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| Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03325 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Image ID: 27470 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile garibaldi in motion. Image ID: 02343 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish. Image ID: 11817 Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis | Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 12885 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | King angelfish. Image ID: 12889 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer |
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| King angelfish. Image ID: 12891 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer | Juvenile Clarion angelfish. Image ID: 12901 Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis | Freckled porcupinefish. Image ID: 12909 Species: Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus |
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| A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it. Image ID: 14936 Species: Sanddabs, 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. Image ID: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Ocean sunfish with mouth for slurping zooplankton, open ocean. Image ID: 03319 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Ocean sunfish, open ocean. Image ID: 03322 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Coral hawkfish. Image ID: 02432 Species: Coral hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02513 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Garibaldi with a tiny bit of juvenile blue coloration. Image ID: 02514 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: California, USA | Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Revilligigedos. Image ID: 05768 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia | Island kelpfish. Image ID: 01025 Species: Island kelpfish, Alloclinus holderi Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Longhorn cowfish. Image ID: 07836 Species: Longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta | Flame angelfish. Image ID: 08667 Species: Flame angel, Centropyge loricula | Blue tang. Image ID: 08677 Species: Blue tang surgeonfish, Acanthurus coeruleus |
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| Eyestripe surgeonfish. Image ID: 08717 Species: Eyestripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus dussumieri | Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 08846 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | Spotted ratfish. Image ID: 08904 Species: Spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei |
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| Scribbled angelfish. Image ID: 09451 Species: Scribbled angelfish, Chaetodontoplus duboulayi | Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09606 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09609 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09618 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile garibaldi displaying distinctive blue spots. Image ID: 09388 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: California, USA | King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Image ID: 27474 Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico |
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