Search results for Purple Fairy Wrasse

Sheephead and invasive sargassum, Catalina.
Species: Sargassum, Sheephead wrasse, Sargassum horneri, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30974  

California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 23449  

White (or fairy) tern.
Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00868  

Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10459  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39238  

Brownspotted Wrasse, Notolabrus parilus, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Brownspotted Wrasse, Notolabrus parilus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39247  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Female, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39259  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39273  

California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 23472  

California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica) and Red gorgonia (Lophogorgia chilensis).
Species: Hydrocoral, Red gorgonian, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37178  

Dune evening primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) mix in beautiful wildflower bouquets during the spring bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 30526  

California golden gorgonian and Sheephead wrasse 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.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30888  

Juvenile sheephead and gorgonian, Catalina.
Species: Sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 30975  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32576  

Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island.
Species: Hydrocoral, Givens Zoanthid, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Epizoanthus giveni
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37216  

Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37248  

Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37264  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32477  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: La Reina, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32486  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32568  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32577  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32578  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32579  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32595  

Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23528  

Gorgonians grow on rocky reef, kelp forest and a white boat floating on the surface can be seen in the background, underwater.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23537  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07006  

Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10467  

Mexican hogfish, female coloration, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27499  

Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Rainbow wrasse, Thalassoma lucasanum
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27577