Tahitian stingrays (Himantura fai), sharks and jacks on a sandbar off Moorea, French Polynesia.
Stingrays
Blue starfish and soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Sea star
Male and female sheephead surround a gorgonian on a deep kelp reef covered in brittle stars. Male sheephead are larger than females, with black head and tail and red mid section, red eyes, and fleshy forehead bumps. Female sheephead are dull pink with white undersides.
Sheephead reef scene
Chromis schooling on a reef in the Solomon Islands.
Chromis reef scene
Anthias swarm over a colorful soft coral reef. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
Wreck in the Bahamas.
Wreck
A blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims near the surface in front of bungalows in Tetamanu Village, French Polynesia.
Shark/island over-under
Colorful soft corals and fish on a reef in Fiji.
Soft corals
A coral grouper swims past colorful soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truk Lagoon.
Coral grouper soft coral reef scene
A small school of oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) on a bommie. Indonesia.
Oriental sweetlips
Bluetail unicornfish (Naso caeruleacauda) schooling on a reef. Papua New Guinea.
Bluetail unicornfish schooling
Motion blur of bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) schooling over open reef in Palau.
Bigeyes motion blur
Hard coral reef reflecting on the surface. Tonga.
Hard corals
Convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) school over a colorful reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Convict blennies schooling
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus). California.
Kelp bass
Sunrays break through a tree above gorgonians, sponges and anthias. Papua New Guinea.
Sunrays and gorgonians
Jacks hunting on blackstreak fusiliers (P. tile). Indonesia.
Jacks hunting
Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.
Bumphead parrotfish aggregation
Pinnate spadefish (Platax pinnatus) schooling on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Brightly colored sponges, starfish and anthias reef scene in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Wild anthias sponge reef scene
Sea whip gorgonian reef scene. Papua New Guinea.
Sea whip
Schooling bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) on a reef in Palau.
Bigeyes schooling
A wreck's mast covers the sun in Truk Lagoon.
Wreck mast
Epaulette soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee) schooling in Palau at sunset.
Epaulette soldierfish school
Orange lyretail anthias and hard corals in Fiji. Solomon Islands.
Anthias hard coral reef
Six-banded angelfish, clown triggerfish, moorish idols feed among softcorals in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Fishy reef scene.
Anthias swarm over soft corals on a reef in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
A queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) swims past a sea fan. Bahamas.
Holacanthus ciliaris adult
Snappers, fusiliers, and a blacktip reef shark cluster around bait on a reef off Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Fishy reef scene
Goatfishes schooling above bolders at sunrise off the Big Islands of Hawaii.
Goatfishes
Coral grouper (C. miniata) about to hide in a mushroom leather coral. Indonesia.
Coral grouper reef scene
Sea whip reef scene. Indonesia.
Sea whip
Colorful soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Reef scene
Fusiliers school around the bow gun of the Fujikawa Maru.
Bow gun on a wreck
A school of bigeye trevally (C. sexfasciatus) races along sea cliffs under stormy seas off Socorro Island.
Bigeye trevally
Blacktail barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) school on a reef in the Solomon Islands.
Blacktail barracuda
Wild reef scene with fish and soft corals in Indonesia.
Wild reef scene
Three pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) line up on a colorful reef in Indonesia.
Clownfish reef scene
Diver next to wreck in the Bahamas.
Wreck and diver
Soft corals and anthias reef scene. Fiji.
Reef scene
Gorgonians on a deep reef in the Solomon islands.
Gorgonians
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over orange sponge on a Bahamian reef.
Lemon shark
Soft corals and anthias close-focus wide-angle. Fiji.
Soft coral reef scene
Giant kelp frond (Macrocrystis integrifolia) showing pneumatocysts (air bladders). California.
Kelp frond
Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Coral grouper
Anthias swarming above sea whips. Indonesia.
Sea whip reef scene
Reef scene with fusiliers and corals. Fiji.
Reef scene
A coloful capture of common kelp forest fishes, including the Garibaldi, blacksmith, sheephead, senorita, kelp bass and a rock wrasse. Channel Islands, California.
Kelp forest fish diversity
A squirrelfish and surgeonfish hover above a bommy in the Bahamas.
Tranquil shoal
Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) school under fishing boats. Indonesia.
Bigeye scad
Wreck masts in Truck Lagoon often burst with coral and fish life.
Wreck mast marine life
Silverside from massive school above gorgonians in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Silverside reef scene
Snapper, soft coral reef scene in Fiji
Fiji reef scene
Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) schooling on a deep reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Ribbon sweetlips
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over gorgonian in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
A bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) poses infront of a school of blackstreak fusiliers (P. tile) in blue water. Indonesia.
