The gorgeous juvenile Chevron tang, also know as Hawaiian bristletooth (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis), is a popular aquarium fish. Adult chevrons are less attractive, which make them less desirable aquarium additions. Hawaii.

Photos about bony fish (mostly reef fish) and their life cycles. Galleries include spawning behavior and early life history/stages (eggs, larvae, juveniles) as well as adult fish in their natural habitat and in captivity.

Three clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in an orange mantled anemone in the Solomon Islands.

Anemonefishes

Female twospot anthias (Pseudanthias bimaculatus). Indonesia.

Anthias

Great barracuda in blue open ocean water

Barracudas

Juvenile cowfish (Lactoria fornasini). Indonesia.

Boxfishes and Cowfishes

Foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus). Bahamas.

Butterflyfishes

Wassinki cardinalfish (Apogon wassinki). Solomon Islands.

Cardinalfishes

Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotemus rhinorrhynchos) larva on a blackwater dive in the Solomon Islands. Body length is about 2", which is much larger than most blennies at settlement.

Combtooth Blennies

Cornetfish Fistularia commersonii) larva on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.

Cornetfishes

Cultured 70-day-old blackedge cusk eel juvenile.

Cusk Eels

Princess damsel (Pomacentrus vaiuli). What a gorgeous fish! Solomon Islands.

Damselfishes

Decorated dartfish (Nemateleotris decora). Papua New Guinea.

Dartfishes

A dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the open ocean. Hawaii.

Dolphinfishes

Slendid dottyback (Pseudochromis slendens). Indonesia.

Dottybacks

A male mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) in Palau.

Dragonets

Freckled driftfish (Psenes cyanophrys) seek shelter around a plastic box floating in the open ocean

Driftfishes

School of striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus) up close. Indonesia.

Eeltail catfishes

Coral bream larva -14.4 mm TL. Papua New Guinea.

Emperors

Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma) in blue water. Hawaii.

Filefishes

Peacock flounder (Bothus mancus) larva on a blackwater dive in the Solomon Islands. Note that the right eye still needs to migrate to the left side before the fish is considered a juvenile. Solomon Islands.

Flounders

Flying gurnard juvenile near the ocean surface at night.

Flying Gurnards

Juvenile flyingfish- 68 mm TL

Flyingfishes

Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Philippines.

Frogfishes

Close up of schooling yellowtail fusiliers (Caesio cuning). Papua New Guinea.

Fusiliers

Orange-barred garden eel (Gorgasia preclara). Indonesia.

Garden Eels

Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus). Indonesia.

Ghost Pipefishes

Goatfish larva (about 2") on a blackwater dive in the Solomon Islands.

Goatfishes

Head shot of spotted shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris guttata). Philippines.

Gobies

Painted greenling close up

Greenlings

French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) seek shelter under elkcorn coral at dusk. Bahamas.

Grunts

Redbarred hawkfish (Cirrhitops fasciatus).

Hawkfishes

Juvenile African pompano (Alectis ciliaris). Palau.

Jacks

A banded jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus) peers from its burrow . Hard pan bottom in 3 feet of water. Nassau, Bahamas.

Jawfishes

Giant Kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus). California.

Kelpfishes

Spotted knifejaw (Oplegnathus punctatus) on a deep reef off Oahu.

Knifejaws

Juvenile barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivelis). Indonesia.

Lates Perches

Lizardfish larva on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.

Lizardfishes

A majestic angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) in front of a green sponge. Indonesia.

Marine Angelfishes

Cultured mola (Ranzania laevis) larva; 34 dph - 7.1 mm. Hawaii.

Molas

Moorish idol (Zanclus canescens) races along a reef off Haunuma Bay. Hawaii.

Moorish Idols

Head on shot of a male ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Indonesia

Moray Eels

A greensnout parrotfish (Scarus spinus) on a reef in the Solomon Islands. Parrotfish have mesmorizing color patterns!

Parrotfishes

Pike Blennies, Tube Blennies, Flag Blennies

Pike Blennies, Tube Blennies, Flag Blennies

Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) cleaning a spiny balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus). Bahamas.

Porcupinefishes

Pluma porgy (Calamus pennatula) on a reef in the Bahamas.

Porgies

Dog-faced puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus). Indonesia.

Pufferfishes

Rabbitfish larva - 41 mm TL. Indonesia.

Rabbitfishes

Redstriped basslet (Liopropoma tonstrinum), a rarer deepwater species. Palau.

Reef Basslets

Juvenile remora turning in shallow water

Remoras

Copper rockfish

Rockfishes

Cultured rover (Emmelichthyidae) larva; 39 dph - 32 mm. Hawaii.

Rovers

Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata). Indonesia.

Scorpionfishes

A beautiful black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) on a Bahamian reef. Like all groupers, this species is a protogynous hermaphrodite. Reproductive activity is from November through May with no consistent lunar pattern. Spawning aggregations have been reported throughout its range - from the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba and Florida.

Sea Basses

Motion blur of Cortez chub (Kyphosus elegans) and Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru) feeding at the surface. Cocos Island.

Sea Chubs

Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). Philippines.

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Laboratory reared juvenile Hawaiian seamoth (Eurypegasus papilio) released on the reef.

Seamoths

Snake Eels

Snake Eels

Schooling slender pinjalo (Pinjalo lewisi) snappers in Fiji.

Snappers

Banded sole (Soleichthys hsterorhinos). Papua New Guinea.

Soles

Longfin spadefish (Platax teira) juveniles reflect off the surface in the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands.

Spadefishes

Squirrelfish larva - 37 mm TL. Indonesia.

Squirrelfishes

Unusual view of reticulate stargazer (Uranoscopus sp.) lying on the sand. Stargazers are usually hidden in the sand showing only the mouth and eyes. Philippines.

Stargazers

The intricate patterns of a spiny devilfish's (Inimicus didactylus) pelvic fins. Philippines.

Stonefishes

Bluelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigroris) on a reef. Papua New Guinea.

Surgeonfishes

Motion blur of golden sweepers(Parapriacanthus ransonneti) schooling in cave. Papua New Guinea.

Sweepers

Cultured tilefish (Malacanthidae) larva; 49 dph - 18.3 mm. Hawaii.

Tilefishes

Oyster toadfish peers out of crevice on a wreck in North Carolina

Toadfishes

Blue tiggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus) juvenile in the Solomon Islands.

Triggerfishes

Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinesis) feeding on a milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris). While patiently stalking a school of reef fishes that was preoccupied devouring fish eggs, this trumpetfish suddenly shot its mouth forward and sucked in a large milletseed butterflyfish. Trumpetfish have quite the mouth gape and can increase the volume of their mouth by more than 15x to capture prey! Hawaii.

Trumpetfishes

Mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis) also known as Kawakawa in Hawaii. Hawaii.

Tunas

The orange and green/blue colors of this Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum) combine in the distance due to the poor spacial resolving power of fish. The resulting color closely matches the blue background, hiding the fish from potential predators.

Wrasses

Giant Sea Bass (Sterolepis gigas). California.

Wreckfishes


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