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Juvenile blue-green chromis schooling in ocean current over hard corals, Fijii.
Image ID: 31398
Species: Blue-green chromis, Chromis viridis
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30956
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Lions cove yellow labido.
Image ID: 11004
Species: Lions' cove yellow labido, Labidochromis |
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Blue chromis.
Image ID: 11775
Species: Blue chromis, Chromis cyanea | Blacksmith.
Image ID: 01026
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Blacksmith in motion, San Clemente island.
Image ID: 02345
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Chromis and algae along top of pinnacle, Islas San Benito.
Image ID: 02395
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico | Connies Damsel.
Image ID: 09222
Species: Connie's Damsel, Chromis limbaughi | Bumphead Cichlid.
Image ID: 09290
Species: Bumphead Cichlid, Cyphotilapia frontosa |
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Vanderbilts chromis.
Image ID: 09440
Species: Vanderbilt's chromis, Chromis vanderbilti | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30891
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30895
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Blue-and-yellow chromis, Chromis limbaughi, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 33732
Location: Punta Alta, Baja California, Mexico | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30894
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith chromis and Garibaldi aggregation, Catalina.
Image ID: 30978
Species: Blacksmith, Garibaldi, Chromis punctipinnis, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30905
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith chromis and invasive sargassum, Catalina.
Image ID: 30973
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30866
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30892
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30906
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Scissortail damselfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Image ID: 27560
Species: Scissortail damselfish, Chromis atrilobata
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico |
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Blacksmith schooling amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 05123
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30889
Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blacksmith Chromis, Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. 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.
Image ID: 30890
Species: Garibaldi, California golden gorgonian, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Lions cove yellow labido.
Image ID: 11003
Species: Lions' cove yellow labido, Labidochromis | Lions cove yellow labido.
Image ID: 11005
Species: Lions' cove yellow labido, Labidochromis | Blue chromis.
Image ID: 11035
Species: Blue chromis, Chromis cyanea |
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Blacksmith perch.
Image ID: 11773
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis | Blue chromis.
Image ID: 11774
Species: Blue chromis, Chromis cyanea | Vanderbilts chromis.
Image ID: 11891
Species: Vanderbilt's chromis, Chromis vanderbilti |
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