Ray Finned Fish Collection (page 13)

Clearfin lionfish (Pterois radiata) mating. The female (left) has just released a raft of eggs, which is visible between her tail and the red face of the male

Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) visiting a cleaning station on a coral reef with a school of Onespot snappers (Lutjanus monostigma)

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting on sea floor and two juvenile Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa El Shouna, Marsa Alam, Egypt

Portrait of a Blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus) infected with Cymothoid isopod parasites. The large parasite between the eyes is a female, the smaller individuals are males

Pair of Rock beauty angelfish (Holacanthus tricolor) spawning at dusk. The larger male rubs against the flank of the female during the spawning rise

View through a cavern in a coral reef, with a Small grouper (Cephalopholis cruentata) in the distance. Snapper Hole, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea

Warty / Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) male portrait, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, March

View of steering wheel inside Bedford OYC water tanker 3 ton lorry, from another Bedford OYC truck, deep inside hold of wreck of HMS Thistlegorm

Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) barks a warning as it guards a clutch of developing eggs (beneath it) laid on a small stone, below a fold in its home

Sunbeams play through the roots of red mangrove trees (Rhizophora sp.), encrusted with marine life and home to schoolmaster snappers (Lutjanus apodus)

Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) male rises up from its burrow and aerates the eggs he is mouthbrooding. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea

Slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) hiding in the branches of a porous sea rod (Pseudoplexaura sp.) on a coral reef. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea

RF - A threespot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) aggressively defending its algae garden on a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. Model Released

RF - Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Conger eel, (Conger conger) on Teti shipwreck which sank on a stormy night on 23 May 1930, Komiza, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea

Split level of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) during migration; Adams River, British Columbia, Canada. October

Thousands of Pacific Sandlance (Ammodytes hexapterus) swim overhead, as a few rockfish (Sebastes sp.) swim in the distance

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) migration, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada. October

Schooling rockfishes (Sebastes spp. ) with Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)
Schooling rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) with Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Different species of rockfish often swim together in mixed schools, as here

Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) stealing food from the jellyfishs tentacles. Hunt Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September

Crescent gunnel (Pholis laeta) Shoal Bay, Discovery Passage, British Columbia, Canada. March

Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) portrait, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Coral heads surrounded by Blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus)and juvenile salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos

Blind Cave Fish (Caecogilbia galapagoensis) among floating roots in underground brackish water fissures. Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Bonito (Sarda orientalis) shoal swimming past the undersea base of Darwinas Arch
Bonito (Sarda orientalis) shoal swimming past the undersea base of Darwins Arch. Darwin (Culpepper) Island, Galapagos

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) on sea, tossing fish. Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus), Guanahacabibes Peninsula National Park, Pinar del Rio Province, western Cuba

Foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) couple feeding on coral, Guanahacabibes Peninsula National Park, Pinar del Rio Province, western Cuba

Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) and Bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus) seeking protection in Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park

Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), and Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba

Spinyhead Blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa), Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Orbiculate cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) sheltering amongst roots of mangroves (Rhizophora sp.) in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Pacific ocean

Pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus), shoal, Maldives

A school of striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim over seagrass meadow, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukala) in Passe Dubois / Dubois channel, Aldabra, Indian Ocean

Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion). Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) close to the surface and near boat with Black jacks / Trevally (Caranx lugubris) and diver in the background, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean

Atlantic trumpetfish (Aulostomus strigosus) surrounded, South Tenerife, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean

Pixy Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni), a shoal sheltering against Anchor Coral (Euphyllia ancora). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) male in front of Red sea fan, (Paramuricea clavata), Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) associated with the anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Yap, Micronesia

Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) female, and Garibaldi, (Hypsypops rubicundus) in forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA

Smallmouth grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum) fish swim over a coral reef, Cancun, Mexico. Slow shutter speed image

Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) living in symbiotic association with Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Palau

Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean

A school of filefifsh take shelter and feed on invertebrates (bottom of frame) found on sargassum in the Sargasso Sea

Translucent coral goby (Bryaninops erythrops) in Seapen (Virgularia gustaviana). Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific

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