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Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barbfish (Scorpaena brasiliensis). Photo taken the Lake Worth Lagoon, near the Palm Beach Inlet in Singer Island, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Small-scale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), with open mouth. Photo taken off Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cockatoo Waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus). Found throughout the tropical West Pacific Ocean, from Malaysia to Japan and from Indonesia to Australia. Photo taken in the Philippines.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short Seamoth (Eurypegasus draconis). Also known as Pegasus and Little Dragonfish. Variable in colour and mimicks shell bits, etc, for camouflage. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short Seamoth (Eurypegasus draconis). Also known as Pegasus and Little Dragonfish. Variable in colour and mimicks shell bits, etc, for camouflage. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rigid Shrimpfish (Centriscus scutatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout West Pacific to Andaman Sea, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rigid Shrimpfish (Centriscus scutatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout West Pacific to Andaman Sea, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rigid Shrimpfish (Centriscus scutatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout West Pacific to Andaman Sea, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shrimpfish (Aeoliscus strigatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Bali, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus). Also known as Sea Perch and Snapper. This is a highly prized commercial fish found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken near the Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae). This is a highly prized commercial fish found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Saddle-tailed Seaperch (Lutjanus malabaricus), schooling. Also known as Large-mouth Nannygai. Found on coastal and offshore reefs throughout the Indo-West Pasific. Photo taken on Yongala shipwreck, near Townsville, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira), schooling with a single Big-eye Snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Big-eye Snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Bass (Lutjanus Bohar), schooling in mid water. Found throughout the Indo-Central Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae), juveniles with striped body (Adults are single red colouration and without the stripes). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii) and single Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii) and single Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii) and single Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hussar Snapper (Lutjanus adetii). Found throughout the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Emperor (possibly: Lethrinus sp.), juvenile next to a feeding tube worm. Photographed off Anilao, Philippines.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a school of Pinjalo Snapper (Pinjalo lewisi) on a coral reef. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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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.
© Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bigeye Emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis). Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cubera Snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus). This fish is considered a vulnerable species. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spangled Emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) on the surface. Ned's Beach, Lord Howe island, Australia.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spangled Emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) on the surface. Ned's Beach, Lord Howe island, Australia.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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