Search results for Teleost Fish

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Flameback angelfish, Centropyge aurantonotus
Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis
Royal gramma basslet, Gramma loreto
Sapphire devil (blue damselfish), female/juvenile coloration, Chrysiptera cyanea
Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus
King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Juvenile Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis
Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus
Honeycomb moray eel (tesselate moray), Gymnothorax favagineus
Blackstripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricaudas
Percula clownfish anemonefish, Amphiprion percula
Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on, Gibbonsia montereyensis, Monterey, California
French grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum
Pot-bellied seahorse, male, carrying eggs. The developing embryos are nourished by individual yolk sacs, and oxygen is supplied through a placenta-like attachment to the male. Two to six weeks after fertilization, the male gives birth. The babies must then fend for themselves, and few survive to adulthood, Hippocampus abdominalis
Pot-bellied seahorse, male, carrying eggs. The developing embryos are nourished by individual yolk sacs, and oxygen is supplied through a placenta-like attachment to the male. Two to six weeks after fertilization, the male gives birth. The babies must then fend for themselves, and few survive to adulthood, Hippocampus abdominalis
Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus
A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it, Citharichthys
California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher, San Clemente Island
Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater, Hypsypops rubicundus, San Clemente Island
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, photographer, freediving, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Schooling fish, circling jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Caranx sexfasciatus
Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel schooling, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel and kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel schooling in kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Cortez chubb, Kyphosus elegans, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis, Catalina Island
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