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Streaked weaverfish, Trachinus radiatus, Gökova Bay Turkey

Sarpa, Sarpa salpa, and melanurus on a sea grass bed Gökova Bay Turkey

Streaked weaverfish, Trachinus radiatus, Gökova Bay Turkey

Cardinal fishes, Apagon imberbis, Gökova Bay Turkey

Pipefish Black Sea Turkey

Blenny hiding between ulva green algae Black Sea Turkey

Moon jelyfish Black Sea Turkey

Red mullet Black Sea Turkey

Sand prawn Black Sea Turkey

Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus histrix, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Juvenile circular batfish, Platax orbicularis, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Comet fish, Calloplesiops altivelis, Sulawesi Indonesia

Comet fish, Calloplesiops altivelis, Sulawesi Indonesia

Banggai cardinal fishes, Pterapagon kauderni, shelterin around magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, with common clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Sulawesi Indonesia

Banggai cardinal fishes, Pterapagon kauderni, shelterin around magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, with common clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Sulawesi Indonesia

Klein's butterflyfishes, Chaetodon kleinii, feeding on sergeant major eggs Sulawesi Indonesia

Pink anemonefishes, Amphiprion perideraion, Sulawesi Indonesia

Pink anemonefishes, Amphiprion perideraion, Sulawesi Indonesia

Shrimpfish, Centriscus scutatus, Sulawesi Indonesia

Yellowbarred jawfish, Opistognathus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia

Yellowbarred jawfish, Opistognathus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Anemonefish, Amphiprion sebae, eggs attached to a dead coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Ghost pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterus, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Bandtail scorpionfish, Scorpaonopsis neglecta, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Whitestreaked grouper, Ephinephelus ongus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

startfish, Halithyle sp, Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, and cleaner shrimps, Periclimenes sp. Sulawesi Indonesia

Striped catfishes, Plotosus lineatus, Lembeh Strait Sulawes Indonesia

Estuary seahorse, Hippocampus kuda, Sulawesi Indonesia

Longhorn cowfish, Lactoria comuta, Sulawesi Indonesia

African Fish-eagle, Halliaeetus vocifer, Ethiopia

Boat-billed Heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, eating fish prey Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Fish Restaurants at Gumusluk Bodrum Turkey

Pigmy pipehorse, Acentronura breviperula, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Pipefish, Trachyrhampus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Estuary seahorse, Hippocampus kuda, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cross damsel, Neoglyphidodon crossi, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spiny waspfish, Ablabys macracanthus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Bandtail scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis neglecta, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cockatoo flounder, Samaris cristatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Bloch's bigeye, Priacanthus blochii, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus, in a bleached anemone Sulawesi Indonesia.

Helmet gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Helmet gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Raggy scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis venosa, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, in a beaded sea anemone, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Bandtail scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis neglecta, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spiny devilfish, Inimicus didactylus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spiny devilfish, Inimicus didactylus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Ambon scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys amboinensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Leopard flounder, Bothus pantherinus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Filamented flasher wrasse male, Paracheilinus filamentosus, Sulawesi Indonesia

Strapweed filefish, Pseudomonacanthus macrurus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Ambon scorpionfish, Pteroidichthys amboinensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Estuary seahorse, Hippocampus kuda, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spiny flathead, Onigocia spinosa, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Striped frogfish, Antennarius striatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Longspine waspfish, Paracentropogon longispinus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Striped frogfish, Antennarius striatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Striped frogfish, Antennarius striatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Young helmet gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Longspine waspfishes, Paracentropogon longispinus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Tubed siphonfish, Siphamia tubifer, hiding between venomous spines of fire urchin, Asteropyga radiata, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Winged pipefish, Halicampus macrorhynchus, mimicing Halimeda seaweed Sulawesi Indonesia

Filamented flasher wrasses male and harem of females, Paracheilinus filamentosus, Sulawesi Indonesia

Winged pipefish, Halicampus macrorhynchus, mimicing Halimeda seaweed Sulawesi Indonesia

Peacock sole, Pardachirus pavoninus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Pigmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orangeback wrasse, Cirrhilabrus lubbocki, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Triplefin, Helcogramma striata, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Goldbelly damsel, Pomacentrus auriventris, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Juvenile gray demoiselle, Chrysiptera glauca, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Batfish, Platax teira, with a golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Clownfishes, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a bleached anemone Raja Ampat Indonesia

