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Blue-stripe Flasher Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cf temminckii). Found in West-Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cheek-lined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Half-and-Half Wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Extreme colour variation occurs with age and sex. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis). Found on eastern coast of Australia from Wilson's Promontory (Vic) to Hervey Bay (Qld). Protected species. Similar to Western Blue groper. This fish is a wrasse. Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis). Found on eastern coast of Australia from Wilson's Promontory (Vic) to Hervey Bay (Qld). Protected species. Similar to Western Blue groper. This fish is a wrasse. Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Also known as Carpet Wrasse. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). Also known as Yellow Moon Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Surge Wrasse (Thalassoma purpureum). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Juvenile Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Napolean Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus). Also known as Humphead Maori Wrasse, Giant Wrasse, Double-headed Maori Wrasse and Giant Maori Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Classified Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). Also known as Yellow Moon Wrasse. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Double-header Wrasse (Coris bulbifrons) - endemic to the Lord Howe Island region, amongst other Wrasses. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Half under and half over water picture of a Napolean Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in front of beach resort. Also known as Humphead Maori Wrasse, Double-headed Maori Wrasse and Giant Maori Wrasse. Fakarava Atoll, French Polynesia. Endangered species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Male Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) in Cocos Island , Pacific Ocean, Central America. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located 330 miles offshore Costa Rica in the Eastern Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) photographed on the Breakers Reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This species of wrasse, which can reach 3ft. in length, is endangered due to overfishing. It starts life off as a female then turns into a male.
© MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) photographed on the Breakers Reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This species of wrasse, which can reach 3ft. in length, is endangered due to overfishing. It starts life off as a female then turns into a male.
© MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Checkerboard Wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus). Found throughout S.E. Asia and Indo-C. Pacific, including Geat Barrier Reef. Photo taken Komodo National Park, Indonesia
© MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia). Revillagigedo Archipelago, off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
© MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reindeer Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus), adult. Found on tropical reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey). This fish in endemic to the waters of Hawaii, where this picture was taken.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Belted Wrasse (Stethojulis balteata). This fish in endemic to the waters of Hawaii, where this picture was taken.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bird-nose Wrasse (Gomphosus varius), female. Found on tropical reefs throughout the West Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia), adult male, and schooling Cardinalfish (Apogon pacifici). Photo taken at Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia), adult female, and schooling Cardinalfish (Apogon pacifici). Photo taken at Gordon Rocks, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellowstripe Coris Wrasse (Coris flavovittata). Endemic to the islands of Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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