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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver photographing a Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Photo taken under Rye Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver photographing a Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Photo taken under Rye Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorses (Hippocampus breviceps) grouping together at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) male and female pair. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorses (Hippocampus breviceps) grouping together at night. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A1.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female placing ovipositor into males pouch ready for egg transfer. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A2.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A3.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A4.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A5.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - newborn hatchlings clinging to sea algae. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A6.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), several males with brood pouches expanded chasing gravid female. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), two males courting a female. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), female deciding which of the two males will carry her eggs. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), female conducting egg transfer to male. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C1.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C2.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C3.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C4.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female prepares for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C5.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C6.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C7.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C8.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male with eggs protruding from pouch after egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C9.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C10.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C11.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black-naped Terns (Sterna sumatrana) and Crested Tern (Sterna gergil). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nesting Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nesting Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) with egg. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nesting Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris). Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) with chick in nest. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) with chick in nest. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) entangled in Pisonia tree seed. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) nesting in a Pisonia tree forest. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in Pacific Ocean, central Atlantic and northeast Indian Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) sunbaking with wings out-stretched in order to free themselves of bird lice and ticks. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, widespread in Pacific Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) sunbaking with wings out-stretched in order to free themselves of bird lice and ticks. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, widespread in Pacific Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus) caught up in sticky Pisonia tree seed which eventually would kill the bird. Also known as White-capped Noddy. Found throughout Australia, and widespread in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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