Clownfishes, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a bleached anemone Raja Ampat Indonesia

Clownfishes, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a bleached anemone Raja Ampat Indonesia

Mackerel scad, Decapterus russelli, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Mackerel scad, Decapterus russelli, school under a jetty, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Threadfin hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Threadfin hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Sofcoral ghost goby, Pleurosicya boldinghi, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Pantherfish, Cromileptes altivelis, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Yellowfin demoiselle, Chrysiptera flavipinnis, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Threadfin hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Raja dottyback, Pseudochromis sp., Raja Ampat Indonesia

Pygmy sea horses, Hippocampus bargibanti, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Pygmy sea horse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Pygmy sea horse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Sargassumfish, Histrio histrio, at the surface Raja Ampat Indonesia

Magenta dotyback, Pseudochromis porphyreus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Blenny, Ecsenius sp. Raja Ampat Indonesia

Urchin clingfish, Diademichthys lineatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Spine-cheek anemonefishes, Premnas bieculatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Golden sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Golden sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Ringtail cardinalfish, Apagon aureus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Damsels howering over the branching hardcorals Raja Ampat Indonesia

Damsels howering over the branching hardcorals Raja Ampat Indonesia

Damsels howering over the branching hardcorals Raja Ampat Indonesia

Clown triggerfishes, Blistoides conspicillum, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Damsels howering over the branching hardcorals Raja Ampat Indonesia

Signal gobies, Signigobius biocellatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Tailspot blenny, Ecsenius stigmatura, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Tasselled wobbegong, Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, in an elephant ear sponge Raja Ampat Indonesia

Flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus sp., Raja Ampat Indonesia

Juvenile batfish with orange margins, Platax pinnatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Bluespot shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus sp., and shrimp Raja Ampat Indonesia

Ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Six lined soapfish, Grammistes sexlineatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Splendid dottyback, Pseudochromis splendens, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Coral cardinafish, Apagon wassinski, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Coral cardinafish, Apagon wassinski, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Blue sided wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Blackstriped angelfish, Genicanthus lamarck, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Karakoy 50's Istanbul

Purseiner lifting the catch on board, Izmir Bay Turkey

Fishermen setting a mile long fish trap in Camlik Lake of Yumurtalik Adana Turkey.

Seabass harvest in Akyatan Lake fish trap, Adana Turkey.

Fish trap in Camlik Lake of Yumurtalik Adana Turkey

Traditional fish traps along Aegean coast, Turkey.

Snake blennies, Ophidion barbatum, in Izmir fish market, Turkey.

Traditional fish traps along Aegean coast, Turkey.

Historical Urfa Gate of Diyarbakir Fortress is a market place nowadays, Turkey.

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Day's catch of tiny fishes in lake Malawi

Catching of bluefin tunas in aquaculture cages, Cesme Turkey.

Bluefin tunas, the most valuable commercial fish in the worls are in crates to be transported Japanese fishing ship, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Catching of bluefin tunas in aquaculture cages, Cesme Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Bluefin tunas transported to Japanese fish factory ship in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Japanese fishing ship crew cutting and cleaning Bluefin tunas the most valuable commercial fish in the world, Eastern Mediterranean Turkey.

Bluefin tunas transported to Japanese fish factory ship in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tunas transported to Japanese fish factory ship in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tunas transported to Japanese fish factory ship in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tuna harvest in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tuna harvest in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tuna harvest in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Bluefin tuna being killed on the way to Japanese market, Cesme Turkey.

Bluefin tuna just being killed on the way to Japanese market, Cesme Turkey.

Catching of bluefin tunas in aquaculture cages, Cesme Turkey.

Catching of bluefin tunas in aquaculture cages, Cesme Turkey.

Bluefin tuna harvest in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.

Boy showing his flying fish catch, Comoros

Trispot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, Sangeang Island, Indonesia

Triplefin goby, Helcogramma striatum, on a giant clam, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, on a hardcoral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, on a hardcoral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Juvenile many spotted sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Whitemargin stargazer, Uranoscopus sulphureus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with massive school of scalefin anthiasesi Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with yellowback fusiliers, Caesio xanthonota, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with massive school of damsels, Chromis scotochiloptera, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and purple queen anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with crinoids and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Morish idols, Zanclus cornutus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef closeup with bignose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii, and tubastrea corals, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef closeup with emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, and tubastrea corals, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with tubastrea corals and anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bicolor bleny, Ecsenius bicolor, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Redtooth triggerfish, Odonus niger, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Blacktip grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

An undescribed flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus sp., Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Dartfish, Nemeteleotris magnifica, Rincha Island, Komodo National park, Indonesia.