Bignose unicornfish
Anthias swarm around gorgonian on a reef in Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea.
Antias Eastern Fields reef scene
Anthias-Soft coral-Gorgonian reef scene. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
Eastern Fields reef scene
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) swim above rocks in the shallows off the Big Island at dawn. Hawaii.
Spotted eagle ray
Wild soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Soft corals
Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) under a ledge. Indonesia.
Oriental sweetlips
A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over an orange sponge. Bahamas.
Lemon shark
Gorgonians, sponges and cardinalfish make a colorful scene on a wreck in Truk Lagoon.
Truk soft coral wreck scene
Bluestripe and goldline snappers schooling below boat. Indonesia.
Schooling snappers
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
Wreck mast marine life
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
Wreck mast marine life
Soft corals, anthias and fusiliers. Indonesia.
Reef scene
The air compressor warmly named R2D2 - a famous artifact in the machine shop of the Fujikawa Maru.
R2D2
Coral grouper (Epinephelus corallicola), schooling glass fish reef scene. Indonesia.
Coral grouper reef scene
Colorful wrasses and butterflyfish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Reef fish feeding frenzy
A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) surrounded by slender cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) peers out of a crevice in Truk Lagoon.
Grouper cardinalfish scene
Massive school of silversides above gorgonians in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Silverside reef scene
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm above gorgonian. Indonesia.
Slender anthias
Bluetail unicornfish (N. caeruleacauda) schooling together with yellowmask surgeonfish (A. mata) on a reef in Indonesia.
Surgeonfish school
Barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivelis) and silversides in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Barramundi cod silverside reef scene
Bluetail unicornfish (N. caeruleacauda) schooling on a deep reef in Indonesia.
Bluetail unicornfish
Colorful butterfly fish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Reef fish feeding frenzy
Sunrays break through trees inside snell's window. Papua New Guinea.
Snell's window
Schools of blue damsels (Pomacentrus pavo) and slender cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) cover the wrecks of Truck Lagoon.
Blue damsel and slender cardinalfish wreck scene
Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), fusilier, silverside, sponge, crinoid, soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Wild amazing reef scene
Diver descends down onto wreck in the Bahamas.
Wreck and diver
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
Wreck mast marine life
A coral and algae encrusted mast surrounded by blue damsels (Pomacentrus pavo), the most common damselfish on the wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
Blue damsels everywhere
Anthias soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
Fiji reef scene
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
Wild Eastern Fields reef
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over purple sponge in the Bahamas.
Lemon shark
Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) school on gorgonian among juvenile convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Ribbon sweetlips.
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) above red sponge on a reef in the Bahamas.
Reef shark
A giant star coral. Fiji.
Star coral
A plane wreck in shallow waters of Exuma, Bahamas.
Plane wreck
Mushroom soft corals (Sarcophyton sp.) and anthias close-focus wide-angle reef scene. Fiji.
Anthias reef scene
Steering wheel telegraph in the Nippo Maru.
Wreck helm
Sponge soft coral silverside damselfish reef scene. Indonesia.
Amazing reef scene
Healthy, unbleached hard coral reefs are widepsread in the Solomon Islands.
Hard coral reef
A massive school of milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) on a reef off Oahu, Hawaii.
Milletseed butterflyfish schooling
The healthy coral reef in Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu Pass), French Polynesia.
Coral reef reflections
A huge pod of hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swims over sand in clear waters off Oahu. Hawaii.
Spinner dolphin pod
Bluestreak fusilier (Pterocaesio tile) reef scene. Indonesia.
Raja Ampat reef scene
A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over a colorful reef in the Bahamas.
Reef shark
Wreck in the Bahamas.
Wreck
Sponge, soft coral silverside, angelfish reef scene. Indonesia.
Amazing reef scene
False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion oceallaris) in a closed anemone. Papua New Guinea.
Clownfish closed anemone
French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) seek shelter under elkcorn coral at dusk. Bahamas.
French grunts under elkorn coral
A diversity of fish and invertebrates inhabit the kelp forest bed as far as the eye can see. California.
Kelp forest bed
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus). California.
Kelp bass
Green turf algae and soft coral reef scene. Fiji.
Turf algae
Colorful anthias swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
Wild Eastern Fields reef
Corsair wreck off Oahu. Hawaii.
Corsair wreck
Banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) school under a colorful bommie in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Banded sweetlips
Don’t mess with my reef! A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) in his soft coral garden. Indonesia.
Coral grouper
Soft coral reef scene in the Solomon Islands.
Soft coral reef scene
Sponge soft coral silverside reef scene in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Amazing reef scene
Indo-pacific sergeant and anthias reef scene at sunset. Fiji.
Fiji reef scene
Schooling bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) in Palau.
