2019 October Highlights Gallery

RF - Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) female swimming close to a coral reef, while Cleaner wrasse

RF - Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) female swimming close to a coral reef, while Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), tiny by comparison, pick parasites from its belly.. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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RF - Denises pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) looks out from its home in a sea fan

RF - Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) looks out from its home in a sea fan (Annella sp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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Actinopterygii, Animal, Animalia, Asia, Biodiversity Hotspot, Blue, Bony Fish, Ceram Sea, Colour, Coral Reef, Coral Reefs, Fish, Hippocampus, Hippocampus Denise, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Marine, Melanesia, Misool, New Guinea, Ocean, Oceania, Orange, Osteichthyes, Pacific Ocean, Pattern, Ray Finned Fish, Reef, Reefs, Rf, Rf5, Royalty Free, Saltwater, Seahorse, South East Asia, Syngnathidae, Syngnathiformes, Tropical, Underwater, Vertebrate, Water, West Irian Jaya, Wildlife

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) close to the camera with a golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) close to the camera with a golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon speciosus) and outline of another whale shark behind, in the plankton-rich green waters of La Paz bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, Gulf of California, East Pacific Ocean

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Acanthopteri, Actinopterygii, American, Animal, Animalia, Baja California Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Bizarre, Bony Fish, California, Carangidae, Carpet Shark, Cartilaginous Fish, Central America, Chondrichthyes, Endangered Species, Fish, Gnathanodon, Gnathanodon Speciosus, Golden Trevally, Gulf Of California, Jack, Jack Fishes, Jawed Fish, La Paz, Latin America, Marine, Marine Life, Mexico, Micristodus Punctatus, Nature, North America, Orectolobiformes, Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Percomorphi, Ray Finned Fish, Rhincodon, Rhincodon Typus, Rhincodontidae, Rhiniodon Typus, Rhinodon Typicus, Saltwater, Sea, Sea Life, Shark, South America, Southwest Usa, Threatened, Underwater, United States Of America, Usa, Vertebrate, Vulnerable, Water, Weird, Western Usa, Whale Shark, Whale Sharks, Wildlife