Royal dotyback, Pseudochromis paccagnellae, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Male squarespot anthias, Pseudanthias, pleurotaenia, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and cardinalfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bluelined snapper school, Lujanus casmira, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and damselfishes, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Spotnape cardinalfishes, Apogon notatus, sheltering inside the blackcoral brranches, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Emperor angelfishes, Pomacanthus imperator, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and damselfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Yellowmask surgeonfish school, Acanthurus mata, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and surgeonfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Spiny devilfish, Inimicus didactylus, in a perfect camouflage on a sand bottom, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Epaulette soldierfishhes, Myripristis kuntee, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with clark anemonfishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, camouflaging around sponges, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with red tooth trigger fishes, Odonus niger, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Clark anemonefishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Clark anemonefishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with amazing diversity of corals, invertebrates and fishes, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Goby on a tubastrea coral, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Skin details of chinamanfish, Symphorus nematophorus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Triplefin goby, Hecogramma sp., on a sea squirt, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Chinamanfish, Symphorus nematophorus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Chiseltooth wrasse, Pseudodax mollucanus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos, in a Merten's sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos, in a Merten's sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of pearly monocle bream, Scolopsis margaritifer, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish family, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between soft corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Dense branching hard corals and brain coral. Damsels and anthiases howeirng above feeding on zooplankton. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Kumkapi, Traditional Fish Restaurants, Istanbul, Turkey

Kumkapi, Traditional Fish Restaurants, Istanbul, Turkey

People eating fish and bread at Eminonu, Istanbul, Turkey

Yellowmask angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Regal Angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, Sipadan Island, Borneo Malaysia.

Surf parrotfish, Scarus rivilatus, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Pink clown fishes, Amphiprion perideraion, living in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Big eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Orange lined triggerfish , Balistapus undulatus , Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Clark anemonefish , Amphiprion clarkii, in a bleached anemone , Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Gray Reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, during fish survey in Kingman Reef.

Enric Sala in on fish survey in Kingman Reef.

Lionfish in aquarium setting.

Fish farm in a protected cove in Karaburun, Turkey

Fish Restaurants at Gumusluk Bodrum,Aegean Coast, Turkey

Morning mist in Manambolo River, Madagascar.

Fish and Bread vendors at Eminonu, Istanbul, Turkey

Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris, Fore Reef, Middle Cay Beize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, in the shallow turtlegrass bed at Middle Caye, Glover's Reef. The tag near the dorsal fin was implanted by a shark research team at least one year ago.

Texture of a hard coral, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Indigo hamlet, Hypoplectrus indigo, Fore Reef, Middle Caye Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

School of Bermuda chubs, Kyphosus sectatrix, Glover's Reef Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Sea grasses in a lagoon of Middle Caye, Belize.

Red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Halimedas in a lagoon of Middle Caye, Belize.

Soft coral in a reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying staghorn corals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Staghorn coral in a reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic from Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic from Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Horse eye trevallies, Caranx latus, circling over Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Blue striped grunts, Haemulon sciurus, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Blackcap basslets, Gramma melacara, and Royal grammas, Gramma loreto, in reef scene, Glover's Reef Belize.

Barrel sponge in a reef scene, Glover's Reef Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Reef scenic Glover's Reef, Belize.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, with amazing behavior of juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Fish dish in a restaurant at Capri Island, Italy

Lunch table setting with Capri Salad and Fish and Sea Food Pasta

Terminal phase of juvenile garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, in Channel Island California.

Polyps of soft corals in kelp forest, Channel Islands, California.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, on a reef. Channel Islands California.

Female California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Channel Islands California.

Kelpfish, Oxylebius pictus, Channel Islands, California USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, defending its nest and cluster of eggs on the rock face, Channel Islands California, USA.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, Channel Islands California.

Portrait of a garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Kelp forest in Channel Islands, California, USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, between strawberry anemones. Channel Islands California.

Smal goby, Trimma sp., on a hard coras, Komodo Indonesia.

Blacklip butterflyfish, Chaetodon keinii, feeding on damsel fish eggs, Komodo Indonesia.

