands, near Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), juvenile. Photo taken off Mabul Island, Malaysia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum). Photo taken off Florida, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black-spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), inflated in defence against predators. Found in tropical seas throughout the world, ranging into sub-tropical zones. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black-spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), inflated in defence against predators. Found in tropical seas throughout the world, ranging into sub-tropical zones. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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