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37 images Created 13 Jul 2011

Fish is a very generic term meaning here to be any marine animal belonging to the class Osteichthyes (skeleton mostly composed of bone). Some galleries in the photograph collections belong to this gallery, however, for interest reasons have been segregated. If searching for a specific fish species, please use the search function or the keywords

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  • A clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) tends to her egg mass.  Triggerfish usually deposit thousands of eggs and carefully tend to them until hatching.  Blowing fresh sea water onto the eggs helps to maintain the eggs by removing unwanted material that may settle around the egg cases
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  • A clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) tends to her egg mass.  Triggerfish usually deposit thousands of eggs and carefully tend to them until hatching.  Blowing fresh sea water onto the eggs helps to maintain the eggs by removing unwanted material that may settle around the egg cases
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  • Anemonefish are relatively common in tropical waters and inhabit various species of anemones.  Although the anemone possess stinging cells used to capture and kill prey, the anemonefish is immune to this sting.  The fish lives with the anemone and supplements its diet by cleaning the anemone of parasites
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  • Anemonefish are relatively common in tropical waters and inhabit various species of anemones.  Although the anemone possess stinging cells used to capture and kill prey, the anemonefish is immune to this sting.  The fish lives with the anemone and supplements its diet by cleaning the anemone of parasites
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  • Anemonefish are relatively common in tropical waters and inhabit various species of anemones.  Although the anemone possess stinging cells used to capture and kill prey, the anemonefish is immune to this sting.  The fish lives with the anemone and supplements its diet by cleaning the anemone of parasites
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  • Anemonefish are relatively common in tropical waters and inhabit various species of anemones.  Although the anemone possess stinging cells used to capture and kill prey, the anemonefish is immune to this sting.  The fish lives with the anemone and supplements its diet by cleaning the anemone of parasites
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  • A member of the grouper and cod family, the many-lined rock cod is a predatory fish that maintain a well established territory on the reef.  They have large eyes to see their prey (small fish) and can swim at exceptionally fast speeds to catch them
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  • An oddly shaped member of the Scoropinfish family, the cockatoo waspfish is named for it ornate head dress and venomous spines
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  • Jaw fish.  Gifted with excellent vision jaw fish are difficult to approach.  They live in a subterranean system of burrows with multiple exits.  Often you will be waiting for a jaw fish to pop it head up only to see it looking at you from another entrance burrow. Burrows may extend for 2-3 meters.   Length 12 cm.
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  • Jaw fish.  Gifted with excellent vision jaw fish are difficult to approach.  They live in a subterranean system of burrows with multiple exits.  Often you will be waiting for a jaw fish to pop it head up only to see it looking at you from another entrance burrow. Burrows may extend for 2-3 meters.   Length 12 cm.
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  • Jaw fish.  Gifted with excellent vision jaw fish are difficult to approach.  They live in a subterranean system of burrows with multiple exits.  Often you will be waiting for a jaw fish to pop it head up only to see it looking at you from another entrance burrow. Burrows may extend for 2-3 meters.   Length 12 cm.
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  • Jaw fish.  Gifted with excellent vision jaw fish are difficult to approach.  They live in a subterranean system of burrows with multiple exits.  Often you will be waiting for a jaw fish to pop it head up only to see it looking at you from another entrance burrow. Burrows may extend for 2-3 meters.   Length 12 cm.
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  • Cardinalfish (Apogon aureus) - Milne Bay, PNG
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  • Cardinalfish (Apogon aureus) - Milne Bay, PNG
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  • The young have a white background with round black spots and usually attempt to swim continuously with their head facing the seafloor (head down).  The spots on the body are to help disguise the eye from predators
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  • The young have a white background with round black spots and usually attempt to swim continuously with their head facing the seafloor (head down).  The spots on the body are to help disguise the eye from predators
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  • The young have a white background with round black spots and usually attempt to swim continuously with their head facing the seafloor (head down).  The spots on the body are to help disguise the eye from predators
    1532 01 Jan 2013.JPG
  • The young have a white background with round black spots and usually attempt to swim continuously with their head facing the seafloor (head down).  The spots on the body are to help disguise the eye from predators
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  • Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus) - Indonesia
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  • Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus) - Indonesia
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  • Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus) - Indonesia
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  • Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus) - Indonesia
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  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
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  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
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  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
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  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
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  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
    2360 19 mar 2007.JPG
  • Fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.
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