Juvenile red emperor snappers, Lutjanus sebae, hiding between venomous spines of sea urchins, Astropyga radiata, Busuanga Philippines.

Reef scenic Apo Island Philippines.

Saddled anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus, Calamian Islands Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

35. Copperband coralfish, Chelmon rostratus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Lyretail grouper, Variola louti, Borneo Malaysia.

Crocodile Flathead, Cymbacephalus beauforti, Borneo Sulawesi.

Crown butterflyfish, Chaetodon pasiufasciatus, Egypt Red Sea.

Pinstriped wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, Tangat Island, Philippines.

Spottail butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellicaudus, nocturnal color pattern, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Red margined wrasse, Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus, Fiji.

Diver shooting video of jellyfish, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, Cesme Turkey.

Reef scenic in Ayvalik, North Aegean, Turkey.

Endemic goby, Tripterygion tripteronotus, only found in Mediterranean, Ayvalik Turkey.

Wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, Bodrum Turkey.

Mackarels in Istanbul fish market, Turkey.

Sea breams, dentex and tunas in Istanbul fish market, Turkey.

Istanbul fish market, Turkey.

Fish farm in a protected cove in Foca, Turkey.

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque, Balikli Gol, Urfa Turkey.

Crowded school of creolefish, Paranthias colonus, Isabela Island, Galapagos Ecuador.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem catching a live fish in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Table corals on a pristine reefs of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anthiases and damsels howering over a healthy reef of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Healthy hard corals on a pristine reefs of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Branching hard corals close to surface on a healthy reef of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Drying surgeon fishes, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Humphead, Napoleon wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Bora Bora French Polynesia.

Colourful dragonet, Synchiropus sp., Taveuni Island Fiji.

Fish Figure at Hierapolis Denizli Turkey

Seljuk tile a man holding fish figure A.D. 1236 Kubadabad Palace, Konya Karatay Madrasah Museum.

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Local men at Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Halil-ur Rahman Mosque and Balikligol (Fish Lake) Urfa Turkey

Nudibranch, Chromodoris kuniei, and triplefin goby, Helcogramma striata, next to each other, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Damselfish, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Emperor shripms, Periclimenes imperator, on a Spanish dancer sea slug, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Coral grouper, Cephalopolis miniata, chasing school of sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juvenile Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, in a bulb tentacle anemone, Komodo, Indonesia.

Magnificient sea anemone and reef scenic, Andaman Sea Thailand.

Reef scenic with colorful soft corals, Similan Islands Thailand.

35. School of two spotted snappers, Lutjanus biguttatus, Surin Islands, Thailand.

Colorful soft corals reef scenic, Surin Islands, Thailand.

Copper banded butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus, Similan Islands, Thailand.

35. Moorish idle, Zanclus cornutus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Fishing boats in Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul Turkey.

Asmat woman catching fish in nutrient rich mangrove coast line, Irian Jaya Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, juveniles in the hands of an aquarist.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, juveniles displaying unique behavior in a breeding tank never seen in nature.

Fishing in the City Stockholm Sweden

Surgeonfishes feeding on a pristine coral reef of Apo Islands, Philippines.

Blue damsels, Chromis viridis, hiding between branching hard corals, Apo Island, Philippines.

Bigmouth goby, Helcogramma sp., on a brain coral, Coron Philippines.

Big school of smooth tail trevally, Selaroides leptalopsis, Busuanga Philippines.

Saddleback anemonefishes, Amphiprion polymnus, and bigeye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Dimakya Island Busuanga Philippines.

Big eye trevally school, Caranx sexfasciatus, Dimakya Island Busuanga Philipines.

Boqueria Market Barcelona, Spain

Adult and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, together in Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Pygmy sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, in a cavern, Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Largenose boxfish, Rhynchostracion rhinorhynchus, and suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates, Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Juvenile cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, hiding between soft coral tentacles, Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Bobbit worm, Eunicid polychaete, unfolds spring loaded jaws lethal to any passing fish. Its massive jaw structure is twice the body width. Growing to 3 meters, it is active at night and known to attack divers, Bali Indonesia.

Moray eel, Gymnothorax undulatus, Bali Indonesia.

Striped pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, sucked by bobbit worm, Eunicid polychaete, puffed up her body resisting this scary predator. Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Skin details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Goldstripe wrasse, Halichoeres hartzfeldi, Bali Indonesia.

Face details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Face details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Longfin bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, on an emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Threadfin hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus, Bali Indonesia.