Bigeyes schooling
Indo-pacific sergeant and anthias reef scene. Fiji.
Fiji reef scene
Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in kelp forrest. California.
Garibaldi
California sea lion plays in the distant kelp.
California sea lion in kelp forest
A pair of orange-finned anemonefish (A. chrysopterus) under sun rays settle in for the night. Solomon Islands.
Orange-finned anemonefish
A tree as seen through snell's window. Solomon Islands.
Tree from below
Corsair wreck off Oahu. Hawaii.
Corsair wreck
Convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) racing over a colorful reef in PNG. Papua New Guinea.
Convict blennies schooling
Old tires create a thriving artificial reef off Bali, Indonesia.
Artificial tire reef
Anthis soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
Fiji reef scene
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over colorful sponges in the Bahamas.
Reef shark
White sand, turqoise water and a rippled surface. Tranquility in the Bahamas.
Peaceful water surface and sand
Colorful wrasses and butterflyfish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Reef fish feeding frenzy
Niger triggerfish (Odonus niger) schooling on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Indonesia.
Niger triggerfish schooling
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) on a Bahamian reef.
French angelfish adult
Striped large-eye bream (Gnathodentex aureolineatus) and bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) often school together. Palau.
Blueline snapper schooling with seabream.
Anthias soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
Fiji reef scene
A giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson) pair blend in with colorful sponges on a deep reef. Indonesia.
Two giant frogfish
French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) seek shelter under elkcorn coral at dusk. Bahamas.
French grunts under elkorn coral
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over gorgonian in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). Bahamas.
Reef shark
Sunrays rain down above clownfish in anemone. Papua New Guinea.
Clownfish and sunrays
Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) cruise on the glassy ocean surface infront of Diamond Head, Oahu on a picture perfect day.
Spinner dolphin
Chromis sp. schooling next to gorgonian. Indonesia.
Reef scene
A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims past colorful soft corals. Indonesia.
Hawksbill turtle
False clownfish (Amphiprion oceallaris) anenome scene. Indonesia.
False clownfish
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
Wild Eastern Fields reef
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over soft corals in Eastern fields. Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
Gorgonian, dendronephthya, sponge fish reef scene. Indonesia.
Soft corals
A lone manta ray (Manta birostris) in the distaince cruises by a cliff at dusk. Socorro.
Manta ray at dusk
In Florida artificial reefs made from old tires often fail to develop life and even damage nearby reefs during storms. But in the highly productive waters off Bali, even old tires develop into thriving ecosystems. Indonesia.
Artificial tire reef
Anthias swarm around gorgonian on a reef in Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea.
Eastern Fields reef scene
Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) seek shelter in kelp forest. California.
Halfmoon in kelp forrest
Blacktip reef sharks on a sandbar with Moorea's mountains in the background. French Polynesia.
Blacktip reef sharks
A pair of orange-finned anemonefish (A. chrysopterus) under sun rays settle in for the night. Solomon Islands.
Orange-finned anemonefish
Like many wrasse species, sheephead are protogynous. All are born female, and the largest individuals become male due to hormonal changes triggered by social cues. The two sexes have extremely different appearances. Male sheephead are larger than females, with black head and tail and red mid-section, red eyes, and fleshy forehead bumps. Female sheephead are dull pink with white undersides.
Male sheephead motion blur
Pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) inhabiting a beautiful purple-tipped anemone in Palau.
Skunk clownfish pair
A potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula) over gorgonians swims up into the light. Papua New Guinea.
Potato grouper on reef
Shallow water soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Reef scene
A large pod of Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) over rocky bottom off Oahu, Hawaii.
Spinner dolphins
Yellow-face angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon) on a reef in Indonesia.
Yellow-face angelfish
Over-under photo of jacks and sharks on a sandbar with Moorea's mountains in the background. French Polynesia.
Trevally over-under
Bludger trevally (Carangoides gymnosthethus), golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) and longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus) often hunt together on small fish that seek shelter on the wrecks in Truk Lagoon.
Jacks and emperors hunting
Chromis sp. schooling next to gorgonian. Indonesia.
Reef scene
Colorful anthias schooling around sea whips. Papua New Guinea.
Sea whip reef scene
A kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) in a kelp forest covered in greenwater.
Rockfish in kelp forest
Massive school of narrowstripe fusiliers (Pterocaesio tessellata) on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Indonesia.
Narrowstripe fusiliers
California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher). California.
California sheephead
Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) reflect off the surface on a shallow reef in Fakarava, French Polynesia.
Blacktip reef shark reflections
Fusiliers schooling around gorgonians. Indonesia.
Reef scene
Two Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the Bahamas.
Reef shark
Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.
Bumphead parrotfish aggregation
