Osteichthyes Gallery

Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest

Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant kelp forests. The kelp is a variety of the same species found on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in California. Tasman Sea

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Brandts cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific

Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean

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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

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