Juvenile star pufferfish, Arothron stellatus, Bali Indonesia.

Bigeye dwarf gobies, Trimma macrophthalma, Bali Indonesia.

Softcoral ghost goby, Pleurosicya boldinghi, Bali Indonesia.

Three spot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, in an anemone, Heteractis crispa, Bali Indonesia.

Close up skin details of Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Swallowtail hawkfish, Cyprinocirrhites polyactis, Bali Indonesia.

Longfin bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, on an emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Smashing mantis shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, eating her pray damsel fish, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, face details, Bali Indonesia.

Bumphead parrotfishes, Bolbometopon muricatum, swimming around Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Pufferfish spotted toby, Canthigaster solandri, sleeping on a sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Stocky anthiases, Pseudanthias hypselosoma, chasing each other and Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Razorfishes, Aeoliscus strigatus, Bali Indonesia.

Three spot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, in an anemone, Heteractis crispa, Bali Indonesia.

Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Stocky anthias, Pseudanthias hypselosoma, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes amboinensis, camouflaging on a feather star, Bali Indonesia.

Face of estuarine stonefish, Synanceia horrida, Bali Indonesia.

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, Bali Indonesia.

Spinecheek (Maroon) anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus, in a bulb tentacle anemone, Entacmae quadricolor, Bali Indonesia.

Golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus, Bali Indonesia.

Striped triplefin, Helcogramma striatum, hiding on colorful tunicates, Bali Indonesia.

Elongate goby, Pleurosicya elongata, camouflaging on an elephant ear sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix, Bali Indonesia.

Scribbled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, hiding in sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia

Clown snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti, live on volcanic sand bottom of Bali, Indonesia.

Maiden goby, Valenciennea strigata, feeding on the sand bottom. Canary wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus, watching closely for escaping invertebrates.

Goldstripe wrasse, Halichoeres hartzfeldi, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Sea urchin, Heterocentrotus mammilatus?, Kingman Reef.

Mushroom coral, Fungia scutaria, Kingman Reef.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Michael Lang, Smithsonian's dive safety officer filling tanks on board of White Holly.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Racoon butterflyfishes, Chaetodon lunula, in Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorn starfish on the reef, Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorns starfish eating mushroom corals, Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Enric Sala examining Crown of Thorns starfish, eating a big coral head in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Biologists Liz Dinsdale (front), Jennifer Smith (middle) and Jim Margos (further back) are on survey in Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Biologists Liz Dinsdale and Jennifer Smith on bethic survey in Kingman Reef.

Biologists David Obura and Machel Malay on bethic survey in Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Giant clams and mushroom corals in massive poulations, Kingman Reef.

Giant clams and mushroom corals in massive poulations, Kingman Reef.

Blackfin barracudas, Sphyraena qenie, Kingman Reef.

Red snapper, Lutjanus bohar. Kingman Reef.

Bluefin trevallies, Caranx melampygus, Kingman Reef.

Blackfin barracudas, Sphyraena qenie, Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorns eating a table coral in Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Coral-algea interface experiment. Corals set up contact with algea all died end of three days. Others without algea were fine. Palmyra Atoll.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Olga Pantos is processing the water collected from different heights in the water column above the coral reef. Water is passed through different filters and collected for the analyses of a range of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon. Particulates that

Reef scenics from Palmyra Atoll.

With the help of specially designed microscope, microbiologist Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University counts the number of virus and bacteria living on the coral tissue. Each coral species have its own distinct virus and bacteria colonies living to

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Palmyra.

Reef scenic with staghorn corals and black chromis, Chromis xanthura, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby and chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns in breeding ground, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby and chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nancy Knowlton from Scrips Institution of Oceanography breaking a dead coral head apart to collect cryptic crustacea species. Palmyra Atoll.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nancy Knowlton from Scrips Institution of Oceanography breaking a dead coral head apart to collect cryptic crustacea species. Palmyra Atoll.

Reef blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Palmyra Atoll.

Nature Conservancy base in Palmyra Atoll.

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Palmyra Atoll.

Reef blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Palmyra Atoll.

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Blue streak fusiliers, Pterocaesio tile. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Green turtle resting, Chelonia mydas. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Dead corals in Palmyra Atoll reefs. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Small island along entrance of Palmyra Atoll.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Yellowback fusiliers, Caesio teres. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Crustacea and coral samples in buckets. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Snubnose grouper, Epinephelus macropilos. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Triplefin, Helcogramma sp. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Kids sitting on stairs of cable station, Fanning Island.

