Alex Mustard Gallery

RF - Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef

RF - Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef. Whilst a Predatory bandcheek wrasse (Oxycheilinus digrammus) is hiding underneath the turtle to enable it to sneak closer to small reef fish, its prey. Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

© www.naturepl.com

Acanthopteri, Actinopterygii, Africa, Animal, Animalia, Bandcheek Wrasse, Bony Fish, Cheek Lined Maori Wrasse, Cheeklined Maori Wrasse, Cheeklined Wrasse, Cheilinus Coccineus, Chelinus Diagrammus, Chelone Imbricata, Chelonia Radiata, Chelonii, Cheloniidae, Coral Reef, Coral Reefs, Critically Endangered, Egypt, Endangered Species, Eretmochelys, Eretmochelys Imbricata, Fish, Hawksbill Turtle, Labridae, Marine, Marine Life, Miispecies, National Park, Nature, North Africa, Northern Africa, Osteichthyes, Oxycheilinus, Oxycheilinus Digramma, Oxycheilinus Digrammus, Perciformes, Percomorphi, Portrait, Protected Area, Ray Finned Fish, Red Sea, Reef, Reefs, Reptile, Reptilia, Reserve, Rf, Rf3, Royalty Free, Saltwater, Sea, Sea Life, Sea Turtles, Sinai, Testitudine, Testudo Imbricata, Threatened, Tropical, Turtle, Underwater, Vertebrate, Water, Wildlife, Wrasses

Schools of Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) and Panamic sergeant major

Schools of Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) and Panamic sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii) swimming through sun beams inside an underwater cavern. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, Gulf of California, East Pacific Ocean

© www.naturepl.com

Acanthopteri, Actinopterygii, Animal, Animalia, Baja California Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Blue, Bony Fish, Cave, Central America, Colour, Dameselfishes, Damselfish, Fish, Group, Group Of Animals, Gulf Of California, La Paz, Latin America, Light Ray, Los Islotes, Marine, Mexico, Miispecies, Mystery, Natural Light, Ocean, Osteichthyes, Pacific Ocean, Perciformes, Percomorphi, Pomacentridae, Ray Finned Fish, Saltwater, School, Sea, Sergeant Major, Sunlight, Temperate, Underwater, Vertebrate, Water, Wildlife

Portrait of a Grunt sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) yawns as it moves through soft corals

Portrait of a Grunt sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) yawns as it moves through soft corals and sponges. This unusual looking fish is evolved to resemble the giant acorn barnacle. The fish lives in disused barnacle shells. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean

© www.naturepl.com