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Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Echeneis naucrates, Negaprion brevirostris
Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.
Species: Lemon shark, Echeneis naucrates, Negaprion brevirostris
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10772  
Barberfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Barberfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Barberfish, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27484  
Barberfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Barberfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Barberfish, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27494  
Blue and gold snapper, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Lutjanus viridis
Blue and gold snapper, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27500  
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Devils Crown, Floreana Island
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Devils Crown.
Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01855  
Schooling Jordans snapper, Cocos Island
Schooling Jordans snapper.
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Image ID: 02037  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36300  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36301  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36302  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36303  
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36304  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36305  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36306  
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36308  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36309  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36310  
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36315  
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36316  
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California
Ocean sunfish near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 36318  
Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego, Mola mola
Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 38548  
Blacksmith schooling amid kelp forest, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Blacksmith schooling amid kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05123  
Giant kelpfish in kelp, Heterostichus rostratus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Giant kelpfish in kelp.
Species: Giant kelpfish, Heterostichus rostratus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05142  
Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus, Cousins
Pacific creolefish.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05105  
Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus, Cousins
Pacific creolefish.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 07054  
Whale shark dorsal fin and remora, Remora, Rhincodon typus, Darwin Island
Whale shark dorsal fin and remora.
Species: Whale shark, Remora, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01524  
Schooling Pacific Creolefish, Darwin, Paranthias colonus, Darwin Island
Schooling Pacific Creolefish, Darwin.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01887  
Weedy scorpionfish.  Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus, Rhinopias frondossa
Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa
Image ID: 12897  
Weedy scorpionfish.  Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus, Rhinopias frondossa
Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa
Image ID: 12898  
Banded archerfish.  The banded archerfish is known for its ability to shoot down resting insects by spitting a jet of water. Large archerfishes can hit a target 2-3m away. Archerfishes have adaptations to the mouth which enable spitting. When a banded archerfish shoots a jet of water, it raises its tongue against the roof of the mouth forming a tube. The gill covers quickly close forcing water along the tube. This species mostly lives in mangrove and estuarine habitats throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, Toxotes jaculatrix
Banded archerfish. The banded archerfish is known for its ability to shoot down resting insects by spitting a jet of water. Large archerfishes can hit a target 2-3m away. Archerfishes have adaptations to the mouth which enable spitting. When a banded archerfish shoots a jet of water, it raises its tongue against the roof of the mouth forming a tube. The gill covers quickly close forcing water along the tube. This species mostly lives in mangrove and estuarine habitats throughout much of the Indo-Pacific.
Species: Banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix
Image ID: 12902  
Banded archerfish.  The banded archerfish is known for its ability to shoot down resting insects by spitting a jet of water. Large archerfishes can hit a target 2-3m away. Archerfishes have adaptations to the mouth which enable spitting. When a banded archerfish shoots a jet of water, it raises its tongue against the roof of the mouth forming a tube. The gill covers quickly close forcing water along the tube. This species mostly lives in mangrove and estuarine habitats throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, Toxotes jaculatrix
Banded archerfish. The banded archerfish is known for its ability to shoot down resting insects by spitting a jet of water. Large archerfishes can hit a target 2-3m away. Archerfishes have adaptations to the mouth which enable spitting. When a banded archerfish shoots a jet of water, it raises its tongue against the roof of the mouth forming a tube. The gill covers quickly close forcing water along the tube. This species mostly lives in mangrove and estuarine habitats throughout much of the Indo-Pacific.
Species: Banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix
Image ID: 12903  
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