Peacock groupers, Cephalopholis argus. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Jennifer Smith (front) and Gustav Paulay (back).

Different color pigments in same brain coral. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Fish Biologists Enric Sala during fish survey. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Crustacea specimens in alcohol Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Reef scenic with Olive anthiases, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Labelled coral specimens for lab identification. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Biologist Steven Smriga performing microbiological test on seawater samples on research ship White Holly. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Sailing boat in Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Biologist Gustav Paulay recording coral specimens he collected on research ship White Holly. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Diver(Stuart Sandin) entering water. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Barlett's anthiases, Psudanthias barlettorum, sheltering around a coral. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Dead table coral, Acropora sp. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Male Barlett's anthias, Psudanthias barlettorum. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Fish biologists Stuart Sandin and Edward Demartini on fish survey in Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Stuart Sandin and Edward Demartini on fish survey in Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning Redfin anthias, Pseudanthias dispar. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Female Barlett's anthias, Psudanthias barlettorum, cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus cleaning the eye of bandcheek wrasse, Oxycheilinus digrammus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Aquarium fish collecters, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Aquarium fish collectors showing their day catch of flame angelfishes. They catch 200-300 flame angelfishes daily. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Biologists Gustav Paulay and Nacy Knowlton sorting the invertebrate specimens they collected. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

School of Ornate butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ornatissimus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Coral researcher David Obura surveying coral species, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Juvenile Lemonpeel angelfish, Centropyge flavissimus. Blue spot will disappear when matures. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

School of Ornate butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ornatissimus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Olive anthias, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Olive anthias, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Fivestripe wrasse, Thalassoma quinquevittatum. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Dragon moray eel, Enchelycore pardalis. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Dragon moray eel, Enchelycore pardalis. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Biologists Jennifer Smith and Stuart Sandin working on thier samples and datas, Kritimati Island Kribati.

Secretive yellowspotted scorpionfish, Sebastapistes cyanostigma, hiding between hardcoral branches, Kritimati Island Kribati.

Coral crab, symo sp., Kritimati Island, Kribati.

White spotted hawkfish, Cirrhitops hubbardi, endemic species to Phoenix and Line Islands. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Spotted soapfish, Pogonoperca chabanaudi, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Coral crab, Trapezia rufopunctata, hiding between branches of hard coral. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Lemonpeel angelfish, Centropyge flavissimus, feeding on coral polyps. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Cleaner shrimp cleaning an anthias, Pseudanthias cooperi, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Invertebrate biologist Gustav Paulay collecting Ocypode ceratophthalma - ghost crab - samples on Kritimati Island beach, Kribati.

Invertebrate biologist Gustav Paulay collecting Coenobita perlatus - land hermit crab samples on Kritimati Island beach, Kribati.

Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis, Ayvalik Turkey.

Scorpionfish, Sarigerme Turkey.

Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis, Ayvalik Turkey.

Sole fish, camouflaging on a sand bottom, Kas Turkey.

Wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, Bodrum Turkey.

Boat carrying fish traps in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Magnificient se anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Borneo Malaysia.

Magnificient se anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Stuart Sandin and Edward Demartini on fish survey.

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Yanomami Indian woman gathers fish that are floatingoat the surface of a pond after men have passed crushed barbasco roots through the water to make the fish lose consciousnress and come floating.

Coral reef scenic with Acropora hard corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

School of smooth tail trevallies safely swim under protected waters of Dimakya Island, Busuanga Philippines.

Triggerfish school in spawning aggregation, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Blue damsels , Chromis viridis , Similan Islands National Park Thailand

Purple queen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Yellowstriped anthias school, Pseudanthias tuka, feeding on planktons brought by current, Milne Bay Papua New Guinea

Coral reef scenic, St. John's Reefs, Egypt Red Sea

Goldie anthiases in Red Sea reefs, Egypt.

Reef scenic, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Reef scenic, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Coral reef scenic, St. John's Reefs, Egypt Red Sea

Coral reef scenic with Acropora hard corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spinecheek anemonefish , Premnas bieculatus , in a bleaching anemone Coron Philippines

Reef scenic with colorful anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Pajama cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera, Dimakya Island, Philippines.

Juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus bohar, on a coral reef. Sulawesi Indonesia.

