1179-236 - Aerial view of the color contrasts of Barbuda, tones change according to the current and the difference of seafloor, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
832-372292 - Unidentified starfish (Euretaster sp.), red, Ponta de Sao Vicente, Isabella Island, Albemarle, Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean
832-372240 - Chocolate Chip Starfish (Protoreaster nodosus) gathered on a sandy ground, Sabang Beach, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, South China Sea
832-233269 - Gathering of Knobby Star Starfish (Pentaceraster cumingi) on sandy ground in front of a reef, Cousin Rock, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean
832-233270 - Gathering of Knobby Star Starfish (Pentaceraster cumingi) on sandy ground in front of a reef, Cousin Rock, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean
1116-31298 - Hawaii, The oriental flying gurnard (Dactylopterus orientalis) is remarkable for its enormous pectoral fins. When spread, they have the form of rounded fanlike wings.
1116-31071 - California, Catalina Island, A female sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) pictured in front of a gorgonian fan in a forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
1116-31086 - Hawaii, Goldring surgeonfish and yellow tangs are cleaning algae from the shell of this green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) an endangered species.
1116-31228 - Hawaii, Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) and an endemic Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) taking a close look in it's mouth.
1022-79 - Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.
1022-78 - Horseshoe leatherjacket (meuschenia hippocrepis), wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.
1022-93 - Tube anemones (pachycerianthus delwynae), wild, day, shore diving, sand, metropolitan, Perth city, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: attractive specie is white with purple tips on the tentacles
1022-77 - common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.
1022-76 - Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.