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

Cardinal fishes, Apagon imberbis, Gökova Bay Turkey

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

Reef scenic with clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Coral reef scene and spine cheek anemonefishes, Raja Ampat Indonesia

Fishing boats in Babakale harbor, Canakkale Turkey

Fishing boats in Babakale harbor, Canakkale Turkey

Fishing boats in Babakale harbor, Canakkale Turkey

Trawling is the most wasteful fishing method in the world. By catch ratio goes up to 1:9 ratio.

Urla fishing harbor, Izmir 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

Karaburun fishing harbor, Izmir Turkey.

Bluefin Tuna catch in an aquaculture, Cesme Izmir Turkey.

Traditional fish traps along Aegean coast, Turkey.

Trawling is the most wasteful fishing method in the world. By catch ratio goes up to 1:9 ratio.

Bluefin Tuna catch in an aquaculture, Cesme Izmir Turkey.

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

Traditional fish traps along Aegean coast, Turkey.

Day's catch of tiny fishes in lake Malawi

Dense migrating school of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, in Alaska Rivers

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Dense migrating school of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, in Alaska Rivers.

Dense migrating school of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, in Alaska Rivers.

Swarm of red Sockeye Salmon swimming upstream to spawn, Brooks River Alaska.

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.

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

Reef scenic with anthias and damselfishes, 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.

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

Reef scenic with colorful 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Big eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

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

Kelp forest display and fishes, Two Ocean Aquarium, cape Town, South Africa.

Kelp forest display and fishes, Two Ocean Aquarium, cape Town, South Africa.

Kelp forest display and fishes, Two Ocean Aquarium, cape Town, South Africa.

Uros sun drying fishes on a floating island, lake Titicaca, Peru.

Young boys fishing in backlagoon of lake Malawi.

Divers catching Bluefin Tunas in a farm Cesme Turkey.

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

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

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

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

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

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

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

Sardines in a purse seine net.

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

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

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

Pinstriped wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, Tangat Island, Philippines.

Crown butterflyfish, Chaetodon pasiufasciatus, Egypt Red Sea.

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.

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

Garibaldi fishes and sheephead wrasse in a kelp forest, Santa Catalina Island, California.

Garibaldi fishes in a kelp forest, Santa Catalina Island, California.

Goby on a sea apple , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Massive hard coral in Kosrae Island, Micronesia.

Healthy hard corals in Kosrae Island reefs, Micronesia.

Purple queen anthiases in Kosrae, Micronesia.

Reef scenic with colorful anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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.

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.

Asmat woman selling fishes in Agats, 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Moray eel, Gymnothorax undulatus, Bali Indonesia.

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

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

Bigeye dwarf gobies, Trimma macrophthalma, Bali Indonesia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, 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.

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

Golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus, 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

Sea urchin, Heterocentrotus mammilatus?, Kingman Reef.

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

Mushroom coral, Fungia scutaria, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby chick, 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.

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

Kids sitting on stairs of cable station, Fanning Island.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Male Barlett's anthias, Psudanthias barlettorum. 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.

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

Fivestripe wrasse, Thalassoma quinquevittatum. 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.

Mud skippers along river banks in Sunderbans.

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.

Blue damsels , Chromis viridis , Similan Islands National Park Thailand

Purple queen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Goldie anthiases in Red Sea reefs, Egypt.

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

Reef scenic, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Reef scenic, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

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

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.

Discarded fishes are main food source of poor Senegalese, Saint Louis, Senegal.

Days catch sardines on the beach Ile Saint Louis Senegal.

Women waiting for discarded fishes on the beach Ile Saint Louis Senegal.

Deep freezing storage of tuna fishes in Dakar fishing Port, Senegal.

Woman selling dried fishes in Borobudur market, Central Java, Indonesia.

Fishes under mangrove roots Belize

Garibaldi fishes in a kelp forest, Santa Catalina Island, California.

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

Clown fishes , Amphiprion ocellaris Sulawesi Indonesia