Black&White snappers, Macolor niger, schooling on a coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Bumphead parrot fishes, Bolbometopon muricatum, feeding on coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Whitemouth moray, Gymnothorax meleagris.

Endemic bass in Van Lake, Turkey.

Horn shark, Heteredontus francisci, Channel Islands, California USA.

Kelpfish, Oxylebius pictus, Channel Islands, California USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Eagle ray in kelp forest Channel Islands California, USA.

Juvenile garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California

Senegalese woman in SomBedouine fish market in Dakar Senegal.

Women working in a fish processing factory Dakar Senegal

Food vendor girl selling fish in SomBedouine fish market in Dakar Senegal

Ile Saint Louis fishing village women cooking fish on the beach Senegal

Bajau fisherman coming to check his bamboo made fish trap, Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Big eye emperors, Red Sea Egypt.

Cleaning shrimp, Periclimenes longicarpus, cleaning a rusted parrotfish, Scarus ferrigineus, both endemic to Red Sea.

Juvenile phase of a clown wrasse, Coris aygula, Red Sea Egypt.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning a goldie anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Red Sea Egypt.

Reef scenic, Red Sea Egypt.

Klunzinger wrasse, Thalassoma klunzingeri, is endemic to Red Sea.

Bleny, Ecsenius gravieri, is an endemic species to Red Sea.

Reef scenic and breaking waves in St. Jones, Red Sea Egypt.

Silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Orange spotted trevallies, Carangoides bajad, hunting silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Orange spotted trevallies, Carangoides bajad, hunting silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Tresher shark caught by Balinese fishermen Bali Indonesia

Painted frogfish , Antennarius pictus , hiding inside a sponge, Sulawesi Indonesia

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Exqusite wrasse, Cirrhilabrus exquisitus, Taveuni Island Fiji.

Soft coral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya sp., Vatu Ira, Fiji.

Yellowmask angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Fishing in Van Lake Tatvan Bitlis, Turkey.

Children catching endemic bass in Van Lake

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus, hiding on a sea fan, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lyretail grouper, Variola louti, Bali Indonesia.

Ring-tail cardinalfish, Apogon aureus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hawkfish eating sergeant damsel fish eggs on the rocks, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning yellowsaddle goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, Bali Indonesia.

Spawning aggregation of Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, laying eggs on a rock, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lyre tail anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Bali Indonesia.

Sakalava girls in Manambolo River in Madagascar catching fish.

Sakalava girls in Manambolo River in Madagascar catching fish.

Vezo tribe living on coastal areas consume all kinds of fish including rays, Morombe Madagascar.

Vezo tribe living on coastal areas consume all kinds of fish including rays, Morombe Madagascar.

Brain coral in pristine coral reefs of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Diver exploring pristine coral reefs of Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Pavona hard corals in Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Kids catching fish in a small stream in Hakasia, Russian Federation.

Ambon scorpionfish, Pteroidichtys amboinensis, Sulawesi Indonesia

Clown snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti, Sulawesi Indonesia

Juvenile golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, and lined pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, camouflaging Sulawesi Indonesia.

Closeup of a painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, defending its territory, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Batfish school and diver in Sulawesi Indonesia.

Crinoid clingfish, Discotrema crinophila, living in a feather starfish, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos , Sulawesi Indonesia

Succerfish on a green turtle head , Borneo Malaysia

Vivid coral reef scene , Milne Bay Papua New Guinea

Aerial view of fish traps in Dalyan wetland Fethiye Turkey

Yellow mask angelfish , Pomacanthus xanthometopon , Borneo Malaysia

Leopard flounder, Bothus pantherhines, Borneo Malaysia.

Flame anthias, Pseudanthias ignitus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Copper banded coralfish , Chelmon rostratus , Thailand

Gray angelfishes Pomacanthus arcuatus under mangrove roots Belize

Silversides hiding around mangrove roots, Belize.

Dog snappers, Lutjanus jocu, under mangrove roots Belize.

Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris Belize

Underwater scene of mangrove roots covered with colorful invertebrates, Tunicate Cove Belize

Fishes under mangrove roots Belize

Reef scenic with diver Apo Island Philippines

Pinstriped wrasse Halichoeres melanurus Tangat Island Philippines

Small goby, Bryaninops loki, live on sponges covering reefs in Coron Island. This area has highest small fish diversity in Philippines.

Andaman Sea soft coral Koh Bon Thailand

Juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus emperator, Similan Islands Thailand

Red saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion ephippium, Similan Islands Thailand.

Collared butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare, Similan Islands Thailand.

Soft corals and tropical marine life Andaman Sea Thailand

35. Soft corals and damsels Andaman Sea Thailand

Fish market Hanoi

Clark anemone fish and juvenile, Amphiprion clarkii, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Frogfish waiting for prey with a lure attached to his forehead Sulawesi Indonesia

Slender grouper, Anyperodon leucogrammicus, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Borneo Malaysia.

Blue spotted eagle ray, Taeniura melanospilos, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Raggy scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis venosa, and cockatoo waspfish, Ablabys taenianotus, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juvenile Emperor Angelfish , Pomacanthus imperator, Papua New Guinea.

School of big-eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Striped catfishes, Plotosus lineatus, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Nudibranch , Nembrotha rutilans , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Decorated dart goby, Nemateleotris decora, Sulawesi Indonesia

Juvenile Diana's hogfish , Bodianus diana , sheltering around soft coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Larva Diana's hogfish , Bodianus diana , sheltering around soft coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Bajau spearfishermen, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, between strawberry anemones. Channel Islands California.

Endemic Klunzinger's wrasse, Thalassoma klunzingeri, St. Johns' reefs, Red Sea Egypt.

Red Sea mimic blenny, Ecsenius gravieri, Egypt.

Blue streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, is cleaning lyretail anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Red Sea Egypt.

Zebra angelfish, Genicanthus caudovittatus, Red Sea Egypt.

Eibl angel fish , Centropyge eibli , Surin Islands Thailand

35. Powder blue surgeonfish , Acanthurus leucosternon , Similan Islands Thailand

Gobies on a sponge , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Pink anemonefish , Amphiprion perideraion , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Porcelain crabs , Neopetrolisthes oshimai , Komodo Indonesia

Coleman shrimps , Periclimenes colemani , on a venomous fire sea urchin , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Goby on a sea apple , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Ribbon eel , Rhinomuraena quaesita , male Komodo Indonesia

King angelfish, Holacanthus passer, Isabela Island Galapagos Ecuador.

Redlip batfish, Ogcocephalus darwini, Galapagos Islands Ecuador

Triplefins on a starfish , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Palau

Saddled anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus, Dimakya Island Philippines

Pygmy sea horses courting, Hippocampus bargibanti, Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Coron, Philippines.

Diver with butterflyfishes in Bora Bora Logoon, French Polynesia.

Manta Ray in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Reef blacktip shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Gray reef shark in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Pinktail triggrfish, Melichthys vidua, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Pacific double-saddle butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ulietensis, in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Reticulated butterflyfish, Chaetodon reticulatus, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Reef scenic with damsels hovering over hard corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus, hiding in a soft coral.

Reef scenic, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon linaolatus, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Soft corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sponges and feather stars on a reef, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus.

Cave shrimp, Parhippolyte mistica, Sulawesi ındonesia.

Acropora hard corals and diver, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Sea fan and soft corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Split fish market, fishes are on display.

Jawfish, Opistognathus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, Borneo Malaysia.

Tomato anemonefish, Amphiprion frenatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orange anemonfish, Amphiprion sandaracinos, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spinecheek anemonefishes, Premnas biaeculatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clown fishes, Amphiprion percula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Princess anthiases, Pseudanthias smithvanizi, females, Kosrae Micronesia.

Flame angelfish, Centropyge loricula, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Comical blenny, Ecsenius opsifrontalis, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Pink anemonefish, Ampriprion perideraion, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Freckled Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, Kosrae Micronesia.

Fire dartfish, Nemateleotris magnifica, Kosrae Micronesia

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Network pipefish, Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Spot banded butterflyfishes, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus, feeding on coral polyps, Kosrae Micronesia.

Juvenile brushtail tangfish, Zebrasoma scopas, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Blue damsel, Pomacentrus pavo, Kosrae Micronesia.

Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Goby , Trimma caesura , on a starfish , Coron Philippines

Jawfish incubating eggs in his mouth Dimakya Island Philippines

Bigeye trevally school , Caranx sexfasciatus , Malaysia Borneo

Clown fishes , Amphiprion ocellaris Sulawesi Indonesia

Six banded wrasse, Thallasoma hardwickei, Bali Indonesia